'Winning Time' HBO: True story of Magic Johnson HIV diagnosis
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'Winning Time' HBO: True story of Magic Johnson HIV diagnosis

LA Times  

At a time when HIV was still seen as a death sentence, Magic Johnson shocked the world by announcing he was infected. In Episode 9 of “Binge Sesh,” hosts Matt Brennan and Kareem Maddox explore the defining moment that opens HBO’s “Winning Time”: Magic Johnson’s 1991 diagnosis with HIV. Brennan: We can’t ignore the fact that by coming out as HIV positive at a time before the development of effective treatments, when the disease was still seen as a death sentence that predominantly affected gay men, Magic Johnson changed the public face of HIV. :: Brennan: Were you aware of Magic Johnson as someone who was living with HIV when you were growing up in the ’90s? Dr. Anthony Fauci, shown in 2004, helped treat Magic Johnson after the Laker star’s HIV diagnosis in 1991.

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