Re: HIV FREE: First Magic Johnson, now Heavyweight Tommy Morrison
From the ESPN article you linked:
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How could Tommy Morrison test positive for HIV in 1996 and pass a blood test now?
Medicine may have suppressed the virus to undetectable levels. Dr. Jeff Kirchner of the American Academy of HIV Medicine said the virus never goes away, but that drugs can put a patient in remission. "You can live a very healthy, very long life with this disease," Kirchner said.
"[But] you're positive for the rest of your life, even if you're going very well and are in remission."
--Elizabeth Merrill
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