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Jesus Guerrero Cause of Death Revealed: Hairstylist Had AIDS Complications (www.today.com)

submitted 3 days ago by chosensilence@pawb.social to c/entertainment@beehaw.org

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I am very confused. RIP to Jesus and what an awful disease AIDS is, but.. huh???? Everything I read about this death tells me it was sudden and unexpected. Jesus definitely did not look like he was dying of anything pertaining to AIDS. Also, how does somebody even progress to AIDS in the US in 2025? Especially a rich famous hairstylist? It would be more understandable if he were underprivileged or had difficulty finding healthcare and treatment, but there's literally no way that was the case for him lol.

You're telling me Jesus had HIV for however long, didn't know about it, and then it became AIDS and weakened his immune system to the point where he died of a fungal infection? I find that incredibly hard to believe. Either he kept this hidden from literally everyone and ignored his HIV and kept all his physical symptoms a secret or this isn't an AIDS related death and the suggestion that it must've been an AIDS complication comes off as a homophobic implication.

Can anyone give me some insight? Maybe I'm missing something? I am gay and know a bit more about HIV/AIDS than the average person but what is going on here? Can AIDS develop silently and without symptoms? I hope not because that is horrifying and doesn't seem to make sense given what HIV does to the immune system. You can't hide severe illness much.

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[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

After doing my own searching I was able to learn how this death was possible. For those who were just as confused as me, AIDS can become deadly rapidly and suddenly once the immunity threshold is breached and collapses in those with low symptom or symptomless HIV. Basically, his immune system was able to hold back the infections for as long as it could, and when it eventually progressed into AIDS it was like a dam broke and flooded his system. The infections overwhelmed his body and killed him. It's likely that the HIV progressed to AIDS very recently for him. Most people with AIDS live to know they have it, some don't. This is a case of untreated and undiscovered HIV. His body was fighting off opportunistic infections during the HIV stage until AIDS made it impossible and the infection took over quickly.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Genuinely terrifying, and another reason it's a really good idea to take PrEP if you're sexually active and exclusively do anal!

[–] chosensilence@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago

I didn’t know AIDS could be this degree of silent. It’s truly scary. I’m partnered for life but would absolutely go on PrEP if I were single. No thank you.