Originally Posted by Robbie

Isn't that just amazing?

On one hand the govt. spends money on advertising telling people to "get tested". They advocate it.

Then when you try to "get tested" you have to spend over $100 to get the freakin' test. And the majority of the people in the general public that have HIV...are also poor people who can't afford that.

And when there is cheap and accurate testing available...guess what? Only a doctor can have it. Sound familiar? Kinda like everything else in our health care system?

I would theorize that the vast majority of strippers and hookers would test themselves if they had an accurate, cheap, and widely available over the counter test that they could administer to themselves in private.

I know that the first time I was tested back in the 1980's I was scared shitless. AND I was scared to have other people know in case the test came back positive.

For instance, if a girl is a stripper and could test herself...then she could continue as a stripper even if she came back positive. BUT, no girl out there is gonna spend over a hundred bucks to get a test that already scares them and also makes them fear that their condition would be leaked out by the nurses and cost them their job right when they need the money to pay for the overpriced (in the U.S. anyway) medication.

It's just amazing how the pharmaceutical and medical industries just fuck American's over in every way they can think of.

A fucking HIV test should be available cheaply and over the counter. There is no excuse otherwise. And for doctors and the govt. to pretend that they give a shit about any of our health is a fucking joke. It's all about the almighty dollar.