[Dilbert San Diego]

Most people are not at high risk of AIDS. Is it cost effective to do this, to test everyone?

Or does the Bronx have so many high risk people that it makes sense?

Or does the Bronx have a big population that historically just don’t go to doctors, so this is a good screening tool? Just wondering what it’s all about.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Two years ago, Washington, D.C., made a high-profile push to test 450,000 residents, enlisting celebrity endorsements and distributing 80,000 free testing kits, but the campaign resulted in only about 45,000 people being tested.

WTF? 10% participation in D.C.? How hard is it to penetrate ignorance? With folks like Rev. Wright claiming that HIV was introduced into the black population intentionally as a matter of a genocide... and with a Harvard Law educated presidential candidate regularly and passively listening to such pap and not making the effort to specifically repudiate that claim...it's a widespread ignorance indeed. An obdurate one, evidently.

[cherry]

there is a misconception about "treating" AIDS....as I understand it, there was initial hope that the AIDS "cocktail" of several meds would lower the virus count tremendously....but it seems that it is not as affective as once hoped....

AIDS is not curable yet....

and let them test for the disease within its probable population.....drug abusers, homosexuals, bisexuals, prostitutes.....

knowing the results will what?....make them stop their behaviour?....no....make them use condomns?...no....make them stop using drugs and the same paraphenalia?...no....

so why test?....we have no power to change the BEHAVIOR ....

[neverdem]

Most people are not at high risk of AIDS. Is it cost effective to do this, to test everyone?

Or does the Bronx have so many high risk people that it makes sense?

Or does the Bronx have a big population that historically just don’t go to doctors, so this is a good screening tool? Just wondering what it’s all about.

The Bronx has the highest mortality rates, and the liberals can't tolerate that in mostly people of color.