AIDS: The Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitation Services inadvertently allowed copies of a computer database with the names of nearly 4,000 HIV-positive persons to be sent to newspaper reporters. The incident may discourage people to get tested for HIV antibodies and will reinforce opposition to mandatory name reporting of HIV cases. The computer disks were sent anonymously to the Tampa Tribune and St. Petersburg Times with a note alleging that [name removed] III, a Florida public health worker, helped customers in gay bars use the database disk to determine the HIV status of potential dates. [Name removed] denied allegations that he violated the Florida confidentiality statute, an action punishable by a $500 fine and up to 60 days in jail. The State plans to use the same personnel, procedures, and computer software to track HIV as they do AIDS cases, but it delayed implementing mandatory HIV name reporting.