Jan 18 2009Highly Questionable: Steve Jobs Has HIV?
I'm assuming the picture is all part of a really shitty hoax, but who knows.
On January 14, 2009, in an internal Apple memo, Jobs wrote that in the previous week he had "learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought" and announced a six-month leave of absence until the end of June 2009 to allow him to better focus on his health.
Obviously I hope Steve doesn't actually have HIV, but that Apple finds a cure anyways. Whatever the case may be -- get better, Steve.
Steve Jobs purported HIV medical status results, 2008 [wikileaks]
Thanks to steve (not THE Steve), Jimmy and Malicious Lingerer, who all wish Mr. Jobs the best.
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Reader Comments
1. ...in America! - January 18, 2009 8:19 PM
I doubt I'm first.
2. ...in America! - January 18, 2009 8:20 PM
Wow. I have dial-up interwebs too. Cool I guess.
3. mcclane - January 18, 2009 8:20 PM
sorry steve
4. Rob - January 18, 2009 8:23 PM
WTF?
So he takes a leave of absence for 6 months in 2009 5 YEARS AFTER the test results?
5. Thumperchica - January 18, 2009 8:26 PM
I'm not sure even where to start with this. Whatever jackass took the picture of medical records is an amazing prick. Everyone who's reposting the pic with the SSN on it are continuing the asshattery. I'm not sure this is real, but if so, good luck Jobs.
6. Holy SSN Batman! - January 18, 2009 8:32 PM
Theres the SSN right on there. God damn. I would at least photoshop the SSN out! For teh love of god.
7. imscuba - January 18, 2009 8:33 PM
yea, wtf. 5 is right, who the hell is that much of a douche to take pictures like that and then post them wherever the picture was originally posted?
8. Nick - January 18, 2009 8:33 PM
There is a cure for HIV. This is the method Magic Johnson used:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3383948315844437935&ei=H9hzSf66OZPiqQLwjIS7BQ&q=bob+beck&emb=1
9. evan - January 18, 2009 8:35 PM
SXCheck wasn't founded until 2006 yet the dates on the form are 2004. fake fake fake
10. Top Ten Guy - January 18, 2009 8:37 PM
Wohoo!
Top ten!
11. Rob - January 18, 2009 8:40 PM
@8
Magic Johnson is surviving with HIV by taking a gigaton of pills to suppress is and keep it from going to full blown aids. He's able to do this cuz he's rich as piss.
As far as you're video, that news to me...
12. 8008 - January 18, 2009 8:44 PM
I saw this posted on /b first, that should tell you whether or not to believe this...
13. Zan - January 18, 2009 8:51 PM
Interesting fact: Lupus can create a false positive on an HIV test. (Since they're both autoimmune diseases it makes some sense)
14. P - January 18, 2009 8:56 PM
This is really disappointing that you'd post this here. The man's got a right to privacy - whether this is BS or not.
Bad show.
15. Stan Wingson - January 18, 2009 9:04 PM
I cry utter bullshit. Why would a guy as rich as Steve Jobs use some little internet startup to get an HIV test. This is viral marketing of the sickest sickest kind...
16. Boost - January 18, 2009 9:04 PM
Dial-up interwebs.
That phrase hasn't been said in like 10 years.
17. RandomNigel - January 18, 2009 9:12 PM
I call bullshit!
Those date back to 2004.
He wouldn't take leave after finding out he had HIV more than four years after the discovery.
18. Tom - January 18, 2009 9:20 PM
Camera phone pictures don't lie.. Photoshopping the name does..
19. Dr. Zaius - January 18, 2009 9:24 PM
@8
Curing AIDS and cancer with electrical currents? I hope you're joking... apparently you can read and type, so you can't be stupid enough to really believe that.
20. Daisy - January 18, 2009 9:48 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never Back Down where Max and his family are going on a trip in the car. They stop for lunch and hook their dog's leash to the bumper, and then when they take off they forget about the dog, dragging it at highway speeds and eventually killing it.
21. teve_torbs - January 18, 2009 9:58 PM
HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
OH THE IRONY. he probably got it from the hordes of rabid HIV mac fans that undoubtedly get it from unprotected male/male anal sex
22. Thumperchica - January 19, 2009 4:51 PM
Well, props for taking out the SSN GW. I feel a teensy bit better now.
23. Snoodle - January 19, 2009 4:55 PM
Highly doubtful indeed, but whatever the case, stay well as you can Steve :(
24. Thumperchica - January 19, 2009 6:04 PM
I'm a stupid bitch
25. jas - January 19, 2009 6:35 PM
riiight so in date of birth some doctors actually going to write out "Born February 24 1955" give me a break theyre gonna quickly type 2/24/55
26. Paul - January 19, 2009 6:39 PM
Maybe that's why he kept saying it's so personal...
27. Tony Huynh - January 19, 2009 7:47 PM
Great this stupid rumor is going to cost the stock another 10 points.
28. flashbackzoo - January 19, 2009 9:21 PM
Yeah nah, it's lies, look at the perspective "Born February..." it's all corky
29. Elboroto - January 19, 2009 9:30 PM
Don't worry, he'll come up with the iheal.
30. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - January 19, 2009 9:42 PM
And all you Apple user f***-nuts out there fault PC for it's virus protection....I bet Bill Gates is AIDS free!
31. Barry O - January 19, 2009 10:56 PM
Wonder if that picture was taken with an iPhone.
32. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - January 19, 2009 11:10 PM
@2: Who the f*** still has dial-up? That still exists?
33. jarjarbinx - January 19, 2009 11:49 PM
THIS IS A WHITE MANS HIV CERTIFICATE. NO OOGABOOGAS ALLOWED
34. Douche McAllister - January 20, 2009 10:08 AM
551-23-2014
35. 551-23-2014 - January 22, 2009 2:45 AM
551-23-2014 is the SSN