TITLE:
Viral Burdens
VALIDITY:
Press freedoms. Adult
DESCRIPTION:
Celebrity footballer @@randommalename@@ recently exposed by right-wing tabloid The Daily Reflection as being HIV-positive, and having had unprotected sex with partners who were unaware of this.
OPTION 1
"The duplicity of this plague-carrier secretly spreading a potentially fatal illness disgusts me," asserts journalist @@randomfemalename@@, who uncovered this story by courting @@surname(1)@@ while pretending to be interested in him. "We've served the public good with our exposé, but the police should take this further. Anybody who has sex with someone while concealing their HIV status should be charged with attempted murder."
OUTCOME:
anyone who suggests videoing bedroom activities is probably an undercover journalist
OPTION 2
"My HIV status was a confidence to be held between me, my doctor, and a small number of trusted friends," refutes the footballer. "I'd been told that with the medical treatments, my viral load was so low that the risk of transmission was negligible, so there was no risk to any of my lovers. If anyone should be held accountable for their actions, it should be this newspaper, who breached my confidentiality."
OUTCOME:
secret lovers may be keeping more secrets than their partners know
OPTION 3
"This is all about miscommunication and lack of information," suggests Dr. @@randomname@@, a virologist. "What you need is a government campaign to educate people about AIDS and HIV more fully - things have changed a lot since the days when HIV was a death sentence, but there's been little dissemination of this information. If we can destigmatise all the STDs with public education, then maybe people will feel they can be open about any infections they've exposed to, and we can have a more honest and open society."
OUTCOME:
pick-up artists often tell people they have chlamydia
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