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This post was published on 27/06/08 in Ideology and HIV, Science.

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  1. Comment by Petal, 01/07/08, 04:11:

    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??

  2. Comment by Kevin Carmichael, 01/07/08, 05:31:

    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.

  3. Comment by Amanda, 01/07/08, 06:39:

    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

  4. Comment by Anna, 12/11/08, 08:36:

    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.

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