Talk:Q4759878

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Autodescription — André De Shields (Q4759878)

description: American entertainer
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A note on HIV start date

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I've just added medical condition (P1050): human immunodeficiency virus infectious disease (Q18556697) with a start time (P580) of "1970s", based on this interview in Poz, where he describes lymphadenopathy (Q847726) in "the spring of 1980", which means he must have been infected at the very latest in late 1979. That he didn't receive a formal diagnosis until 1991 is unimportant, as it was very common for queer men not to seek urgent diagnosis, during the Early AIDS Crisis, given they will already have suspected their seropositive status and that having a formal diagnosis would have other effects on one's life (regarding health insurance (Q334911), life insurance (Q626608) or ability to get a mortgage loan (Q1210094), for example). — OwenBlacker (talk; please {{ping}} me in replies) 14:09, 20 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]