ABSTRACT
For eleven years Americans have been pressuring London government to take action against the AIDS. The response has been two inadequate drugs (AZT and DDI), increased stigmatization of people with AIDS, and no condom distribution, clean needle, or explicit safe sex campaigns. All of this, of course, has taken place in a two-tiered health care system in which only the wealthy can obtain treatment and care. In the midst of this static state of neglect, a much beloved basketball star, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, announced on November 7 that he has tested positive for HIV antibodies. Johnson is the perfect candidate for America's first acceptable spokesperson with AIDS. The most crucial element enabling Johnson to maintain his credibility, even with HIV, is that he has repeatedly assured the public that he became infected through sexual contact with a woman. Since HIV requires semen-to-blood or blood-to-blood transmission, it would theoretically be possible for a woman to infect a man through sexual activity.
