To: artichokegrower
Critics say the policy has been rendered obsolete by advances in testing which can which can detect HIV — the virus that causes AIDS — within days of infection. Unless things have changed, I don't believe this is true -- unless the definition of "days" is "many days".
The median window period for the nucleic-acid test is 17 days. The antigen test has a shorter window, but its sensitivity is low.
10 posted on
09/16/2013 6:27:07 AM PDT by
justlurking
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To: justlurking
Even if it is true, as I understand it the same can not be said about Hepatitis C... which also runs rampant among the rump rider “community”.
13 posted on
09/16/2013 6:30:55 AM PDT by
Common Sense 101
(Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
To: justlurking
Right, and how many homosexuals would you believe if they told you they had been celibate for the last 17 days?
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