On November 7, 1991 basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson stunned the world by announcing his sudden retirement from the Los Angeles Lakers, after testing positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
At the time, many Americans viewed AIDS as a gay white man’s disease. Until Magic, who is African American and heterosexual, was one of the first sports stars to go public about his HIV-positive status.
Fast forward to today 2014, Johnson is a prominent spokesman for AIDS awareness and a successful businessman, earning millions from a range of ventures, including movie theaters and restaurants. He serves as an example of how a variety of drug treatments have transformed AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition for many people in the U.S.
Therefore, some individuals who are sexually active have become relaxed with the reality of this disease, believing they are exempted from contracting it because of modern day treatments and advancements but they could be no further from the truth.
Still, some 25 years after the first AIDS cases were reported, 25 million people worldwide have died of AIDS and another 40 million have been infected with the virus.
Still so many people don’t mind engaging in unprotected sex, they are willing to risk taking a walk on the wild side with their lives and their health for a mere 15 minutes of pleasure. Some people don’t even believe that AIDS or HIV still exists.
Tune in tonight at 8:00 P.M. to “Conversations Of A Sistah” on “Conversations Live” as we discuss how it’s an “Epic fail, if you don’t believe HIV is still alive and well“
Please access tonight’s show at any of the links in this post or by clicking here!
In the meantime, sound off with your thoughts and opinions…See you all on the air!
it sure is alive and well yet folk still fucking like there’s a cure O_O 😥
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ooh this show is going to be informative y’all
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This world, this world 😦
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“Still so many people don’t mind engaging in unprotected sex, they are willing to risk taking a walk on the wild side with their lives and their health for a mere 15 minutes of pleasure. Some people don’t even believe that AIDS or HIV still exists.”
I have a friend who goes on Jack’d for quickies. They don’t use condoms. In the gay community a lot of gay men want to catch the “gift”. Look up the term bug chaser and gift giver..Smh
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@Random what is Jack’d for quickies?
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@Random what is Jack’d for quickies?
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DAISY, if you EVER see an app called Jack’d on your man’s phone you better pack your shit. Jack’d is a app for gay men that let’s you know how many other ppl near you have it on their phone.. One day we were eating and my homeboy got a message on his phone..it was by a guy who worked there bc he the app let him know someone less than 25 ft from him had Jack’d too
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So it a “booty call” app for gays? WTF ..Smh
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well aids not a gay man disease no more!
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Paleaze @Bobby,
did you know that some gay men have hundreds of sexual partners in 4 months. 😡
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Let me tell y’all, all my guy friends have h.i.v they have gotten letters to go get checked because they came in contact with someone who had it. ..
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Let me tell y’all, all my guy friends have h.i.v they have gotten letters to go get checked because they came in contact with someone who had it. ..
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SMMFH And then these cats screw women and that’s how it gets to heterosexual people.
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Let me tell y’all, all my guy friends have h.i.v they have gotten letters to go get checked because they came in contact with someone who had it. ..
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I have gay friends as well and I cant understand for the life of me why they are so risky with their sex life. Its like they are livibg in some fantasy. One of them even told me, when I mentioned HIV, he said oh you can live a long time with that now and just kept talking and laughing.
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Dayum Random
Everything you shared in this comment section is scary 😦
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This is so crazy that’s why it is very important to protect yourselves at all times!!!!!!!
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I hate to say this but sometimes I wish Aids was like it was in the 80s. Got it on Monday and died friday. 😥
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But Keisha, then it wouldn’t be fair to the innocent ppl that didn’t catch it by having sex
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Hey y’all…..good show topic!!!
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Hey Keewee 😆
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Good Wednesday evening ladies. y’all ready for tonight’s show?
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Hey ladies n gents
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Hey fam. 1 hour and 45 minutes b4 the conversation starts.
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What’s up everybody!
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Hello one and everybody!
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45 minutes till show time. and Tracy posted this late
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Hey fam.
what I’m reading so far is scary.
