Should people with AIDS be allowed to work at resturaunts?

[danielson]

assuming the employee disclosed his/her HIV status if he knew it (which they are under no objection to)

yes. i think its prudent to make them very aware of the healh riks and take some precaution but the risks in them preparing food are not the same as them sharing needles with you. the cooking of the food woul probably kill the vius and its dies in contact with air (not as quickly as reported in the media apparently)

now hep. A & B, you wanna be afraid of them! especially B! much more infectious and its the duracell of bloodborne virus's

 

[CASS]

no, no way

 

[plornive]

no, no way

Why?

What about hepatitis?

 

[circusgirl]

Didn't hear about that. How did it happen? BTW, that's way different from being a waiter - a dentist is making the cuts in your mouth, totally exposing you to infections of all sorts.

He was using his own instruments on his teeth while having bleeding ulcers due to AIDS and then failed to sterilise the instruments properly.

This is more a question of general food hygeine. You do not want blood or body fluids from another person in your food, even if they don't have any diseases at all, because we all have germs that we carry around with each other that could be nasty if left to multiply in food.

Food service workers generally have to use hand sanitiser or gloves when handling food - and are supposed to get all cuts seen to right away and not go near food or surfaces while bleeding.

I'm sure lots of palces violate health code practice but in this case it's health code compliance that is the problem.

Trust me, e-coli infection from someone who didn't clean their hands after wiping their butt is a MUCH bigger problem. Or cross-transmission of nasty stuff from raw to cooked meat. etc etc etc

If you ever worked in a kitchen you'd never eat in a restaurant again! Just kidding. The water in the washers we used to use was pretty damn hot re plates and stuff....

 

[CASS]

Why?

What about hepatitis?

no not hep either, however hep is far more easily spend that HIV is. Also depends on which hep a person has as to how it can be passed on.

no way esp. if they have Hep C.

 

[john937]

Unless you're injecting pasta sauce directly in your veins, HIV isn't the problem.
E-Coli and Hepatitis are much more likely problems.

 

[plornive]

no not hep either, however hep is far more easily spend that HIV is. Also depends on which hep a person has as to how it can be passed on.

no way esp. if they have Hep C.

Why? Do you really think it is that likely? Why make specific laws against it?

 

[Baoh]

No.

 

[CASS]

hep C is the easiest to catch and pass one. whith hep c unlike the other heps any contact with a person infected is risky. i face this at work and its not nice. its not nice for the person who has it either.

even saliva if the spit while talking poses a real risk. Hep C is by far a very nasty and horrible condition. A very good friend of mine who is a high up in the medical world, says that dying from Hep c is more painful and horid that dying from HIV/AIDS.

 

[ariolanine]

People with communicable diseases shouldn't be at large.