Clinton: Compulsory AIDS tests essential..

[IGBT]

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The former president, whose Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative is helping to provide cheaper AIDS tests and drugs, said making people aware of their HIV status was the only way to make them change their sexual behavior.

The foundation has brokered deals with pharmaceutical companies to bring the price of an instant test for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, down to between 49 and 65 cents, or about half the normal cost. It has also brought down by about 70 percent the prices of some anti-retroviral drugs that slow the spread of disease.

According to the Clinton Foundation, more than 90 percent of the 40 million people living with HIV do not know they are infected. Developing countries need to run at least 200 million HIV tests in the next four years, according to the foundation.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Sounds reasonable to me. Just as long as there is no branding involved.

 

[Platypus]

You may consider having this moved to P&N

 

[IGBT]

Originally posted by: Platypus
You may consider having this moved to P&N

..your right. But it's such a public health issue I posted it here for max exposure. Not everybody pays attention to the news. Mods please move if deemed necessary.

 

[NakaNaka]

I'm totally on board with this. I would force all positive tests to be re-tested with a new blood sample. There are some false positives.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate
Sounds reasonable to me. Just as long as there is no branding involved.

Why not? I say put a tattoo on a person's pubic area if he or she has HIV. Is it a violation of freedom? Yes... It's a worse violation of someone else's freedom to hide your HIV.

 

[Mo0o]

Let's do it

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: DevilsAdvocate
Sounds reasonable to me. Just as long as there is no branding involved.

Why not? I say put a tattoo on a person's pubic area if he or she has HIV. Is it a violation of freedom? Yes... It's a worse violation of someone else's freedom to hide your HIV.

I think he may have been referring to pharmaceutical company branding, not actual physically branding someone with an HIV tattoo. I could be wrong.

Edit - as for my position on the topic, yes I would welcome mandatory AIDs tests.

 

[judasmachine]

I suggest we put all our info from our dna to our bank account numbers on a card, and wear it everywhere. You never know when the government might have to identify you for no reason.