Getting AIDS on the job!?
June 16, 2009 by Dave Pline · Leave a Comment
Remember career day in elementary school? You and your fellow classmates may have dressed up as Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Nurses, and I even remember one boy who dressed up as a Preacher. No one would think that these promising careers would put you at risk to catching a disease like HIV and/or AIDS.
Well, some people have a different idea of a career and some have chosen to become actors in adult films. They say do what you love and the money will come, well these actors are doing exactly what they love for a living, but at what cost?
The New York Times reports that since 2004, 22 adult film actors had contracted HIV even after an industry effort to protect adult film industry employees. One of the actresses was tested for HIV on April 29th and the results came back negative. On June 4th, a positive test result was confirmed. The woman performed in a film on June 5 “for reasons that the clinic told the newspaper were still under investigation. A second test came back positive on June 6.” (nytimes.com)
“We have an industry that is exposing workers to life-threatening diseases as part of their employment,” said Dr. Jonathan Fielding, director of public health for Los Angeles County. “That is outrageous and anachronistic. These infections are virtually entirely preventable.”(nytimes.com)
Just think about how irritated you are when you catch a cold or something from a co worker – imagine getting AIDS?! So for all of you who are thinking about making career changes think twice. If nothing else, people need to understand how detrimental this disease really is. Wrap it up folks…and keep your day job…
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