I was checking my Google news feed and this article came up:
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Originally Posted by fox news
Web Site Allows STD Spreaders to Send E-Cards to Break News
It’s not usually that easy to tell someone you have slept with that you may have exposed them to a sexually transmitted disease.
But a new initiative called inSPOT is seeking to make it easier, Medical News Today reported.
Through a Web site – inSPOT - [STD] Internet Notification Service for Partners or Tricks – the initiative allows you to notify sexual partners, past or present, of any potential exposure by sending free electronic postcards.
One of the postcards starts of with the message, “There’s no easy way to say this. . .”
Developed by the San Francisco Department of Public Health and Internet Sexuality Information Services in 2004, its services and resources are available in several cities across the globe.
The site also offers clinic locations, treatment and testing options. |
I found the journal article linked in the Fox News more interesting, but the anonymous cards were the reason for the posting.
Now the question is: how would you feel about getting an anonymous "You have an STI/D" in your inbox?
I'd be very, very, very displeased. Not that I'd be significantly happier to hear it in person, but it'd be infinitely less embarrassing in person than via email, imho. I think it's a cop out.
Better than leaving me to find out on my own though, I guess.