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From: keith@telesoft.UUCP (Keith Shillington @spot)
Newsgroups: net.motss
Subject: Re: HTLV-III antibody test
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Date: Wed, 19-Mar-86 13:58:51 EST
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I got my (negative) results back yesterday.

I took the test wanting to know so that my interactions with other
human beings could be guided.  Should there be documentable evidence
that I am a possible carrier (of any disease) I am going to alter my
behaviour accordingly.  I am the kind of person that will not go to
work when I am catching a cold, not because I feel bad, but because I
don't want to infect other people.

Knowing I am negative affirms that I have been "playing safe", and
will not alter that.  I am certainly NOT going to INCREASE my risk at
all.  Were I to test positive, I would become extra careful about who
I let lick my spoon etc.  I realize that the level of risk of sharing
utensils etc. is extremely low, and I consider it to be only polite to
be considerate (extremely considerate) of the health of others.

If you can take the screen without endangering yourself somehow (i.e.
the test is anonymous) I recommend you do so, not for yourself, but
for your friends.

Keith
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