Comments on: Should everyone be tested for HIV? Really? http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/06/27/should-everyone-be-tested-for-hiv-really/ Of sex and science. Elizabeth Pisani's blog about HIV and other sundry things. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Anna http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/06/27/should-everyone-be-tested-for-hiv-really/comment-page-1/#comment-1779 Anna Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:36:34 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=422#comment-1779 Very scary, especially since the HIV test is horrendously inaccurate. Yes, we have to practice safe sex but the there are 70 conditions other than HIV that can produce a false-positive result. Why are no other communicable diseases treated this way? AIDS drugs are ultra-toxic, they can actually cause immune dysfunction that is similar to AIDS. In other words they can kill. We owe it to ourselves to educate ourselves about HIV, not just accept the status quo. To me accepting what the establishment is telling me is accepting that the earth is flat. Well, folks, it is round and the HIV test is not accurate. Check out: http://whatifeverything.com/whatif/index.html It's a New World Order if we have forced testing for a disease that may not exist as we know it. Very scary, especially since the HIV test is horrendously inaccurate. Yes, we have to practice safe sex but the there are 70 conditions other than HIV that can produce a false-positive result. Why are no other communicable diseases treated this way? AIDS drugs are ultra-toxic, they can actually cause immune dysfunction that is similar to AIDS. In other words they can kill. We owe it to ourselves to educate ourselves about HIV, not just accept the status quo. To me accepting what the establishment is telling me is accepting that the earth is flat. Well, folks, it is round and the HIV test is not accurate. Check out:

http://whatifeverything.com/whatif/index.html

It’s a New World Order if we have forced testing for a disease that may not exist as we know it.

]]> By: Amanda http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/06/27/should-everyone-be-tested-for-hiv-really/comment-page-1/#comment-962 Amanda Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:39:57 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=422#comment-962 That's not the only issue. I've just finished the chapter on IV drug users. Obviously, mass testing without the proper questions (and reliability issues of questioner and interviewee) won't yield useful data anyway. XX That’s not the only issue. I’ve just finished the chapter on IV drug users. Obviously, mass testing without the proper questions (and reliability issues of questioner and interviewee) won’t yield useful data anyway.

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]]> By: Kevin Carmichael http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/06/27/should-everyone-be-tested-for-hiv-really/comment-page-1/#comment-960 Kevin Carmichael Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:31:59 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=422#comment-960 What I struggle with is how we get persons who have risk factors to admit them to themselves and then take the next step and get tested. I get tired of having patients with "no risk factors" admitted to the hospital with PCP or another OI. So, when I get the chance I encourage everyone who has ever had sex (I tell them they don't need to raise their hands) to get tested with the goal of finding that they are negative and then using that "teachable moment" to make the changes needed to stay negative. What I struggle with is how we get persons who have risk factors to admit them to themselves and then take the next step and get tested.

I get tired of having patients with “no risk factors” admitted to the hospital with PCP or another OI.

So, when I get the chance I encourage everyone who has ever had sex (I tell them they don’t need to raise their hands) to get tested with the goal of finding that they are negative and then using that “teachable moment” to make the changes needed to stay negative.

]]> By: Petal http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/06/27/should-everyone-be-tested-for-hiv-really/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Petal Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:11:32 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/?p=422#comment-959 I take the argument you make, but on the other hand, by testing everyone the stigma of getting tested is also removed. I went for a full STI screen in the US after a condom broke and was shocked that the doctor tried to discourage me from taking it - surely if I've put myself at risk for one STD, I've put myself at risk from them all?? I take the argument you make, but on the other hand, by testing everyone the stigma of getting tested is also removed. I went for a full STI screen in the US after a condom broke and was shocked that the doctor tried to discourage me from taking it – surely if I’ve put myself at risk for one STD, I’ve put myself at risk from them all??

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