"The percentage of g/c positive tests at AIM is about 2 to 4%.Is that what you call 'testing positive left and right?"

No... I was saying when they first introduced it and it was free all was good. Then they started charging and people were testing positive left and right at the time. Nowadays it is lower but it is certainly not 2%-4% with the jobs we have to cancel with the positives.

"And anyone with a labdat account can check those numbers"

Sure if they "donate" a few hundred dollars to them each month to have an account for piece of mind.

"didn't world modeling fight tooth and nail AGAINST requirng monlthly g/c tests."

We fought to prevent one center testing everyone.

"To say tests are SCREWED up when they are pending in laughable"

Yes it is. BUT they are not pending when they do not even send in the test/lose it. My girlfriend has had it done and I have had it done with me when I went in for a G&C. Went through the lovely procedure, the doctor guessed what I had and prescribed me something with assumption the test would be sent off. The meds did nothing and they never sent the test in.

"Rewgarding the 'other' clinics.. Are you refferring to DR. RIGG who charges 75 dollars for the same g/c test that aim does for 25 "

Riggs was one of them, can't remember the name of the other. Thing is... Riggs would be able to get the same price if he had half the volume AIM gets. More quanity, the cheaper it gets. No idea who was trying the "home brew"

"World Modeling was a monoploy?"

Absolutely not. Reb at PGI was the first, we were 2nd. We did not go to companies and tell them we would not deal with them if they took people elsewhere. We did not have people attacked and beaten like what was done to my father. People were free to hire who they wanted. How is that a monopoly?

"Jim, can you imagine what it is going to be like when the state of california decides to implement REQUIREMENTS for testing."

This IS terrible. Only reason that is becoming a reality IMO is because Sharon made it a point to be in the media of this whole last outbreak. We have had larger outbreaks in the past and no one from the state/goverment gave us bother. No one was on TV telling people that are not even involved in the situation a play by play of what was going on. Freaking people out.

"what would be tha advantage of having multiple testing facilities?"

Variety has always been the spice of life. Maybe you live closer, maybe they would be open after hours compared to AIM (6-10), open on Sundays, you don't get along with AIM for personal reasons, people screwing your arm up when they take blood.

I do agree having a cenrtal database with everyone's record incase this happens again is a good thing, but I also think with some cooperation on both parites, something could be worked out. Medicals records can be taken from one place to another. So why not consolidated when people lives depend on it?