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  • Deuce
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    • 01-12-08
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    #1
    Forrest Gump question...
    Let me start by saying I thoroughly enjoy this flick.

    She stats towards the end of the movie that she has a virus that doctors don't know what it is and she is sick. Showing her drug use throughout the movie one can assume it is AIDS. Does that mean Forrest and little Forrest have AIDS as well?

  • Deuce
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    #2
    She could have contracted HIV prior to sleeping with FOrrest and died of AIDS without passing the virus on. The risk of transmission of HIV from female to male is only about 0.3% per intercourse act. Since it is inferred that they only had sex once, it's likely that Forrest didn't contract it. Similarly, vertical transmission from mother to child is about 25% without the use of AZT (yes I know it's unlikely it would have been around at the time of the movie). The point is, Jenny may have had HIV prior to sleeping with Forrest and still have her son without transferring the virus to either.
    Things that make you go hmmmmm
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    • DrStale
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      • 12-07-08
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      #3
      Nope, I read the sequel. No aids.
      Originally posted by Dark Horse
      If with religion you mean belief system, your belief system is your religion. Again, it matters not what it is. You believe in it, you are loyal to it, would defend it, and yet have no proof of it, other than that, at one point or another, you chose to believe in it. Self-hypnosis. What if there were a snapping of fingers that broke the hypnosis?
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      • lucaario83
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        • 10-05-10
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        #4
        Originally posted by DrStale
        Nope, I read the sequel. No aids.
        right
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        • ttwarrior1
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          • 06-23-09
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          #5
          huh
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          • SamsNCharge99
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            • 10-22-08
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            #6
            good point Deuce, but I thought it was a cancer
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            • jkilla990
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              • 08-28-10
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              #7
              they knew what Aids were back then Im pretty sure, like the whole Rock Hudson thing in the 60's, so i think what she had was cancer.
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              • Mikail
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                • 07-19-09
                • 21689

                #8
                Originally posted by jkilla990
                they knew what Aids were back then Im pretty sure, like the whole Rock Hudson thing in the 60's, so i think what she had was cancer.
                But didn't they know what cancer was then too?
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                • Deuce
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                  #9
                  They never said what it was. When she died she did not look sickly. They showed needle use quite a bit though. I am going to go on a limb and say AIDS or the HEP
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                  • Mikail
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                    • 07-19-09
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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Deuce
                    They never said what it was. When she died she did not look sickly. They showed needle use quite a bit though. I am going to go on a limb and say AIDS or the HEP
                    I am 99.9% sure the insinuation was AIDS.
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                    • seaborneq
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                      • 09-08-06
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                      #11
                      Aids, too much unprotected sex and needles in the arm.
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                      • GJMike
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                        • 08-11-05
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                        #12
                        I never even tried to analyze it. I feel like I should watch it again.
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                        • NrmlCurvSurfr
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                          • 04-05-10
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by SamsNCharge99
                          good point Deuce, but I thought it was a cancer
                          This
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                          • NrmlCurvSurfr
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                            • 04-05-10
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by NrmlCurvSurfr

                            This
                            It might be AIDS, it's an "unknown virus" according to wikipedia. When you click the link it goes to something about AIDS.
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                            • ttwarrior1
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                              • 06-23-09
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                              #15
                              lmao at rock hudson thing, rock died of aids in the 80's and no they did not know what aids was in the 60s or even the 70's. Hell ****, some don't even know now
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                              • THE PROFIT
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                                • 11-27-09
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                                #16
                                The movie was made during the big awareness of AIDS, but was set in the time when they still couldnt identify it, so yet, it is AIDS.

                                Sammy, how the fuk could it have been cancer??? Cancer is not a goddamn virus & it is easily identified, better yet they showed you the loose lifestyle of fukin everything that moved & IV drug use to lead you to AIDS. You are a horrible fukin detective, I bet you never ever came close to winning a game of CLUE you dumb shit!

                                No, Forrest & Little Forrest doesnt have HIV
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                                • jgray
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                                  • 09-06-09
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                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by THE PROFIT
                                  The movie was made during the big awareness of AIDS, but was set in the time when they still couldnt identify it, so yet, it is AIDS. Sammy, how the fuk could it have been cancer??? Cancer is not a goddamn virus & it is easily identified, better yet they showed you the loose lifestyle of fukin everything that moved & IV drug use to lead you to AIDS. You are a horrible fukin detective, I bet you never ever came close to winning a game of CLUE you dumb shit! No, Forrest & Little Forrest doesnt have HIV
                                  But why not? That's Deuce's point. She's a mess before she has little Forest and seems to clean herself up afterward. Isn't it outside the realm of believability that she managed to avoid AIDS during all her free love, drugged up, sex but gets it AFTER she cleans up?

                                  ***I admit that I laughed at my own line when I wrote "believability" in reference to anything Forest Gump related.
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                                  • Deuce
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                                    • 01-12-08
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                                    #18
                                    Yes

                                    AIDS

                                    Man she is hot too. Hotter now with a bit more weight. I guess there is that chance that forrest and forrest don't have it but I don't buy it.
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                                    • DrStale
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                                      • 12-07-08
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                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by jgray

                                      But why not? That's Deuce's point. She's a mess before she has little Forest and seems to clean herself up afterward. Isn't it outside the realm of believability that she managed to avoid AIDS during all her free love, drugged up, sex but gets it AFTER she cleans up?

                                      ***I admit that I laughed at my own line when I wrote "believability" in reference to anything Forest Gump related.
                                      I read the sequel. Forrest and little Forrest partake in a series of AIDS-free adventures. Debate over.
                                      Originally posted by Dark Horse
                                      If with religion you mean belief system, your belief system is your religion. Again, it matters not what it is. You believe in it, you are loyal to it, would defend it, and yet have no proof of it, other than that, at one point or another, you chose to believe in it. Self-hypnosis. What if there were a snapping of fingers that broke the hypnosis?
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                                      • ttwarrior1
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                                        #20
                                        Since when was aids awareness in the mid 90's???? It was late 80's when aids awareness was around
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                                        • Deuce
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                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by ttwarrior1
                                          Since when was aids awareness in the mid 90's???? It was late 80's when aids awareness was around
                                          Movie was filmed in the early 90's, released in 94. What's so hard to understand?
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                                          • jgray
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                                            • 09-06-09
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                                            #22
                                            Originally posted by DrStale
                                            I read the sequel. Forrest and little Forrest partake in a series of AIDS-free adventures. Debate over.
                                            Dues ex machina?
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                                            • DrStale
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                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by Dark Horse
                                              If with religion you mean belief system, your belief system is your religion. Again, it matters not what it is. You believe in it, you are loyal to it, would defend it, and yet have no proof of it, other than that, at one point or another, you chose to believe in it. Self-hypnosis. What if there were a snapping of fingers that broke the hypnosis?
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