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Hey y’all
I’ll be back after the show with my 2 cents 😆
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Sup y’all almost show time
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Whaddup fam.
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In other news its almost time for conversations of a Sistah 😆
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WaZup fam…good show but too short!
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Hey people….good show but too short!!!
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The more you fckng know 😡 the better off you are!!
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Tracy your show topics be AWESOME!!!
Looking forward to the show!
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A still very relevant topic!
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It’s not the choice to be homosexual that gets me about folks…it’s their attitudes. And their attitude is what make them NOT care about getting aids.
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A lot of gays excuse is they already have HIV and they just didn’t care who they give it to. But it’s def alive and well.
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HIV still exist because people have made bad choices
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The only motherfuckers I feel sorry for who has aids are innocent babies and spouses and blood transfusion recipients. . I can not care for a person who meets someone via Internet ..wears no condom then gets upset when they are sitting in a clinic with bad news
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If men would STOP being on the downlow the aids epidemic wouldn’t be so high.
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I wish people would stop acting like DL men are the sole reason for the high HIV rates in our community. If 80% of our children are born to single moms, I think its fair to say some of us aren’t using condoms period. #ijs
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I wish people would stop acting like DL men are the sole reason for the high HIV rates in our community. If 80% of our children are born to single moms, I think its fair to say some of us aren’t using condoms period. #ijs
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CoSign!
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Protect yourselves people.
This will be a real serious topic!
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My thing is this —>>>>> Keep your legs closed ladies and gents!
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HIV/AIDS is running rampant in the gay community. But the mainstream media blindly blames heterosexuals for the spread of HIV.. Not true know who you fucking Fam!
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The virus is easily transmitted through torn membranes (fragile skin) in the rectum, the last part of the large intestines that ends at the anus. serious but unpopular topic but I’m so tuning in.
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Magic Johnson has HIV, and can infect other people but his test comes up negative. Is that so impossible for anyone else to do the same?
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Magic Johnson has HIV, and can infect other people but his test comes up negative. Is that so impossible for anyone else to do the same?
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NO …it means his levels are probably low, doesn’t mean he doesn’t have it ..please don’t be dumb!
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people actually believe magic is cured cause of meds. how stupid is that shit?
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Hot topic….But folks please use a condom 😦
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But folks please use a condom 😦
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Or Saran wrap. 😆
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This HIV talk make a nigga wanna stay single
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gay and bisexual males lead the country in new HIV infections.
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No Tracy didn’t talk about Craig Lamar Davis ?? Oh shit!!!
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Yes she did Coco, he’s a self-proclaimed pastor too. ain’t real.
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Show was too short Tra
HIV that’s what doing the nasty the nasty will get you
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Anybody notice Trace couldn’t stop laughing when the show 1st open. was that Cyrus monfucker playing with her?
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Show was short but GOOD info.
Why are you having unprotected sex with anyone without getting tested first? Sympathy for the Atlanta women though 😥
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Damn shame. His ass should be castrated.
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Love how the show ended with CREEP.
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This mess is crazy….it makes you not want to have sex period.
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I guess you have to keep a box of oraquick HIV test kit in the bathroom cabinet.
Dayum Tra!
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WTF is wrong with people I still get tested for diseases and I’m married not saying there is no trust I just gotta take care of self 😡
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This is crazy! I am glad he was convicted! However, I am on the fence about this case: Don’t get me wrong – he should have disclosed his status…..AND worn a condom! But why are these women having unprotected sex
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This dude Trace was talking about was still fucking his wife too? That’s so fucked up.
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The woman that was celibate for 15 years and then had unprotected sex with this guy! SMH..wow
I am not sure I have much sympathy though! Loved hearing CREEP by TLC 😆
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there is no test that can accurately detect HIV. I was thinking, then how does the doctor test/diagnose someone with HIV? 😦
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I was almost killed yesterday for voicing my opinion about hiv/aids so I’m gonna just smh 😦
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I was almost killed yesterday for voicing my opinion about hiv/aids so I’m gonna just smh 😦
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In here or somewhere else?
