[quote=outtamojo]I haven’t heard anything that would stigmatize victims please expound…
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From the speed at which the news travels and the reactions I’ve had from folks when I tell them I know people who have it, it appears to me that folks want to be nowhere in the vicinity of someone who even *knows* someone with it, let alone to someone who has it or had it.
This will likely lead to decreased work opportunities as folks are discouraged from getting back to work if they’ve had it.
There is no proof this is happening, but I can tell you there is horror on the face of people when I say I know someone with it. I have to immediately explain that I haven’t seen these ppl in at least a year.
My wife mentioned to a co-worker she knew someone with it and on the next general conference call, the CEO announced that someone at the company knew someone with it. The conference call wasn’t even about COVID. When my wife looked into who that person was, it was herself. So that one comment had worked its way all the way to the CEO office.
Wildfire.
mojo, you don’t have to believe me if you don’t want to – you just can’t say I didn’t warn you.
[quote=outtamojo]
HIPPA btw only applies to employees of
Healthcare entities involved in his care.[/quote]
It’s HIPAA not HIPPA and I checked into it. It actually depends on who disclosed the condition:
“According to their interpretations of HIPAA, hospitals will not reveal information over the phone to relatives of admitted patients.”
So disclosing the name might be a HIPAA violation (a) for the hospital if they are the ones that disclosed it to you, or (b) for you if you work in the healthcare field.
I know folks at my company have been telling us to steer clear of HIPAA problems on this topic even though we’re not in healthcare. That’s probably where I got the misconception.
