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Old 07-31-2008, 05:21 PM   #19 (permalink)
highlander
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Default Re: couple admitted positive - what now?

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Originally Posted by VegasLee View Post

As far at telling a club owner so they can MAKE A ANNOUNCEMENT TO GET TESTED. Get serious. They make that announcement and the club will be cleared out in a matter of seconds. You have a name, give it to them, let them tell the infected people to get out of their club.
I actually think there would be a market in clubs that required all members to get regular STD tests(these might be provided free of charge to single women wanted to attend and paid for out of admission fees)-and required folks to get some real education on STD's/STI's. IMHO being able to spot what say active herpes looks like is something every swinger should be educated on.

Anything short of regular testing provides minimal additional safety. Many folks that have an STD simply don't know it. I would be surprised if your own club has less incidence of HSV and HPV than the general population.

The thing is a bit of care can go a LONG ways here. Folks that have HSV that are on anti virals are much less contagious.


Anyhow, I don't think it would be that big a deal for a larger club to get someone trained to draw blood so tests could be done on site. Good testing is NOT cheap. However, one of the biggest problems with any swing club is attracting single women. I think that an environment that really protected the members health would attract women into swinging that might not otherwise participate--because that kind of environment really would be clearly safer than other social venues.
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