Comments on: HIV & Me http://www.ronancrowley.com/blog/2007/hiv-me/ Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 17 May 2012 05:38:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Andrea http://www.ronancrowley.com/blog/2007/hiv-me/#comment-16723 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:43:26 +0000 http://www.ronancrowley.com/blog/2007/hiv-me/#comment-16723 I want to add that women who are pregnant should NOT be tested for HIV, because if there is a false positive, they can be forced to give their children nasty medications which cause damage. An amazing film to watch is called 'The Other Side of AIDS' and it can be watched online at Google videos. I am happy that you are cleared, and now you can let go of any stress you had about the whole ... what? Escapade? Shenanegan? Farce? It's amazing how uncertain these things are and yet lives are turned completely upside down using them ... I want to add that women who are pregnant should NOT be tested for HIV, because if there is a false positive, they can be forced to give their children nasty medications which cause damage. An amazing film to watch is called ‘The Other Side of AIDS’ and it can be watched online at Google videos.
I am happy that you are cleared, and now you can let go of any stress you had about the whole … what? Escapade? Shenanegan? Farce? It’s amazing how uncertain these things are and yet lives are turned completely upside down using them …

]]> by: Ro http://www.ronancrowley.com/blog/2007/hiv-me/#comment-472 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:38:28 +0000 http://www.ronancrowley.com/blog/2007/hiv-me/#comment-472 I've just had this lecture pointed out to me which includes a section on the statistical probability of false positives in HIV tests .... Very informative lecture, I wish I had listened to it ages ago, as it would have allayed my apprehension. http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/67 I’ve just had this lecture pointed out to me which includes a section on the statistical probability of false positives in HIV tests …. Very informative lecture, I wish I had listened to it ages ago, as it would have allayed my apprehension.

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/67

]]> by: Ro http://www.ronancrowley.com/blog/2007/hiv-me/#comment-469 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:28:47 +0000 http://www.ronancrowley.com/blog/2007/hiv-me/#comment-469 List of Anti-Bodies known to cause False Positives in HIV tests: http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/cjtestfp.htm List of Anti-Bodies known to cause False Positives in HIV tests:

http://www.virusmyth.net/aids/data/cjtestfp.htm

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