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minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoThey do but iirc the tests may not be perfect in a recently infected person
minus-squareSpacehooks@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoTakes like 3 months or something before it shows up on tests.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoThere are tests that show within a month but just on a cost basis they’re probably using antibody testing.
minus-squareSpacehooks@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoNice. My information was outdated then. Thank you.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 hours agoI guess that’s why the question at my blood bank has changed over the years from “Have you ever” to “In the last three months have you” (had sex with a man who has sex with men, or been paid for sex, or had an accidental needle stick, whatever).
They do but iirc the tests may not be perfect in a recently infected person
Takes like 3 months or something before it shows up on tests.
There are tests that show within a month but just on a cost basis they’re probably using antibody testing.
Nice. My information was outdated then.
Thank you.
I guess that’s why the question at my blood bank has changed over the years from “Have you ever” to “In the last three months have you” (had sex with a man who has sex with men, or been paid for sex, or had an accidental needle stick, whatever).