I can see that being asked as an element of pre-test counselling: one way of raising the issue of how surprised would you be at a postive result?
Plus pre-combination therapy, some people were mildly discouraging of testing, because there was very little to offer asympomatic HIV+ people.
If it was in the 80s and they presumed you're straight and reasonably monogamous, there might also have been an element of 'oh no, another of the worried well', especially if you didn't have any symptoms of anything else.
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Re: Reminds me...
Date: 2003-11-06 05:26 am (UTC)Plus pre-combination therapy, some people were mildly discouraging of testing, because there was very little to offer asympomatic HIV+ people.
If it was in the 80s and they presumed you're straight and reasonably monogamous, there might also have been an element of 'oh no, another of the worried well', especially if you didn't have any symptoms of anything else.