-Caveat Lector-
I think the AIDS / SIDA issue was presumed to include privacy as part of
the issue to avoid stigmatising those who got it. But what is weird, as
you point out, anyone who got STDs in the 'olden' days got identified,
presumably to find out who else was possibly infected. NOW, at this point
in history, people can't ask and don't tell and it's like Russian Roulette
but I'm not sure if the ratio is 1 to 6 or better any more. I can
understand the concept of not wanting to know but I think they ought to put
the whole thing in the same category as drug testing: a matter of public
safety.
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The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes
but in having new eyes. -Marcel Proust
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: From: Gerald Harp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
: To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
: Subject: Re: [CTRL] Fw: Proposed CDC Guidelines Threaten Privacy!
: Date: Sunday, December 13, 1998 4:32 PM
:
: -Caveat Lector-
:
: In a message dated 12/12/98 8:03:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
:
: >
: > : 1. HIV Names Reporting: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
yesterday
: > : released draft guidelines for the surveillance of HIV cases that
would
: > : violate our most basic privacy rights.
:
: The political influence of people with HIV/AIDS and their allies
(parents,
: friends, homosexuals, users of needle injected illegal drugs) is
remarkable.
:
: When I got married my betrothed and I had to prove to the state of Texas
that
: we didn't have syphilis. This was to protect the healthy from getting
this
: unfortunate STD. Suddenly, there is scarce concern to protect the
: uncontaminated from a mortal illness, i.e. a life or several lives became
less
: important than keeping the identities of carriers of a deadly
communicable
: disease hidden from view. An age of progress and decay.
:
: Jerry Harp
:
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