When people get HIV/Aids is there a US Governmental agency that collects this data?

I donated blood and the brouchure said that if I were to have HIV/Aids that they would contact the "Officials". I'm 99.5% certain I don't have HIV/Aid's, but I've never heard of a US Government agency who collects this data either.

I don't think they meant that men in black suits and ties are going to drag you away.

But they wanna get the point across that giving blood when you have AIDS is like trying to slip poisons into water resevoirs... and they will investigate, and if necessary, prosecute.

I can't see any reason why a government - even one as secretive and clandestine (good word) as ours would have it out for AIDS victims... especially when we've done so well to head off the former epidemic.

Yes, CDC, centre of disease control.

The local health and they in turn sends it to the CDC in Washington. ( Center for Disease Control)

..then how do we get the figures of the number of Americans living with AIDS????

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Yes any time someone gets diagnosed with a disease that is highly dangerous to someone else it is reported to the goverment and CDC(center for disease control). your name, license # and SSN # gets recorded in a data base and is reported to any place that you may try to donate body fluids to. The record is called microfish. This is also done with people who have other diseases too. Not just HIV or Aids. All Drs and Medical facilities are required by federal law to report this information. You dont have a choice.

I don't know about U.S. policy but in Canada there is such a list (confidential of course) that keeps data on people with HIV/AIDS. I guess it's one way of them to know how fast or slow this disease is being spread.

Yes, HIV is a reportable infection, and medical personnel must report all cases to the CDC.

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