Should we introduce HIV Passes?
Should we introduce HIV passes?
So now that the government is moving to introduce Covid-19 Passes in the name of saving the NHS and protecting others, it had me thinking. Perhaps we should also extend this to those who have HIV? The lifetime cost to the NHS of a person with HIV is estimated at £360,000 - and a yearly supply of the medication PREP costs the NHS £5,000.
In the name of saving the NHS and saving lives (because HIV still claims lives), should we introduce HIV passes? This would mean that people with HIV would be barred from socialising such as going to nightclubs and restaurants, and would face extra testing that they would have to pay for when they fly into the UK - to make sure their viral load is small and unpassable to their fellow citizens. To be eligible for entry, they would have to be undetectable on their latest test result.
For context, HIV has claimed the lives of 40 million people globally.
China already has a similar system in place for HIV where you cannot enter the country if you are HIV positive.
This debate is now open!
Should we introduce HIV Passes?
I think this is absolutely a horrible thread to start with, covid and hiv are two complete different things, yes hiv can be transmitted by needs or sex, drugs or if someone is bleeding and they have hiv and it goes into someone’s open cut, but overall you are targeting people by even suggesting this. Because how do you know the bartender for example does not have hiv? If that’s the case and what your putting forward they would not be able to work, to me this thread is pointless and also discrimination people and I don’t like that at all, I don’t even feel this needs to be debated.