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Restaurant has an Employee With HIV. Would You Eat There Knowing That?
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waggy
No Lifer
yeah.
while i know I have better odds on winning the lotto, having the swedish bikini team break down in front of my house and wanting to have sex with someone AND having EVERY politician turn honest (all on the same day) are better then getting HIV from someone cooking.
I would still have the fear of something happening and wouldnt eat there. its not like there arent 100's of other places the same distance. while wrong and irrational i would still have the fear.
IronWing
No Lifer
Does ignorance of a person's AIDS status provide a defence against contracting the disease? Since I do not currently demand proof of a recent, clean AIDS tests from every employee of a restaurant before eating there the answer is obviously I would not be afraid of getting AIDS.
steppinthrax
Diamond Member
This post by the OP indicates his obvious lack of education in the common knowledge of HIV transmission. Even if the bus boy or waiter happens to spill his blood all over your food the chances of you catches HIV directly from this is pretty small.
First: the HIV virus is an extremely delicate virus. The general rule is the virus lives for roughly 7 seconds or so outside the body. That is in the case of blood, semen, etc. The virus is found is most body fluids of the infected person. However, it is in very low concentrations in the saliva, tears etc?.
Second: If the waiter or bus boy in this case spills his blood (in large quantities) over you food and you eat it. Most likely the virus would almost become un-infectious immediately. Mainly because the conditions (PH, temp) of the food is much more harsh then a floor, carpet, table.
Third: Most of the modern HIV anti-viral medications will bring the HIV virus load down to such a small amount in the body where if a person was possible to come in contact (such as the contact mentioned beforehand) (other than sex, needle use etc?) the chance of catching HIV becomes even smaller.
Fourth: There are probably 10 if not hundreds of people you come in contact with that have HIV every day and you don?t know it. How would you react if you did find out? This appalls you because you found out.
First: the HIV virus is an extremely delicate virus. The general rule is the virus lives for roughly 7 seconds or so outside the body. That is in the case of blood, semen, etc. The virus is found is most body fluids of the infected person. However, it is in very low concentrations in the saliva, tears etc?.
Second: If the waiter or bus boy in this case spills his blood (in large quantities) over you food and you eat it. Most likely the virus would almost become un-infectious immediately. Mainly because the conditions (PH, temp) of the food is much more harsh then a floor, carpet, table.
Third: Most of the modern HIV anti-viral medications will bring the HIV virus load down to such a small amount in the body where if a person was possible to come in contact (such as the contact mentioned beforehand) (other than sex, needle use etc?) the chance of catching HIV becomes even smaller.
Fourth: There are probably 10 if not hundreds of people you come in contact with that have HIV every day and you don?t know it. How would you react if you did find out? This appalls you because you found out.
Amused
Elite Member
Why on earth would you assume I would not eat at a restaurant with an HIV+ employee when I have volunteered for the last 20 years to care for people with HIV? I've had countless homecooked meals AND restaurant meals from PWAs
Is it the way I worded it? I tried to make it NOT biased so the poll would garner honest answers.
steppinthrax
Diamond Member
From reading your initial post I believed you were infering you had an "issue" with this. But, if you were to have to what you just replied right below your original post. I would have never went this direction.
imported_Imp
Diamond Member
Ya, I'd still go, I'd just like to know that this person is wearing gloves and the manager knows (i.e. if there's an 'accident', they'll sanitize the kitchen).
Othewise, what's the person going to do? Explode in a shower of full blown AIDs or bend me over for not giving a good tip?
Othewise, what's the person going to do? Explode in a shower of full blown AIDs or bend me over for not giving a good tip?
KeithP
Diamond Member
I wouldn't eat there. Why take the risk? And yes, I know it would be so extremely unlikely to be essentially impossible that I could be infected.
That being said, there are probably HIV positive workers at restaurants and other places that food is prepared and it doesn't worry me one bit. But if I have the information, yes I will act upon it.
-KeithP
That being said, there are probably HIV positive workers at restaurants and other places that food is prepared and it doesn't worry me one bit. But if I have the information, yes I will act upon it.
-KeithP
JulesMaximus
No Lifer
I wouldn't have a problem eating there.
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