goldfish1 wrote:Education can also go on during the testing. And yes, 6 months post exposure to HIV is appropriate diagnostics.
I'm not an expert by any means but my understanding of the testing window (from the time you are infected to when it would show up on a test) is that it ranges from at least a week to as much as 12 weeks depending on the disease.
So someone could get infected anywhere within that window and yet not test positive in a test on their first day at Desire. So having a green band could actually fool someone into having sex with me because they think I'm "safe".
As I said nothing replaces protected sex. But even protected sex comes with risks. Would you not rather have protected sex with someone that just testing negative for STDs as opposed to someone that just tested positive????? I would!
I would but that's not what we will have here. We won't have a choice between negative and positive, we will have a choice between "probably/maybe negative" (depending on several factors - please see the End User Agreement with your test results) and "have no idea". That's virtually the same situation we have now without the bands. What have we gained?
Also, many people at desire are just vacation style (like my wife and I). So the test done there would be appropriate and accurate since it would have been more than 6 months since shacking up with another couple.
But how do *I* know you haven't shacked up with someone else in six months - is there a wrist band for that? Basically, I would have to ask "How valid is your green band?"
Do you say there would be a "Shit Show" because tons of people would find out they have an STD during their vacation???
No, I think it's a bad idea because it tries to put a black (green) and white indication on a situation that is neither. STD tests give the person being tested useful information (and I would never argue against having more information) but it doesn't really tell anyone else anything actionable. The only way this information would be useable is if it went the other way - a band for testing positive. Would anyone argue for that because that's what you are going to create.
Anyone *without* a green band is now suspect. Did they fail or did they just not get tested? Do I do a body shot off a gal who doesn't have a green band?
What if I test negative (and let's say I truly haven't been exposed) and then I do a body shot off a lady who doesn't have a green band. Do I have to take off my green band or can I keep it on?
Imagine the questions on this board from newbies contemplating going and finding out about the green bands.
That's my definition of a "shit show"