Quick pregnancy test; quick
paternity test; and know… quick HIV test. Yes, now for less than 40 bucks you
can know whether you got AIDS.
OraQuick, an
at-home oral HIV Test kit was release under the approval of U.S. Food and Drug
Administration for being sold in any pharmacy, supermarket and gas station, as
any pregnancy test, with a retail price of $39.99. It seems to be a huge step
in HIV spread prevention, giving the opportunity to test yourself confidentially
at home in almost 20 minutes, using a small sample of cheek swab.
This home test could prevent 4.000
new transmissions every year, mostly by people who feel embarrassed or insecure
to go to public hospital and clinics to take the traditional blood test. This test is also quicker than the traditional
one, which needs 2 weeks to get results. Although there are other tests in the
market, this new one is more accurate, easier—the previous one needed to send a
blood example to the laboratory—and cheaper.
A
recent study found that 84% of gay and bisexual men say they would administer a
self-test if a proper kit were available, so the company OraSure Technologies,
Inc. developed this kit for them.
As any other take-home test, the
results need to be confirmed by a doctor, and it is not 100% accurate, so what
happen if someone is misdiagnosed? And more important than that, when you receive
the new that you have a deathly disease (cancer, HIV) you need a professional
to support you to bear with it, but in home you will be all alone. How many
people would commit suicide at the moment of knowing they are infected?
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