Should Beauty have been tested for the virus also?

I am an HIV counselor & a C.H.O.W certified outreach worker in San Francisco & the Bay Area. You're right Angel, any child whose parents test positive should also be tested being there's a few ways it could be passed such as using the same tooth brush. Children should be tested just to be on the safe side not b/c there's a high probability that their parents passed it.

I agree with krazyhorse. I think it was pretty much implied from the discussion between Yesterday with the doctor or teacher (I forget which one) that the husband had committed infidelity at some point--during his long work shifts away from home.

Geez people, it is very hard to get HIV through casual contact. Even with microscopic tears in the gums they are not going to pass it through brushing of teeth. Dried bodily fluids cannot transmit HIV, such as the band aid. You have to have both a fluid, a door, and enough of the virus for it to happen. Honestly, this is a major pandemic and people should know the basics of it otherwise we are going to start stoning our infected people.

If Beauty was infected it would have possible been through childbirth or breast feeding. Especially in countries like that, children tend to be breastfed for a long time, but six months is the cut off point to be safe.

Since Yesterday was already done with the quiet period, which lasts about 5 years in developing countries, there is a decent chance she was infected before Beauty was born. However a significant amount of children who contract HIV early on would be dead or showing symptoms by Beauty's age. Even without sickness there would probably be developmental issues happening. Since none of those were seen, from a medical perspective it seems as if Beauty was probably safe.