People new to the industry need to understand that full panel or gold testing does not protect them from the things not being tested above, and that there are delay’s periods for detection.

These comments are regarding what’s happening in the United States, some places in Europe actually already have more comprehensive testing at lower costs and some places have less comprehensive testing. That being said, Annual comprehensive STD testing should be the norm for all American’s as contraction isn’t always limited to even just the sexually active. The industry does it better than civilians do for the most part, though neither is good enough. The industry needs to step up and regulate themselves better before the government does it for them and organizations like the AIDS Healthcare Foundation should be focusing on the bigger higher risk pool of seldom tested and “never tested” Americans and should be working to make regular STD testing the norm for everyone.