Medical/legal pedes, have the protections of HIPAA been suspended for the scamdemic response? It was my understanding that it is illegal to even ask someone about their personal medical information.
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If it was information required to be kept confidential by "covered entities," then yes.
Otherwise, no -- at least under HIPAA. That does not mean it would not be a violation of a different law. I'm just talking about HIPAA here.
Thanks for clearing that up. There were a flurry of things related to protecting the HIV positive that happened in the 90s that may be applicable.