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I agree, we should also require people to disclose their sexually transmitted diseases publicly. Especially HIV, which is fatal when left untreated and for all but the most wealthy it's detected so late it's a death sentence. It's important that we insure these people with HIV are not only publicly shamed, but also are barred from employment where they may transmit their disease.

This is what you mean, right? A real deadly disease being an actual public health concern, to the point that we should not only publicly shame people, but also bar them from employment?



It is illegal in many places not to disclose HIV status with sexual partners. If you could transmit HIV by just being in the same room with someone for 15 minutes, then absolutely you should be required to disclose it.


I think you know that's argument is fallacious - getting AIDS from an infected person requires very specific interaction to take place.


You are already required to disclose it, just not publicly, so I do not get your point.


> Thanks to California Senate Bill 329, as of January 1, 2017, it is no longer a felony for people who are HIV-positive to have unprotected sex and not disclose their status.[0]

[0]https://www.shouselaw.com/ca/blog/laws/do-i-have-to-tell-a-s...


No, I don’t mean that and I think you known that.

I also believe you mean ‘ensure’, not ‘insure’.




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