Question about HIV testing - AIM - GoFuckYourself.com

Orgasmics · 04-23-2004, 01:13 PM

"THE 1ST GENERATION INDIVIDUALS SHOULD NOT TEST UNTIL THE DATE GIVEN BELOW!!!!!!" as quoted from the quarantine page on AIM - http://aim-med.org/Quarantine.html

I'm wondering why the people on the 1st gen list are being told not to test until one month after contact. What harm would it have done to have been tested immediately and retested in a week or so if negative? It would seem that if people on the 1st and/or 2nd gen list came up positive, this would enable them to actively seek out and warn 3rd gen and move on down the list... get an earlier start on things if needed.

If someone has an explaination for this, I'd truly like to know the reasoning. I just know that if I were on any of those lists, I'd want to be tested as soon as possible.

Also, does anyone have any info on the press conference that was held yesterday?

PhotoGreggXXX · 04-23-2004, 02:41 PM

the reason for the month long quarentine thing is that even when having sex with someone infected, it takes 2-3 weeks for the virus to show up in your system. Most talent and producers are going for 60 days and 2 tests to be sure.

clickhappy · 04-23-2004, 02:44 PM

they have a new oral hiv test coming out that gives you results in 20 minutes

http://www.ashp.org/news/ShowArticle.cfm?id=4814

gwilkins · 04-23-2004, 02:55 PM

They're probably worried about people getting false negatives from being tested too early then going back to their regularly scheduled sex lives

beemk · 04-23-2004, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by gwilkins
They're probably worried about people getting false negatives from being tested too early then going back to their regularly scheduled sex lives

bingo

Butrflied · 04-23-2004, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by clickhappy
they have a new oral hiv test coming out that gives you results in 20 minutes

http://www.ashp.org/news/ShowArticle.cfm?id=4814

Just because it can give results in 20 min doesnt have anything to do with the period of time it takes for the disease to show in your system 30-60+ days

mryellow · 04-24-2004, 09:23 AM

A virus is an extremely tiny thing. Very fuckin small.

Antibodies are what?s being tested for.

Antibodies take time to produce.

Antibodies have to exist in numbers great enough to test.

-Ben

04-23-2004, 01:13 PM	#1
Orgasmics Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,206	Question about HIV testing - AIM "THE 1ST GENERATION INDIVIDUALS SHOULD NOT TEST UNTIL THE DATE GIVEN BELOW!!!!!!" as quoted from the quarantine page on AIM - http://aim-med.org/Quarantine.html I'm wondering why the people on the 1st gen list are being told not to test until one month after contact. What harm would it have done to have been tested immediately and retested in a week or so if negative? It would seem that if people on the 1st and/or 2nd gen list came up positive, this would enable them to actively seek out and warn 3rd gen and move on down the list... get an earlier start on things if needed. If someone has an explaination for this, I'd truly like to know the reasoning. I just know that if I were on any of those lists, I'd want to be tested as soon as possible. Also, does anyone have any info on the press conference that was held yesterday?

04-23-2004, 02:41 PM	#2
PhotoGreggXXX Confirmed User Join Date: May 2003 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 1,616	the reason for the month long quarentine thing is that even when having sex with someone infected, it takes 2-3 weeks for the virus to show up in your system. Most talent and producers are going for 60 days and 2 tests to be sure. __________________ PornPayouts! Tons of Exclusive new HI Dev Videos... Home of the WeDo Girls! e-mail: [email protected] ICQ - 138-053-157

04-24-2004, 09:23 AM	#7
mryellow Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 934	A virus is an extremely tiny thing. Very fuckin small. Antibodies are what?s being tested for. Antibodies take time to produce. Antibodies have to exist in numbers great enough to test. -Ben __________________ Cyberwurx Hosting After trying 5 different hosts, I found the best. Since 1997 I've had 2 hours of downtime. Fast support, great techs, no hype, no gimmicks. <- I in no way endorse whatever just got stuck on the left of my post.

04-23-2004, 02:44 PM	#3
clickhappy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 4,027	they have a new oral hiv test coming out that gives you results in 20 minutes http://www.ashp.org/news/ShowArticle.cfm?id=4814

04-23-2004, 02:55 PM	#4
gwilkins Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 744	They're probably worried about people getting false negatives from being tested too early then going back to their regularly scheduled sex lives