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San Francisco Chronicle Pushes U.S. to Expand HIV Testing
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Personally I think it would even be better to change laws so that HIV testing would come automatically with physicals or any blood work a person has done unless they have already been diagnoised as HIV positive.
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Donald A. Baxter
Health professionals need to get better at screening for likely candidates for HIV testing. In North America, HIV is mainly confined to men who have sex with men, persons who purchase and sell sex, and IV drug users. The heterosexual epidemic never materialized in this country. Why should we waste precious resources that could go into treatment and prevention for appropriately targetted groups by testing the entire population. Read what Elizabeth Pisani (she seems ignored in your magazine).
December 16, 2008 • Iowa City