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[rivka]

I suppose that I can't really categorize someone as having been infected with HIV through occupational exposure if their occupation was prostitution.

I want to, though. With a whole day of data entry ahead, a girl's got to get her entertainment somewhere.

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[anisoptera.livejournal.com]

Why not? Is it because the job of prostitution is not listed in the goverment job index? Or because it is an illegal occupation?

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Why not? Is it because the job of prostitution is not listed in the goverment job index? Or because it is an illegal occupation?

Actually, the illegality has nothing to do with it - suppose, for example, that someone made his money retrieving needles from hospital sharps containers and cleaning them for resale to addicts, and he got HIV through a needlestick. I'd call that occupational exposure (through an illegal occupation).

But in the case of prostitution, the occupation consists entirely of sexual activity. It makes a lot more sense for demographic purposes to classify the person as having contracted HIV sexually.

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[anisoptera.livejournal.com]

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks.

[ororo.livejournal.com]

Well, that answered my question. :)