In 1988, Diego was fired from his job because he was HIV positive. He was hired at a different company in 1990 and has been working there ever since. What answer best explains why he was not fired from his current position for having HIV?

Privacy protections generally prevent an employer from requiring an employee to disclose HIV status without a valid, job-related reason. Diego could therefore keep that medical information private, so his current employer would not fire him for a status it did not know. HIV is not cured, and routine blood tests do not explain the protection.

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