Re: AIDs testing and privacy

[frissell@panix.com (Duncan Frissell)]

At 02:28 PM 9/7/94 TZ, Mike Markley wrote:
>What about being denied a job because you have been treated for some 
>disease?

There are more than 1,000,000,000 employers on earth (not counting
yourself).  Get a job from someone else.  Try contract employment.

>How about being denied a loan because your medical history has 
>a profile that indicates that your life expectancy is shorter than the 
>duration of the loan? It seems that the potential for abuse is so great 
>that we should not allow such cross referencing.

Borrow from someone else.  Save the money.  Buy something cheaper.  Use your
wife's/kid's/friend's credit.  There are plenty of options.

DCF