Before embarking on any mass testing program for AIDS or any other disease. for that matter. we must be prepared first to ensure that anyone who carries the AIDS virusor a bad gene. for that matteris not turned into a modernday socioeconomic leper and denied housing. employment. insurance. or medical care. I have not heard the proponents of mandatory testing give those assurances. Indeed. while President Reagan has proposed that immigrants. inmates. marriage applicants. and hospital patients be tested for the AIDS antibody. he has provided little support or leadership for increasing education. research. or care or for providing clear assurances against discrimination for those dying from this tragic disease. Likewise. many of the same issues also hold true for drug testing. Last year. there was great interest among politicians and the public in taking decisive action against drug abuse.
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