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I think we need to seriously consider mandatory HIV screening with health pass technology at bars and restaurants. We’ve got a good framework from Covid and we
by NoblePublius 5y ago
I think we need to seriously consider mandatory HIV screening with health pass technology at bars and restaurants. We’ve got a good framework from Covid and we can use that technology to force everyone to get an HIV test. The vast majority of new infections are caused by people who don’t know their status so I think it’s a no brainer to require this of anyone who wants to eat at a restaurant or bar or even purchase non essential goods. We owe it to the people who go to restaurants on dates with people who don’t know their status. Maybe also require the HIV test pass to enroll your kids in school.
- rdtwo 5y agoSure also it should be a condition of employment for all government workers and osha should mandate testing because it’s a hazard if you get cut and bleed. We need a presidential order to make it happen. I’m with her! Again!
- AnimalMuppet 5y ago> I think we need to seriously consider mandatory HIV screening with health pass technology at bars and restaurants. We’ve got a good framework from Covid and we can use that technology to force everyone to get an HIV test. I'm going out for dinner with my wife, and you want me to have to get an HIV test to get into the restaurant? No. Get lost. Not all of us go into restaurants to try to score, and we're tired of people trying to dictate how we should live "for our good". > I think it’s a no brainer to require this of anyone who wants to eat at a restaurant or bar or even purchase non essential goods. Doubly get lost. I know HIV tests exist; if I want one, I'll get one. Stop trying to force me to do what you think I should do. Or was that sarcasm, aimed at the Covid "response"?
- aww_dang 5y agoGiven that obesity related conditions are the biggest health risks out there, perhaps we should mandate blood pressure and body fact caliper checks?
- ilammy 5y agoYes. And carb passes that you need to flash in bar, restaurants, shops to purchase anything edible or imbibible. Plus a mandatory diet check every 4 months, or else you are not allowed to work in a society. Want to eat whatever you want? Go grow it yourself!
- cuteboy19 5y agoThere are easier ways to combat obesity. Taxing sugar/fructose are some proposals
- NoblePublius 5y agoYou can buy about 1100 calories of candy for $1 at Dollar General. Taxes aren’t gonna do it.
- tbossanova 5y agoI’m not so sure, personally I usually don’t end up having unprotected sex with everyone who comes within a few metres of me in a bar or restaurant so I’m not sure this would give me much more protection than the status quo.
- NoblePublius 5y agoI’m shocked that you aren’t willing to put up with the mild inconvenience of an HIV test to make sure that people don’t die of HIV.
- tbossanova 5y agoThen I have good news for you! I have in fact had an HIV test, negative thankfully. So you can rest easy now.
- throwawayboise 5y agoMissing /s ?
- nextaccountic 5y agoHIV isn't an airbone disease.
- NoblePublius 5y agodoesn’t matter if it’s airborne. What matters is that people goes to bars and restaurants to hook up. Seems super dangerous and deadly to not make sure everyone at the club is HIV-! Especially when it would be so easy to expand Covid passes to other diseases and health screens! Almost all HIV is transmitted by people who don’t know their status so this seems super obvious to me. Excuse me now while I inject this 9th Covid booster into my eyeball.