"You should do nothing. Absolutely nothing. Seeing as your childhood best friend's husband couldn't be bothered to hide his meds from his relatively new roommate - that would be you - we can safely assume he isn't hiding them from his husband. So, you can rest assured your childhood best friend knows what's up and you don't have a duty to warn him."
"Also, if they were anxious about your reaction to one of them having HIV, GRAVE, they wouldn't have let you - someone who works in medicine - dig through a pile of their prescriptions. There's a reason this guy gets those meds and, again, his husband surely knows what that reason is. Maybe your bestie's husband was HIV+ before they met and he has an undetectable viral load"
A roommate discovered a prescription that could be either PrEP or HIV treatment while sorting a pile of medications. The roommate infers that the husband is likely HIV-positive and receiving treatment, noting the couple is monogamous. Visible medications and allowing a medically knowledgeable roommate to handle them indicate the couple is not attempting to hide the situation. The roommate considers whether to inform anyone but concludes there is no duty to warn and that the correct response is to respect privacy. The decision rests on trust, confidentiality, and recognition of modern effective HIV treatment.
Read at Portland Mercury
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