🩸 Social media users are sharing a photo they claim shows US basketball star Magic Johnson donating blood. This is false -- Johnson, who was diagnosed with HIV in 1991, refuted the rumors, saying he has never donated blood
says it spreads"narratives with misinformation ." The page confirmed the post, which has since been deleted, was made-up.
"I meant no harm to Magic Johnson," the account told AFP."I can't control if people are taking my posts and spreading them as true fact. I try to make it obvious that I am a satire page.""I'm aware of the false story circling the internet, and to be clear, I have never donated blood," said Johnson, who starred for the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s and 90s, in aI’m aware of the false story circling the internet, and to be clear, I have never donated blood.
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