Should everyone be required to know their HIV-status?

As a condition of keeping their health insurance, do you think everyone should be required to take annual HIV tests for documentation purposes every other year or so?

I ask this because last week I watched one of my NYPD Blue season DVDs, where they were interviewing a paranoid suspect/witness who wouldn't get checked out at the hospital because he didn't want to know if he possibly had any diseases.

Should people be allowed to live in deliberate ignorance when it comes to matters of health?

If you FORCED everyone to get tested for HIV or any other diseases, we would become a police state.

Staying on topic, I think if someone suspects it, they should be tested, but if they don't want to know, it's their choice. As far as the person spreading the disease, except in rape cases, we are all responsible for protecting ourselves. That means that no matter how fine someone is or how much you're in love with someone, unless you truly know their status, you should use a condom or some other method to avoid any type of STD.

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It's more than foolish to turn a willful blind eye to what your health is. But required? No.

It's a good idea but I read about a person who donated blood, and took an HIV test once, and even though he didn't have it, he was notified he couldn't donate anymore because he took the test. Now I don't know if this is a one time thing or if this is procedure because I don't do either, but that's really ass backwards, if there is PROOF that the person is negative, why shouldn't they be able to give blood?

Much as I think everyone should know their status, people cannot be forced to be enlightened if they'd rather keep their heads buried. For some who have engaged in a dangerous amount of unprotected sex, the fear of consequence is probably slightly eased with the idea of NO news being "good" news.

I think if someone suspects it, they should absolutely get tested, not only for themselves, but for sexual partners they might have in the future. It's ideal that that person would always use a condom or some other form of protection to prevent an STD, but that's not always realistic, there are going to be times when even the most responsible people are irresponsible. If someone suspects it, of course that's their choice to get tested, I don't believe people should be forced, but you have to wonder where their conscience is at because they could possibly be endangering other people's lives.

No, it should not be required. But people should do it anyway. It's free to find out, after all.