STD testing in the private sector

by violet blue on March 5, 2010

In what my friend The Sexademic calls “an interesting move for the private sector” we now have STD Test Express, a fully private STD testing website. I pinged her before posting because Sexademic has been exploring more ‘open source’ options for STD tests lately, and we just took an STD/STI update class where it was reinforced that testing isn’t always there when you need it. For instance, you pretty much can’t get tested for Herpes in San Francisco right now unless you’ve had known exposure; the test is just too expensive and lots of people have it in some variation… I found this site from their enjoyable blog, notably a recent post about their recent survey where they found that “1 in 3 people will still have sex with someone who refuses to get an STD test…even after being asked to get tested…even though they know ‘they shouldn’t.’” I also liked their post about Ozzy Osbourne’s Russian Roulette with sex. It’s just like ChatRoulette and Jon Stewart’s succinct description that it’s “five chambers” of cock.

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The London Times named Violet Blue "One of the 40 bloggers who really count" and TinyNibbles is named one of Self Magazine’s “Best Sex Resources for Women.” Blue is the Founder, Editor and Owner of TinyNibbles and many other popular web properties. She is a Forbes Web Celeb, a columnist for CBS Interactive/ZDNet, and is one of Wired's Faces of Innovation. Blue teaches and lectures around the world (including two Google Inc. Tech Talks on sex) and is the Author and Editor of over 35 best-selling, award-winning books. She is regarded as the foremost expert in the field of sex and technology and has guested on Oprah, CNN and more.

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1 Becky March 10, 2010 at 1:56 pm

Am I wrong in thinking that’s a little pricey for an STD test?

2 ablecontent April 4, 2010 at 6:23 pm

Well that depends, I got these same 8 test at a planned parenthood and it cost around $350.

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