Originally Posted by honeychile (Post 1325996)

Hippa doesn't cover insurance companies - they know more about your health than you probably do.

Originally Posted by honeychile (Post 1325996)

But for the most part, I'm all for it, along with testing for Hep C. Most people don't realize that even blood from a Hep C infected person that has been dry for a week is active and can still infect someone else.

Originally Posted by valkyrie (Post 1328107)

Right, but you have to actually CAUSE death -- there has to be a killing (at least in every "manslaughter" definition I've ever heard).

Colorado:

18-3-104. Manslaughter.

(1) A person commits the crime of manslaughter if:

(a) Such person recklessly causes the death of another person; or

(b) Such person intentionally causes or aids another person to commit suicide.

Originally Posted by KSig RC (Post 1328506)

Whoops, not true.

Originally Posted by KSig RC (Post 1328506)

Actually Hep C can survive for up to two weeks out of the body in a nutrient-rich environment (which, by the way, is absurdly long - HIV lasts mere minutes outside the body) . . . but since the blood should probably be dried by then, your chances of actual infection are not nearly as large as if the blood were dry, so yeah, it's kind of alarmist.

Originally Posted by honeychile (Post 1328559)

Source, please? That's not what our Health Officials told us.

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin (Post 1327919)

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, HIPAA does cover insurance companies.

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 1328561)

GP covered this thirteen posts ago. She even directly quoted you.

Originally Posted by Langox510x (Post 1328514)

I haven't read everything as I have a Natural Resources test in a couple of hours, but has anybody been siting sources?? I've always been tought that there is no such thing as Voluntary manslaughter. Also I know for a fact that people have recieved life for purposely infecting others with AID's though I can't remember what the charge was. I'm guessing you could be charged with a number of things.

OT: KSig, Redsocks are wack!!

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog (Post 1328467)

It could get sticky, but a prosecutor could probably argue that even though the person has not died yet, the person who gave them HIV is/will be the cause of their death. To which the defense attorney would probably say "What if the victim gets hit by a bus tomorrow...the defendant is no longer the 'cause of death'". Then it's up to the judge/jury to decide. I don't know exactly how it works. I'm just speculating, but like I said, apparently it has happened that someone was convicted of manslaughter for infecting someone with HIV. Also possible that maybe the victim died of AIDS-related complications before the prosecution of the offender, making it manslaughter.

Originally Posted by honeychile (Post 1328559)

The dried blood is still infectious, up to seven days, as per our Health Offiicials. If you want to take the chance, fine. I chose not to do so.

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin (Post 1327919)

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, HIPAA does cover insurance companies.

Originally Posted by OtterXO (Post 1328586)

I don't know that it's logical to argue that the cause of death of a person who hasn't died will be HIV. With all the new drugs out there it seems that HIV has turned into more of a chronic illness than a death sentence. (just my opinion, btw) However, if the person has died then that's a completely different situation.

Originally Posted by Langox510x (Post 1328648)

But I think if you were aware of the fact that you had aids and decided to infect someone by not telling them It could also be argued that you may have not killed that one person, but you did however kill everybody else who this person unknowingly infected.

Oh, and unless you are pulling in 3 figures a year AID's is pretty much a death sentence. Not lets not forget that a higher amount of AID's patients do tend to come from lower income backgrounds, and the fact that the avrage working American makes less then $30,000 a year.

Originally Posted by Langox510x (Post 1328648)

decided to infect someone by not telling them

Originally Posted by Langox510x (Post 1328648)

But I think if you were aware of the fact that you had aids and decided to infect someone by not telling them It could also be argued that you may have not killed that one person, but you did however kill everybody else who this person unknowingly infected.

Oh, and unless you are pulling in 3 figures a year AID's is pretty much a death sentence. Not lets not forget that a higher amount of AID's patients do tend to come from lower income backgrounds, and the fact that the avrage working American makes less then $30,000 a year.

Originally Posted by valkyrie (Post 1328679)

Here's the thing -- by having unprotected sex with someone, you're assuming the risk, aren't you? Why should the law consider the person who passed on the HIV "guilty" of anything when the other person engaged in consensual sex with him or her? That makes no sense.