• frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
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    26 days ago

    Even an incredibly accurate tests would result in thousands of false positives that would now be public knowledge. As difficult as it is to correct anything involving government records, you can imagine the fallout from that. Plus some with medicated HIV won’t show as HIV positive in blood tests anyways.

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      26 days ago

      /theydidntdothemath

      Whatever percentage of positive tests would have a second and possibly tertiary test to confirm and rule out false positives for a whopping (guessing here) 10.03 cents per person