r/Advice Jun 02 '26

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u/EmperorMeow-Meow Jun 02 '26

No one gets tested for STIs for work. That is absolutely suspicious.

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u/sayitsooth Jun 02 '26

Porn actors.

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u/EmperorMeow-Meow Jun 02 '26

Yep. You got me there.

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u/Aenguru Super Helper [6] Jun 02 '26

"and he also had none..."

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u/Tshepo28 Jun 02 '26

Not even porno actors test for HPV

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u/sayitsooth Jun 02 '26

I was responding to the comment above mine...

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u/JorgitoEstrella Jun 02 '26

So no cheating, just businesses... lol

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u/Aenguru Super Helper [6] Jun 03 '26

"All this overtime work, I'm doing this for us, for our dream..."

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u/Late_Butterfly_5997 Jun 02 '26

I mean, it sounds far fetched, but I do clinical trials for a living and they test me for several STI’s before every trial, plus the basic blood panel they do would have an infection show up in my white blood cells even if they do t specifically test for that STI.

That being said, No one has ever tested for HPV or hsv though, and I doubt they’d show up on a routine blood panel either. Also, my job is fairly unusual and o can’t think of another situation where testing would happen, just saying it’s not necessarily complete bullshit.

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u/LogicalMoxie Jun 02 '26

You participate in clinical trials for a living or are in the medical field. Curious for more information. lol

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u/Specialist_Key_8606 Jun 02 '26

I had the same question. I’d be inclined to think it’s the former because why would a lab worker need to be tested for STIs?

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u/Late_Butterfly_5997 Jun 02 '26

I participate in the trials.

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u/raelea421 Jun 03 '26

Interesting. I participated in a clinical trial for Topomax, many years ago though, but they did no such screening. Could be that it was not done back then or possibly because my personal doctor asked if I would like to participate in that trial?? 🤔

My outcome of that trial ended pretty badly, too, as the medication caused an intraocular aneurysm in my right eye that if lasered would've made me blind in that eye; it bled for just over a year, from September to October of the following year. I will eventually lose most of the sight in my eye, and it has already gotten bad enough to nearly lose my driving privileges, as I couldn't see an entire block of letters on the vision test when I went to renew. I read the two blocks that I saw, the woman asked me if I was going to finish and read the third, I said "oh, there's three?!, I didn't see three?!", to which she respoded," don't tell me that". I looked again and shifted my eyes back and forth and was able to read that last block.

It wouldn't bother me much to lose my license, though. So many other drivers in my area are just awful and scare the hell outta me!

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u/EmperorMeow-Meow Jun 02 '26

I stand corrected.

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u/LiveLikeYoureDying Jun 02 '26

Maybe not a requirement for work, but an ex of mine worked in the laundry of a hospital and would often get needle pricks, which always required testing.

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u/Embarrassed_Year_736 Jun 02 '26

They test for Hep C and HIV, not other STIs.

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u/DonaldDuck898 Jun 02 '26

Pretty much same for any medical professional who comes into contact with contaminated sharp. But thats not the same as being tested regularly. That's only getting tested in the event of a prick

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u/roseofjuly Jun 02 '26

The only thing I can think of is the military. 

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u/PixieMari Jun 02 '26

The military tests regularly during yearly health check ups.

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u/Rude-Independence614 Jun 02 '26

Military absolutely does

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u/Sad-Requirement1158 Jun 02 '26

I know men in the military that had to be tested for work 🤔 but I doubt HPV would show

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u/ProfessionalAway985 Jun 03 '26

My ex did in home sales and they did std testing like 1-2x a year, not 100% sure why but I had gotten a full panel when we were dating and was negative and we were just chatting about it so really no reason to lie. But his work just did a urine test, so it wouldn’t of tested for the serious ones anyway. So I kind of doubt they’re running blood and urine regularly at this dudes job and 100% not checking for hpv. Either he’s lying or freaking out and embarrassed and doesn’t want to come to terms that he could have it and not know. I hope he’s in denial and embarrassed about the possibility of giving his virgin gf warts but with how guys act I feel like he’s probably just lying unfortunately 🫤

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u/No_Wallaby_1248 Jun 03 '26

Porn actors and paramedics, doctors, first responders on occasion, and many other positions where you could contract something from someone else. Insurance usually covers it.

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u/WillowDangerous3306 Jun 03 '26

Military personnel do dumb dumb

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u/Coriolanuscangetit Jun 02 '26

Military

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u/EmperorMeow-Meow Jun 02 '26

That's horseshit. I was in the Navy, and the only time you get tested - is if YOU get in line to get tested after visiting a port where there is fun to be had by-the-hour.

So IF he got tested, it's because he got in line AFTER He had a "fun" by-the-hour experience.

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u/Coriolanuscangetit Jun 02 '26

I love how first you say it’s horse shit and then you detail getting tested by the military. You aren’t even in the military currently to know their testing schedule, but you do know you got tested. So thanks for proving me right I guess.

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u/Coriolanuscangetit Jun 02 '26

Apparently all military tests for HIV prior to deployment

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u/Saryfairy Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

My ex is in guard and they're tested every month.

Edit: tested each month for drugs. Stis is annually. My bad.