Where were you November 7 1991?I know precisely where I was.
My student Tricia Hunter and I had just finished collecting AIDS attitude and behavior surveys in the Chicago transit system. We had been conducting a behavioral surveillance study with a cross section of the city. That is, we were asking the good people of Chicago to fill out surveys as they waited for their train.
I came home that evening to find Magic Johnson on the news. Earvin Magic Johnson, arguably the most recognized face in professional basketball, announced his retirement after testing HIV+.
I was in Chicago. Michael Jordon’s Chicago. The Champion Chicago Bull’s Chicago.
Perhaps with the exception of LA, no city could have been more stunned by Magic’s announcement than Chicago.
