Favorite NBA player on name alone

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Interesting about Iverson. I guess that nickname became less used as he got older.



IIRC Magic was spending something like $25,000 a month on drugs that almost anyone else would not have been able to afford. Thank goodness the science has advanced to where it's basically not a deadly disease anymore. (For those in US, I should say)

Yes, in the first few years the death rate was horrifying.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Yes, in the first few years the death rate was horrifying.

Right, and so much misinformation too that made it even scarier - like that we could all be getting it from a swimming pool or a public restroom.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Right, and so much misinformation too that made it even scarier - like that we could all be getting it from a swimming pool or a public restroom.

There was, of course, also a very ugly narrative from certain segments of society.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

There was, of course, also a very ugly narrative from certain segments of society.

Wasn't it actually Magic's announcement that finally made most people stop thinking of it as only something gay men could get?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Wasn't it actually Magic's announcement that finally made most people stop thinking of it as only something gay men could get?

I don't recall, but I think it was certainly well understood early on that many people were contracting it from transfusions but that may not have fit the narrative. And even with Magic, IIRC many people were speculating that he was gay/bi.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I don't recall, but I think it was certainly well understood early on that many people were contracting it from transfusions but that may not have fit the narrative. And even with Magic, IIRC many people were speculating that he was gay/bi.

I totally forgot about that last part. Those rumors persisted for some time.

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