Untreated HIV (usually) takes years to cause AIDS, and then takes months to years for you to die from it. Before you have AIDS, you can still start treatment, a

Untreated HIV (usually) takes years to cause AIDS, and then takes months to years for you to die from it. Before you have AIDS, you can still start treatment, and can still enjoy a long life afterwards. That being said though, the earlier you start treatment, the better. So yes, there are still strong incentives to get tested, but people still don't get tested when having HIV is criminalized.