Health
HIV testing people who spit at police or health workers won’t actually protect them – The Conversation AU
Proposals in NSW to force someone who spits at or bites a frontline worker to be tested for HIV and other blood-borne viruses are a real problem – for workers and the public.
People who expose a police officer or emergency worker to body fluids would be compelled to have their blood tested for HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C, under a proposed law in NSW.
But this law isnt needed to protect first responders. We already have evidence-based protocols that are working well to protect them from blood-borne infections.
Rather, the proposed law is a political reaction to a problem that doesnt need fixing. It is also not supported by scientific evidence or Australian gov…
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