UNIT 3: Advocacy

AHF Healthcare Representative

Your View: Increase the access to free testing in Fairview. A free option is not available in town.

LGBTQ+ Rights Lawyer

Your View: LGBTQ+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) people are unfairly targeted and need a testing center for their vulnerable population. Testing centers do not increase the number of LGBTQ+ members of a town.

Pharmacy Owner

Your View: The pharmacy part of the testing center will be competing for business and you want to have only testing, no support services like pharmacies.

Supporter of Abstinence

Your View: Free testing will encourage teens to start sexual activity. You do not want teens to see testing as a way of preventing HIV.

Town Hall Participants

Public Health Expert

Your View: An uptick in cases in the county is reported and testing is needed to get them under control.

Military Medical Care Worker

Your View: Vets need free access to HIV testing. There are no military facilities close to town for free testing.

Tattoo Parlor Owner

Your View: Even though you disinfect, you want lower transmission rates in the community. Your shop does not want to tattoo people who potentially have HIV.

Insurance Salesperson

Your View: Insurance rates for medical insurance will go up and therefore fewer people will buy from you.

Person Living With HIV

Your View: You want to increase your support network. You do not believe testing centers attract unsavory people.

Partner of a Pregnant Person

Your View: Pregnant women need free testing to prevent the spread from mother to child.

Neighbor of Clinic

Your View: The clinic will lower property values. Testing should not be a priority in a small town like Fairview.

Concerned Parent

Your View: Testing will increase teen sex and drug rates. Teens will be influenced by questionable patrons of the clinic.

Local Doctor

Your View: People with HIV have a virus and need to be treated. Insurance rates will go up with free testing.

Prison Warden

Your View: Keeping the disease at bay requires testing in and out of prison. Keeping community spread down will help the prison population.

Pro-Life Supporter

Your View: Testing clinics will also be an abortion clinic. Sexual health cannot be separated from abortion.

Thrift Store Owner

Your View: You do not want another thrift store in the area to create competition for customers. The LGBTQ+ community does not need a private thrift shop.

Germophobe

Your View: The testing center will increase the amount of germs in the town.

Promise Ring Seller

Your View: Teens would know their status, which would lead to an increase in sexual activity. Your business of selling chastity rings will be hurt because of an increase in promiscuous behavior.

Citizen Concerned About Traffic

Your View: The clinic will be so popular that traffic and parking will be a challenge.

Anti-Drug Advocate

Your View: The clinic will attract more HIV drug users to the area who are here for free testing.