In the States, there is all kinds of privacy laws and regulations in place for the medical and dental industry.
I personally don't agree with a 3rd. party telling everyone you have been exposed by such and such a person. I agree that the people involved need to be informed that they have been exposed, but they don't need to know by whom.
It really boils down to the person infected to be responsible. Some people will take their medicine and abstain for the required treatment time, other people however, won't.
Education and privacy are 2 major issues. If the infected individual seeks the treatment they need and the information is there on why treatment is so important and about the STD itself, the infected individual will more likely comply once they understand. There's a better chance of compliance when everything is said and done in complete confidentiality.
Besides, what if someone said something and made up a story that they got infected by such and such a person, when actually they didn't? What if someone was informed who infected them and then they went to this person and did horrible things to them or their family? This kind of stuff happens. Telling someone who infected who does not aide in the prevention, lowering the infection rate, or curing an STD. Education and treatment in complete confidentiality does.
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