Comments on: Right to Life: Should One Take the Test?

By: Rahul Singh

Rahul Singh — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:56:19 +0000

HIV Test shall be mandatory, once we are able to change the pseudo social broad mindedness. Our Society boast of Pseudo cultural ethos,which are inbuild in our customs, making HIV a more complicated problem then it is.

If we take HIV/AIDS as dieases then every one should go for the test and society should support the people as we do if communicated by some other dieases.

The difference will be made if change our social thoughts.

By: HIV Chat

HIV Chat — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 05:43:16 +0000

I think it is a good idea to have expecting mothers tested for HIV (too bad it cannot be anonymous results). I do not agree to force people to get tested, but I do believe all women should get tested before giving birth. If they find out they are HIV positive, they can almost eliminate (less than 1% chance) the chances of baby getting HIV by following the CDC guidelines (C-section birth, 6 weeks of AZT treatment for baby and mother) and making sure the mother doesn’t breast feed (HIV virus can be transmitted through breast milk).

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By: src

src — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 18:14:23 +0000

Hi, I am a lurker, delurking to say that your post reminded me of myself. Only I was even more cautious and any guy who proposed to me was told to go meet my mom, and the first one who did was the one I married. Well, it proved that he had the guts to do so, and of course after that I took a suitable amount of time to check him out.

By: puranjoy

puranjoy — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:08:13 +0000

Umm, it should not be made mandatory by the govt because the govt should not have any business interfering in a marriage. Even if there were no stigma associated with HIV. Even if we had institutions administering the tests for free.

By: Sue

Sue — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:13:21 +0000

Although my boyfriend and I knew each other for over five years before we decided to get married, and even though I knew I was the first (and only) woman he’d slept with, we decided to have the test done. I suggested it, saying that I had had more than one partner, had unsafe sex and generally, it was the right thing to do. He had no objections so we went ahead. The attitude at the clinic was quite funny, all those hushed voices!

I’m glad we did this because now I can tell other couples to go ahead as well. And I think it’s a sign of concern for your spouse to be to take the test. It’s not something you’re doing for yourself (or you’d have done it already.)

By: Saakshi O. Juneja

Saakshi O. Juneja — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:12:23 +0000

In my opinion this is the sad bit – our society by default assumes that we are talking about sex, when individuals are requested to undergo an HIV/AIDS test. Obviously, one cannot be blamed for thinking in such “rigid” manner but we need to understand that sex is just one of the ways in which a heathly person can get infected. As Sonal pointed out in the post – many a times an HIV positive person isn’t even aware of his/her health condition.

I believe in Arranged Marriage – it should be a must to ask for a premarital HIV testing, even if the other party highly reputed, well to do, etc etc.

When it comes to Love tangles – Yes, character does play an important part. But if I intend jump into the sack with the other, even if trust is not an issue, I would ask them to get tested.

At the end of the day, its about safety of my health and thereby my future and frankly I really don’t give a flying crap to what society thinks is right or wrong.