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I read about the story Tra talked about tonight.
His azz needs all 20 years. We all need to be careful, but he wasn’t trying to take any responsibility. Calling the one chick crazy and shyt. Fuck you and your dirty dick.
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why are ppl still willing to have sex unprotected??…..I just don’t get it 😡
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why are ppl still willing to have sex unprotected??…..
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People do it everyday. Who knows?
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“Not having sex with you until I have the resume on that penis” –>> TLB C.O.S.
😆 That quote was priceless!!!!!!!!!
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“Know your partner’s history people!” …T.L.B. Conv. Of A Sistah
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“The only safe sex is abstinence no sex at all”
when Tracy said that I emailed “BOO” to her and she repeated it on the air 😆 I started cheezing my ass off!!!
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“Just because someone looks healthy does not mean they are.” C.O.S.
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“SOMETIMES THE ONES IN THE CHURCH ARE THE WORST ONES”
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“The safest way to prevent HIV or STIs, of course, is abstinence, which is no sex at all” Tlb tonight on C.O.S.
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HIV and AIDS is not as dead as it seems but alive and well in 2014
So true 😥 so very true!
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“Before I have sex w/a man I have to have the RESUME on that man’s PENIS”
That shit was PRICELESS!
That Tracy Bell is too serious!
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Some of these kneegrows out here hotter than fish grease! Makes you wanna fuck en raw but after tonight’s show y’all better think twice.
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I make sure condoms are worn every trip and I have a husband! I am not on any contraceptives and he isn’t fixed…so we wrap it up! Plus, he travels a lot for his business and I don’t put NOTHING past NO ONE! On any given day…anything can happen between two people (maybe more).
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Very few people ask for HIV test results from their partners. But HIV comes in the prettiest packages, so I do protect myself with Saran wrap before dining out.
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Misery loves company…..he should be killed. loved the show!
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dental dam..saran wrap all day.. my gf and I go every 3 months but in the meantime…wrap that pelvis lol
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LOVE SHE ENDED THE SHOW WITH THIS SONG.
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🙂
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Creep was the perfect song considering the subject.
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Creep was the perfect song considering the subject.
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Exactly cause that’s how u can contract an STD or aids like Tracy said 2night
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Creep was the perfect song considering the subject.
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Exactly cause that’s how u can contract an STD or aids like Tracy said 2night
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CREEPING DOES NOT ENSURE AIDS UNPROTECTED SEX DOES. STOP CHANGING THE WORDS THAT CAME OUT OF HER MOUTH.
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“So I creep, yeah I just KEEP IT ON THE DOWNLOW,
cause nobody else suppose to know”
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I don’t feel sorry for ppl that lay their dicks and coochies on the crap table and hope they win. I only show compassion for kids…transfusion recipients and spouses
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Enjoyed the show and read about the woman who sued the HIV minister, hell I think everybody knew about that story. Erbody in the ATL anyways.
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Unless she got a text of him saying he didn’t have it or something I don’t see how they could PROVE he didn’t tell her.
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We are responsible for your own well-being. No one can force you to have unprotected sex, unless we are talking rape. Then on top of everything else he was married. Duh. If he slept with you God only knows who else he was sleeping with smh
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*sigh* This is sad. 😦 good show though
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The show tonight gave much to think about……When you are in a relationship with someone and you start having unprotected sex, you trust that person with your life. It makes you not want to have sex with anyone. I get tested regularly aslo but to be diagnosed with HIV. It really isn’t much you can do after that. Leave?! Start over dating? Explain to potential suitors that you have HIV? This is some BS. All this propaganda. Jesus! Keep your eyes open ladies for signs that your man may be creeping and nip it in the bud IF HE IS.
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These new drugs have ppl thinking they can live a normal and long life w/HIV and some take advantage of it and they start to think they don’t have it at all or think bc their viral load is undetectable they don’t have it. .besides using it as a 2nd chance some abuse it as I can still pretend to be a healthy whore.
