Subject: Georgia Tech Poll Finds AIDS Fears in Workplace
Date: Published: 2/4/88 28 lines
Source:  WALL STREET JOURNAL. Copyright Dow Jones & Co. Inc. 

   Georgia Tech Poll Finds
   AIDS Fears in Workplace

   ATLANTA -- A telephone poll indicates that the spread of
acquired immune deficiency syndrome has created management
challenges for U. S. companies.
   The poll of more than 2,000 workers found fears of
mingling with AIDS victims in the workplace, according to
Georgia Institute of Technology's Center for Work Performance
Problems, which directed the survey.
   Among the respondents, 37% said they wouldn't share tools
or equipment with a co-worker suffering from AIDS. Another
66% said they would be concerned about using the same
bathroom.  Some 40% said they have negative feelings about
eating in the same cafeteria with AIDS victims.  And, 42% said
they believe it "likely" that people who claim to have
various illnesses are really covering up the fact that they
have AIDS. 

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