Posted on 01/07/2026 9:53:25 AM PST by fwdude
A couple of years ago, Matthew Hurley got the kind of text people fear.
It said: “When was the last time you were STD tested?”
Someone Hurley had recently had unprotected sex with had just tested positive for HIV.
Hurley went to a clinic and got tested. “Luckily, I had not caught HIV, but it was a wake-up call,” they said.
That experience moved Hurley to seek out PrEP, shorthand for preexposure prophylaxis.
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Hurley started PrEP and all was well for the first nine months — until their health insurance changed and they started seeing a new doctor: “When I brought PrEP up to him, he said, ‘What’s that?’ And I was like, oh boy.”
(Excerpt) Read more at kffhealthnews.org ...
It pays many other dividends too.
Some employer health insurance plans were charging a surcharge to employees who smoked, relieved only if they went through programs that helped them end their smoking habit.
My point is that some insured health issues are affected by choices and in a free enterprise sense there is nothing wrong with health insurers charging for bad choices; and one form of charging more is not covering something that only occurs because of someone’s choice.
There are no hurdles between me and HIV prevention, Stupid!
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WEAR A RUBBER OR DON’T DO IT.
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Indeed!
A couple of humble suggestions:
Gentlemen: Only ever stick it in your wife.
Ladies: Only ever spread ‘em for your husband.
Following the above suggestions will prevent all manner of annoyance and undesired consequences.
Hurley is a fag.
Aspirin.
Put it between the knees.
Works every time.
easy sit down and keep ones mouth shut
“he (doctor) said, ‘What’s that?’ And I was like, oh boy.”
My friend, a retired nurse, recently saw a new PCP and the doc was reviewing friend’s list of current meds.
She (doc) asked why aspirin was on the list — why she was taking it. Friend said it was for pain in her shoulder. Doc said, “That’s interesting. I never heard of taking aspirin for pain.”
Like you, my friend “was like, ‘oh boy’”.
Doc was young and had just been certified.
“DON’T DO IT” is the best way. Natch.
“WEAR A RUBBER OR DON’T DO IT.”
Bodily fluids are swapped in more ways than the sex act. Sadly.
Flies spread disease, so keep yours closed!
Misbehavior without consequences is the objective of PREP.
Not being gay would help.
Not sharing needles would be a good idea. Of course if you don’t do drugs at all, that’s not a problem.
Wearing a rubber is a good idea.....of course so is not banging strangers you don’t know on a regular basis.
I have never ever had the slightest fear of AIDS....not even in the 80s when they were trying desperately to fearmonger everybody about it.
Gentlemen: Only ever stick it in your wife.
Ladies: Only ever spread ‘em for your husband.
Oh, you hateful homophobe!
And giving us Irish a bad name and reputation that originates from a pervert.
I gather that most physicians are not queer.
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That's a major facepalm moment ...
Ibuprofen and naproxen have taken over much of that segment of over-the-counter self medication, but aspirin is still quite common.
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