Following DaBaby's homophobic comments about HIV and AIDS during his Rolling Loud set, pop icon Elton John is clapping back with some facts.
During his set, DaBaby shouted to his fans,"If you didn’t show up today with HIV, AIDS, or any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases, that’ll make you die in two to three weeks, then put your cellphone lighter up! Ladies, if your p---y smell like water, put your cellphone lighter up! Fellas, if you ain’t sucking d--- in the parking lot, put your cellphone lighter up!"
In the caption of his post, John laid out a series of important facts, including that HIV has affected more than 70 million people globally, and that gay Black men in America have a 50% chance of contracting the virus in their lifetime due largely to"stigma and shame around HIV and homosexuality." Perhaps in the most poignant critique of DaBaby's comments, John also laid out the importance of understanding how HIV treatmentto the point of being able to effectively bring a person's viral load to undetectable levels, meaning the virus can no longer be transmitted to others."You can live a long and healthy life with HIV," he wrote."Treatment is so advanced that with one pill a day, HIV can become undetectable in your body so you can’t pass it onto other people.
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