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    Lakers legend Magic Johnson on campaign trail for health education and RSV awareness

    by Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times Oct 17, 2023 3 minutes
    Los Angeles Lakers legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson speaks as he and GSK are joined by healthcare professionals and patient advocates to educate and raise awareness on the risk of Respiratory Syncytial Virus infection for people 60 years of age and older, at the Crenshaw Family YMCA in Los Angeles Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023.

    LOS ANGELES — Magic Johnson paced the basketball court at the Crenshaw Family YMCA on Tuesday, holding a microphone instead of a ball as the Lakers legend addressed the audience about the importance of maintaining good health.

    Johnson had teamed up with pharmaceutical company GSK to talk about respiratory syncytial virus [RSV] at another of their "Sideline RSV" events.

    He's a longtime advocate for healthcare and wanted to share with his community why it means so much to him.

    "Dealing with HIV for 32 years, it's important that I know everything about my health," said Johnson,

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