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Why would you need to say where you got it from...?
by Godel_unicode 6y ago
Why would you need to say where you got it from...?
- geoduck14 6y agoContact testing
- Godel_unicode 6y agoI understand that's why the government would want to know. My point (thus the word "need" in my question) is that at least in the United States there are very few groups of people (largely healthcare/childcare workers) who are required to disclose to the state. You're frequently required to disclose to partners, but that's obviously a completely different thing. Even then, disclosing where you got it from is not a legal requirement, merely the fact of the infection.
- msla 6y agoTo keep them from giving it to others. Basic epidemiology.
- Godel_unicode 6y agoNope. Telling the state in no way keeps you from giving it to others. The existing legal requirement to disclose STIs to partners is targeted at that. In terms of actual epidemiology, the government just needs to know O() how many new cases have been found in a population, not specifically who has been diagnosed with what.