Consent...

This article is about a bill in the New York State Senate Health Committee.  If passed, it would allow doctors to test anyone for HIV without consent.  There was some reference to signage in  medical centers, but it was unclear & would be all the warning the patient was given.  Entrance would be taken as consent.  That wouldn't fly for sex, why should it for medical procedures?

I absolutely support testing.  But, I also fully support consent.  Who decides which patients to test?  Who's going to pay for this test?  It shouldn't be the patient, if they didn't request it.   This approach may have good intentions, but it's very misguided.  It could set a precedence for very dangerous & invasive things.

Your consent should always be required for anything involving your person.  Anything else, no matter the intent, is a violation.

Cya...