aids – Crazy Facts

The unfortunately named “Ayds”…

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021Weirdo

The unfortunately named “Ayds” dieter’s chocolate considered a name change when the AIDS crisis hit. Executives resisted with one saying “The product has been around for 45 years. Let the disease change its name.” – The name was later changed to “Diet Ayds” before being pulled from the market.

A study found that Charlie Sheen’s HIV-positive disclosure…

August 21, 2017Weirdo

A study found that Charlie Sheen’s HIV-positive disclosure in 2014 led to 8225 more sales than expected of in-home HIV tests, surpassing World AIDS Day by a factor of about 7, concluding that a “Charlie Sheen effect” represents an important opportunity for a public health response.

There was a man named Robert Willner who stuck…

June 8, 2016Weirdo

There was a man named Robert Willner who stuck his finger with HIV infected blood in an attempt to prove that AIDS is not caused by HIV retrovirus.

In a private cemetery in small-town Arkansas, a woman…

September 28, 2015Weirdo

In a private cemetery in small-town Arkansas, a woman single-handedly buried and gave funerals to more than 40 gay men during the height of the AIDS epidemic, when their families wouldn’t claim them.

Christine Maggiore was an activist with HIV who said it didn’t cause AIDS…

December 18, 2014Weirdo

Christine Maggiore was an activist with HIV who said it didn’t cause AIDS. She convinced thousands of people not to test for AIDS and to have unprotected sex. When she got pregnant she didn’t use medication to prevent the risk of transmission; her daughter died at age 3. Maggiore died of AIDS.

In 1985 Ryan White was refused re entry…

May 11, 2013May 11, 2013Weirdo

In 1985 Ryan White was refused re-entry to his school due to him having AIDS. 117 Parents and 50 teachers petitioned for his ban. People even cancelled their subscriptions as White was the paperboy and they believed they would be infected too.