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Re: Who its not. Re HIV actor

I don't think it need be revealed to the public.  The Public Helath service is to be notified by any entity re to a positive HIV test; that includes private doctors.  The testing is done anonymously by number but the person/entity ordering the test knows the identity of the person.  Once the Health Dept. gets notification of a positive HIV, they contact the infected person and ask for contacts, then, they notify contacts re testing.  Of course, if the infected person is not honest, the system fails. 

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Re: Who its not. Re HIV actor


@Lucky Charm wrote:

I think if others' lives are at risk for infection, the actors name should not be withheld.


In same states it is considered a Felony to withhold a HIV positive status.  

 

This actor is a cad.  Instead of people being sympathic towards his health status they will dispise him.  

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Re: Who its not. Re HIV actor

I do not find either of these threads on this ,in good taste.

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Re: Who its not. Re HIV actor

I think it is extremely creepy to publically speculate on someone's private health issues.   (Not slamming the OP, but the article.)


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Re: Who its not. Re HIV actor

I think it's terrible to speculate about something like this.

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@brii wrote:

I think it's terrible to speculate about something like this.


It is terrible, and in very poor taste.

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Re: Who its not. Re HIV actor

More than anything, I'm interested in how they had access to this person's medical records to verify this ... or is it hearsay?

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Re: Who its not. Re HIV actor


@Mj12 wrote:

@brii wrote:

I think it's terrible to speculate about something like this.


It is terrible, and in very poor taste.


I agree with both of you on this..

 

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Re: Who its not. Re HIV actor

Did I miss Kevin Costner, or Harrison Ford?

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@SWsadie wrote:

Did I miss Kevin Costner, or Harrison Ford?


Harrison has supposedly been happily married to Calista Flockhart for a long time and prior to that in an over 20yr marriage to a screenwriter who just passed away, Melissa Mathison. He's never had the kind of reputation described in the article.  

 

Kevin Costner used to cheat on his ex-wife (from what I've read - I have no firsthand knowledge) but I haven't heard about him being a playboy since he married wife #2 (much younger than he) quite a number of years ago now.

 

These two don't seem plausible to me at all.