{"id":1960,"date":"2011-09-22T08:54:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T12:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/?p=1960"},"modified":"2015-06-04T15:15:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T19:15:46","slug":"common-sense-on-hiv-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/common-sense-on-hiv-testing\/2011\/09\/22\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Sense on HIV Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/massachusetts-map1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1971\" title=\"massachusetts-map\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2011\/09\/massachusetts-map1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a>There&#8217;s an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/opinion\/editorials\/2011\/09\/21\/hiv-testing-need-for-special-rules\/wdHaB7AQT2pEQUtHARNC6K\/story.xml\" target=\"_blank\">editorial<\/a> in today&#8217;s Boston <em>Globe<\/em> that concisely (188 words) describes the problems with both the current and proposed HIV testing laws in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve not been shy about the fact that I agree with every word of this piece.<\/p>\n<p>And though I strongly recommend reading the whole editorial &#8212; it&#8217;s very well written &#8212; if you don&#8217;t have time, just read the title:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>HIV Testing: No Need for Special Rules<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That says it all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an\u00a0editorial in today&#8217;s Boston Globe that concisely (188 words) describes the problems with both the current and proposed HIV testing laws in Massachusetts. I&#8217;ve not been shy about the fact that I agree with every word of this piece. And though I strongly recommend reading the whole editorial &#8212; it&#8217;s very well written &#8212; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,9],"tags":[423,447,590],"class_list":["post-1960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiv","category-patient-care","category-policy","tag-hiv","tag-hiv-testing","tag-massachusetts"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1960\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nejm.org\/hiv-id-observations\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}