Comments on: Good News for HIV+ Foreigners Still Wealthy Enough to Vacation in the U.S. http://www.queerty.com/good-news-for-hiv-foreigners-still-wealthy-enough-to-vacation-in-the-us-20090628/ Free of an agenda. Except that gay one. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:48:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Timothy http://www.queerty.com/good-news-for-hiv-foreigners-still-wealthy-enough-to-vacation-in-the-us-20090628/#comment-187500 Timothy Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:55:04 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=58929#comment-187500 You are wrong. The Bush administration DID push it through at the very end of his term. Obama REVERSED the lifting of the ban along with all of Bush's end of year decisions. This in one in which Bush was better than Obama. Please change the incorrect information. You are wrong.

The Bush administration DID push it through at the very end of his term. Obama REVERSED the lifting of the ban along with all of Bush’s end of year decisions.

This in one in which Bush was better than Obama.

Please change the incorrect information.

]]> By: Fitz http://www.queerty.com/good-news-for-hiv-foreigners-still-wealthy-enough-to-vacation-in-the-us-20090628/#comment-187346 Fitz Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:01:41 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=58929#comment-187346 This is more important than how it is being treated here. Especially when, for some people, HIV is a manageable illness. This is more important than how it is being treated here. Especially when, for some people, HIV is a manageable illness.

]]> By: John Santos http://www.queerty.com/good-news-for-hiv-foreigners-still-wealthy-enough-to-vacation-in-the-us-20090628/#comment-187330 John Santos Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:24:50 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=58929#comment-187330 Glad to see Queerty keeping us informed about the HIV travel ban. Also, you could have given a hat tip to Mark from <b>Slap Upside The Head</b> for using his comic in this post, just as you did Trevor Hope for using his picture. http://www.slapupsidethehead.com/ Glad to see Queerty keeping us informed about the HIV travel ban.

Also, you could have given a hat tip to Mark from Slap Upside The Head for using his comic in this post, just as you did Trevor Hope for using his picture.

http://www.slapupsidethehead.com/

]]> By: bobito http://www.queerty.com/good-news-for-hiv-foreigners-still-wealthy-enough-to-vacation-in-the-us-20090628/#comment-187286 bobito Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:16:20 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=58929#comment-187286 @<a href="#comment-187234" rel="nofollow">mb00</a>: from what I've been told, if they find the antiviral medications in a traveler's luggage, they send do not let the person leave the airport. There are ways to avoid this situation, such as mailing one's meds to a friend in America before you fly, and I think there are some HIV support organizations that provide some help in this, too. I also read that, if they do a random luggage search and find antiviral meds, then they stamp HIV+ into the traveller's passport, making all future attempts to travel into countries that ban HIV+ visitors impossible, but I don't remember where I read. I hope they actually do lift this ban - it's embarassing that we have had this unenlightened, inhumane and ineffective policy for so long. @mb00: from what I’ve been told, if they find the antiviral medications in a traveler’s luggage, they send do not let the person leave the airport. There are ways to avoid this situation, such as mailing one’s meds to a friend in America before you fly, and I think there are some HIV support organizations that provide some help in this, too.

I also read that, if they do a random luggage search and find antiviral meds, then they stamp HIV+ into the traveller’s passport, making all future attempts to travel into countries that ban HIV+ visitors impossible, but I don’t remember where I read.

I hope they actually do lift this ban – it’s embarassing that we have had this unenlightened, inhumane and ineffective policy for so long.

]]> By: mb00 http://www.queerty.com/good-news-for-hiv-foreigners-still-wealthy-enough-to-vacation-in-the-us-20090628/#comment-187234 mb00 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:54:47 +0000 http://www.queerty.com/?p=58929#comment-187234 I'm very happy that this is happening. No one should be banned from coming here due to their status. I'm a bit naive on this subject, but how would border officials even know if the person was HIV+, it isn't like it's tattooed on their foreheads, so, can someone explain this to me? I’m very happy that this is happening. No one should be banned from coming here due to their status.
I’m a bit naive on this subject, but how would border officials even know if the person was HIV+, it isn’t like it’s tattooed on their foreheads, so, can someone explain this to me?

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