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From: David.Atkinson@f648.n250.z1.fidonet.org (David Atkinson)
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Subject: AIDS and The Workplace
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Date: 20 Nov 90 04:11:09 GMT
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I read a small artical in the Toronto Star on Friday, November 15, 1990 which 
carried some good news for us up here in Canada.  Basically what it said was 
that Federal Court of Appeal has ruled that employers cannot discriminate 
against workers with AIDS or the virus associated with it.  This is great news 
for me, because I started a new job about eight months ago, and it appears 
that AZT will soon be available from regular pharmacies.  Until now, because 
it is still in the trial stages it was available only from the hospital and 
the cost of it was picked up by the government.  There is a great possibility 
that when it goes into regular circulation in the corner pharmacie, the 
government will not pick up the tab anymore.  I was concerned that if I tried 
to claim it on my drug plan at work that they would put two and two together 
and find a reason to get rid of me.  Now with this new ruling from the Federal 
Courts I feel a little more secure about it.

David

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