Dear Editor:
Regarding your editorial of July 22 "Blood Simple," advocating universal HIV testing, I had to check the calendar. No, it was not April 1. Am I living in Canada, not Russia or China?
If you think that my wife and I, who met 55 years ago when we were teenagers, are going to give blood (even a drop) to be checked for HIV/AIDS when I am 100% certain that I do not have it (and 99% certain my wife does not have it) then you are living in a dream world. I commend you to the Civil Liberties Association.
In addition, you do not mention the cost of stopping everybody for testing at the B.C. border. Even a 30-second delay
as people head into B.C. from Banff and Jasper National Parks would create a huge backlog.
Would Alberta then set up their own screening stations for B.C. parents who have not had their children vaccinated for chicken pox etc.? Where would this end?
I suggest you and the provincial government think again.
This is not so blood(y) simple.
Jim Menzies West Vancouver
