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The Charlie Sheen effect on HIV testing

The Charlie Sheen effect on HIV testing

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·January 29, 2025
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stefs

For some reason, my first thought was that all those people soght out testing because they all had sex with Sheen.

TZubiri

I don't think that's too far off, they had sex with people who had sex with him. Or people that were like them.

LilyFrenchPants

This was me. The LA party scene was wild in the late 2000s. I knew two girls who partied with "Good Time Charlie" and were vocal about it. I partied with one of them so I definitely got tested when I heard the news.

LFP

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sidewndr46

This is kind of remarkable because it means a nearly-unhinged celebrity may have single handedly made a significant contribution to the public health.

Of course, what we're really talking about is destigmatization. In the US the initial public response was ostracization, followed by a governmental response doubting if HIV even was a real medical concern

antigeox

> nearly-unhinged

[Meanwhile, on The Internet...]

https://www.tiktok.com/@bendover74000/video/7169475558374460...

hinkley

He looks like he started a bender two days before this interview and hit a point where he wouldn’t be sober in time to get there and just said fuck it.

dehrmann

> nearly-unhinged celebrity

I have a theory that they had to cast him as characters named "Charlie" who are PG versions of Charlie Sheen so he doesn't get confused.