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Feds Want Routine HIV Testing For Americans
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| September 21 2006
Posted on 09/21/2006 9:49:28 AM PDT by jmc1969
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To: jmc1969
Not no, not hell no, F*CK NO!
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posted on
09/21/2006 8:05:48 PM PDT
by
Killborn
(Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
To: riverdawg
so one-third of all people who would be tested under this plan will test positive even though they are really HIV-negativeI'd be terrified of the damage that this could cause. I have nothing to worry about - but - Speaking only for myself, if I incorrectly tested positive, it would take a long time and a lot of negative tests to completely erase the worry. It's the old saw about a person with one watch knowing what time it is, but a person with two watches never being sure.
Not to mention damage to my marriage, etc. "I tested positive, then negative, so it's nothing to worry about, honey." Yeah, right.
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posted on
09/22/2006 5:59:37 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: riverdawg
"That means that the PPV is 4/6 = 0.66, so one-third of all people who would be tested under this plan will test positive even though they are really HIV-negative."
You mean one-third of people who will test positive are actually negative. Since the number of people testing positive is pretty miniscule (6 in 1000), I don't think that's unreasonable. More tests would be done to eliminate rule out false positives.
To: TASMANIANRED
"Assume $100 per test"
From several info sites I just googled, it looks like the rapid test is $6-10. One site said $15.
To: Killborn
Better to be pist off, than pist on!!!
65
posted on
09/22/2006 10:37:38 AM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(With government as your savior from disaster, it must first be your master!!!)
To: nmh
Yes! "The wages of sin, is death!"
66
posted on
09/22/2006 10:40:17 AM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(With government as your savior from disaster, it must first be your master!!!)
To: TASMANIANRED
"They are trying to avoid the stigma of testing high risk groups.."Precisely... the ultimate POLITICAL disease!!!
67
posted on
09/22/2006 10:41:46 AM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(With government as your savior from disaster, it must first be your master!!!)
To: SierraWasp
68
posted on
09/22/2006 12:41:09 PM PDT
by
Killborn
(Pres. Bush isn't Pres. Reagan. Then again, Pres. Regan isn't Pres. Washington. God bless them all.)
To: ivyleaguebrat
"Since the number of people testing positive will be pretty minuscule ..."
(6/1000)*230,000,000 = 1,380,000 will test positive, and 460,000 of these will be false positives. Scaring the hell out of about a half-million people, almost all of whom have zero risk factors for HIV infection, and then subjecting them to additional (e.g., ELISA) testing - which *is* expensive - doesn't seem to be very wise public policy to me. Most of us, by virtue of our genetic makeup, have essentially zero chance of passing on Tay-Sachs disease (mainly afflicting Ashkenazi Jews) or sickle-cell anemia (mainly afflicting those of West and Central African descent). Do you advocate mandatory genetic testing for these traits for all prospective parents?
To: SierraWasp
I like that ->
"With government as your savior from disaster, it must first be your master!!!"
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posted on
09/22/2006 3:30:24 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
To: nmh
Katrina, for a recent example...
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:08:12 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(With government as your savior from disaster, it must first be your master!!!)
To: SierraWasp
I love the part about not testing anyone over 64, need to make sure SS recipients die off quick!
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posted on
09/22/2006 4:16:12 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: jmc1969
It's just wrong.
I was really ticked when I heard the recommendation this morning. Unless AIDS is now spread through casual contact, there is NO WAY I could have contracted it.
What is the real motivation? To create a health database? It stinks.
73
posted on
09/22/2006 4:35:06 PM PDT
by
mombonn
(God is looking for spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.)
To: taxed2death
74
posted on
09/22/2006 4:39:06 PM PDT
by
pointsal
(q)
To: dalereed; Grampa Dave; tubebender; Ernest_at_the_Beach; NormsRevenge; Dog Gone; Carry_Okie; ...
Wull, they taxed me and shamed me and brow-beat me outa smokin cigarettes when I became 63. Now that I'm gonna be 65 a week from Sunday, I'm gonna live to at least 85, just to see how pist they can git!
Ya know, the higher and deeper this crappola gits, the less I'm carin about all of it. At one time I allowed myself to care enough to give my very best but it wasn't appreciated. Ane ever since then I've squacked my head off till the cows came home everyday about all this continual crappola and IT DOES ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD!!!
So, even though I'll never "retire" from a productive, positive life, I'm retiring from giving too much of a chit about the sickness and pussey thinking of our malignant multi-level governmental monsterous system!!!
I haven't become completely cynical because that would mean I've given up all hope. I'm just lonesome for the nation, state and community I once knew that had some taboos, standards and traditions in American culture that mattered to nearly everyone. But I understand that's how one gets to feeling when aging. You start to reminiss way too much!!!
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posted on
09/22/2006 6:18:37 PM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(With government as your savior from disaster, it must first be your master!!!)
To: SierraWasp
The drafters of this stupid rule that exempted eveyone over 64 forgot to make Viagra an illegal substance.
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posted on
09/22/2006 6:23:36 PM PDT
by
dalereed
To: SierraWasp
Don't make too much of this. It's a general health suggestion. The government isn't going to require or it pay for it.
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posted on
09/22/2006 6:29:34 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: SierraWasp
And what are their priorities after Katrina?
A "gay pride" parade and casinos.
And they vote the SAME corrupt godless people in office AGAIN! Some never learn.
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posted on
09/22/2006 8:57:48 PM PDT
by
nmh
(Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
To: Dog Gone
I won't, but I'm getting sick and tired of being sick and tired of these damn do-gooders brow-beating and needling everyone with their "audacity, audacity, audacity!!!" (Some French Dude from the time of the blood-drunk French Revolution)
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posted on
09/23/2006 8:52:03 AM PDT
by
SierraWasp
(With government as your savior from disaster, it must first be your master!!!)
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