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- From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks)
- Newsgroups: sci.med
- Subject: Re: aids testing and insurance
- Message-ID: <17871@pitt.UUCP>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:35:23 GMT
- References: <1992Dec2.191136.1583@erg.sri.com> <17713@pitt.UUCP> <168BA783F.M20614@mwvm.mitre.org>
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- In article <168BA783F.M20614@mwvm.mitre.org> M20614@mwvm.mitre.org (Hugh Pritchard) writes:
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- >
- >So, you CAN get tested for AIDS by applying for life insurance. Note that
- >I'm saying nothing about the consequences of being found HIV-positive by a
- >member of an industry that thrives on data bases.
- >
- The consequences are quite certain. The data is shared with all
- other underwriters and you will be put in the data base as HIV+
- and thus uninsurable. If you have any doubt, don't let an insurance
- company test you.
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- Gordon Banks N3JXP | "I have given you an argument; I am not obliged
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