Wednesday, June 27 is National HIV Testing Day
| It’s easy to grasp why people are afraid to get tested for HIV. Getting a positive reading changes your life so completely that just thinking about it is overwhelming. Confronting one’s own mortality is frightening for just about everyone and the temptation to cope by making like an ostrich, well…it’s totally understandable.
It’s also foolish. Bad news doesn’t go away just because you won’t listen to it and in this matter covering your ears makes the bad news even worse. There are treatment options and support for people with HIV and the sooner you find out your status, the more of them you have. |
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National HIV Testing Day is an annual campaign produced by the National Association of People with AIDS. Around 30,000 national organizations–representing all 50 states and Puerto Rico, too–will participate in events to encourage early diagnosis and routine testing for HIV/AIDS. Locally there are a number of places you can get tested; if you go to the NHTD site, you can use their search function to find a clinic near you. (Some public health departments are offering free or reduced cost tests, contact yours for more information. )
