is there a place for ppl W/AID/HIV to register to tell others that they are infected?
should there be one implemented?
would it be a wise thing to do?
2006-08-11 18:54:52 · 4 answers · asked by Dawn C 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
There should not be any public forum where people are registered and "outed" because too many people would discriminate or possibly harm someone depending on where they live and how open people are. But the CDC knows whos who, and like anyone we have ever seen jailed for attempting to intentially infect someone in the media,the athourities could prove the status of someone harming the public if they need to.So why put poeples lives in the open.No one chooses their status and should not be punished by public knowledge of it.
2006-08-17 16:46:59 · answer #1 · answered by dnice 3 · 3⤊ 4⤋
Hiv Register
2016-12-10 20:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the United States, there is no HIV/AIDS registry. If an HIV-positive person wants to interact with other HIV-positive people, he or she must use support groups.
I think it would be a horrible idea, at least right now, to create a public HIV/AIDS registry. There is still a lot of stigma attached to HIV/AIDS patients, and making their information public would put them in a desperate situation. They could be targeted by crazies (for example, people who think all HIV/AIDS patients are gay and all gay people are sick, evil, vile beings who deserve to be exterminated) or disowned by their families. Some HIV/AIDS patients only disclose their serostatus to very few people (the ones who matter).
Currently, this put all the burden on HIV/AIDS patients to tell others about their serostatus before having sexual encounters with others. Unfortunately, the few who openly lie about themselves can have horrid affects on others. However, there is no other option at the moment.
2006-08-11 19:07:43 · answer #3 · answered by 99 ways to smile 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it would be wonderful to know who in the country has this dreaded disease for the good of the rest of the country. i do not see it as a violation of civil rights or human rights. many hiv/aids survivors are infecting innocent people knowingly. ia mnot implying that most are intentionally doing it but many are sadly.
2006-08-11 19:02:23 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