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Tonight’s show further confirmed my commitment to celibacy.
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Tonight’s show further confirmed my commitment to celibacy.
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A talk about aids and hiv can usually do that shit to people.
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Tonight’s show further confirmed my commitment to celibacy.
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A talk about aids and hiv can usually do that shit to people.
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Yep which is why celibacy is my only banner of safety right now. and I’m keeping it. reading some of these comments and the married folk on this blog are even wearing condoms. It’s just not worth it for me. so celibacy and abstinence is my only reality.
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Whoo chile 🙂
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Tonight’s show further confirmed my commitment to celibacy.
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CoSign!!
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Great show tonight and the gist of the story was anybody could be infected with aids. everything that look good ain’t good for you. it’s a slippery slope so know who you are slipping with. wow
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It is/was soooo wrong for someone to have it and pass it on like that. It’s nasty.
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who in 2014 don’t know about HIV?
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These people still wrong for doing that nasty shyt good show!!!
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good show Tra.
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There is NO CURE for AIDS! Period People!!.
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Think about it first people and wrap that shyt up! #TheChineseStoreAlwaysOpen #TheyHaveRubbersForADollar
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What people don’t realize is that there are various strands of HIV. What can possibly happen in the future is a strand that will be resistant to anti-viral drugs. For example when you go to the doctor for an infection, they only prescribe but so much antibiotics. If we were to overuse antibiotics, they have a potential of losing their effectiveness.
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Like the cold virus, each HIV virus has a different marker that can be matched. Say for instance, you contract HIV from a dude with a different HIV marker than your HIV virus; that means he’s not the source of your infection.
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They actually make a disinfectant that kills the hiv virus… it’s used at crime scenes..funeral homes. .hospitals.. it stinks but it works well
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The ATL case wasn’t about who the source of the infection was. The case was that the minister alledgedly DECIEVED these women by not stating that he had the virus.
But how can that be PROVEN in court? He says he told her, she says he didn’t. People choose to have unprotected sex with positive people all the time. I guess the D.A. just banked on the fact that no one would believe that a female would do that knowingly even tho they do.
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I used to do hiv case management so I know that there are quite a few people who have unprotected sex and refuse to disclose to their partners and if they confessed to us we had to disclose and report them. It is so sad that you have people with positive status who are reckless and individuals with negative status who are willing to take such chances.
I was celibate for a few years and I made sure I saw my partner’s test as well as strap up. There are too many unknowns for people to be trusting other individuals with their lives
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If someone didn’t want to use a condom I would be hella worried
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That minister was one sick bastard 😡
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I use to work for an infectious diseases clinic…every walk of life came into that clinic… The prettiest women, Wall Street looking businessmen, gays, straights, everybody,.. It was like being on scared straight everyday… I even had a high school classmate come in.. So sad yet a wake up call to always be protected and avidly practice safe sex…
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safe sex is BORING (although quite healthy)
seriously tho, this HIV/protected sex convo gives me the sads. sex is one of the few simple pleasures left in life, but the way these statistics set-up?
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Condoms suck so bad. 😡
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Why condoms gotta be so thick???? 😡
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See, they are supposedly working on this gel you can put on your dick that protects you and kills sperm. Man, I hope it is finalized in my lifetime!
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See, they are supposedly working on this gel you can put on your dick that protects you and kills sperm. Man, I hope it is finalized in my lifetime!
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Sounds like the trial gels would burn your duck off 😆
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he should have disclosed his status…..AND worn a condom! But why are these women having unprotected sex ..especially since you already know he is married so he is having sex with his wife!? Just like he is stepping out on his wife…his wife may be stepping out on him.
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BUT nowadays how do we really know who has aids/hiv and who doesn’t?
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Tracy really know how to TURN people OFF to sex!
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Tracy really know how to TURN people OFF to sex!
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Oh well unfortunately it’s a reality.
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HIV CONVERSATIONS SCARES THE SHIT OUTTA ME …BUT I LISTENED TO THE SHOW ANYWAY
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