HIV Screening for All!
Caught this AP piece on Detroit News today: http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060921/UPDATE/609210437
CDC is now calling for routine HIV testing for all between the ages of 13 and 64. The ironic thing is that regardless of the fact that this is not a call for mandatory testing, I bet the group that will most vocally oppose the measure is the privacy nuts and not those most at risk of contracting HIV.
I actually think the pandemic is bad enough at this point that mandatory HIV testing, whenever you are already getting blood work done would not be a bad idea. But then again, I'm not so paranoid as to think that the government would use a positive test against me at some future point.
CDC is now calling for routine HIV testing for all between the ages of 13 and 64. The ironic thing is that regardless of the fact that this is not a call for mandatory testing, I bet the group that will most vocally oppose the measure is the privacy nuts and not those most at risk of contracting HIV.
I actually think the pandemic is bad enough at this point that mandatory HIV testing, whenever you are already getting blood work done would not be a bad idea. But then again, I'm not so paranoid as to think that the government would use a positive test against me at some future point.
READ ON...
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posted by Matt at 2:29 PM
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