Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ginosko!usc!orion.oac.uci.edu!uci-ics!ucla-cs!chet@retix.retix.com From: chet@retix.retix.com (Chet Mazur) Newsgroups: sci.med.aids Subject: Re: Get tested Message-ID: <28114@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Date: 13 Oct 89 20:50:50 GMT References: <27888@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> Sender: news@CS.UCLA.EDU Reply-To: chet@retix.com (Chet Mazur) Organization: Retix, Santa Monica CA Lines: 13 Approved: aids@cs.ucla.edu Archive-number: 1350 I have one this to change in this post.... get an ANONYMOUS test and not a CONFIDENTAIL one..... If you don't understand the difference I'll explain.... CONFIDENTAIL: Between you and you Dr. or health care profession there is personally indentifiable information (name, SSN, etc.), which could, by accident or on purpose be disclosed to an inappropraite party. ANONYMOUS: NO PERSONALLY INDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION is given.... no was for your indentity to be disclosed! I would NEVER recomend a confidential test, and ALWAYS STRONGLY recomend an anonymous test.