Comments on: Ben Wagner Deals with HIV Policy in The Korea Herald http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/06/ben-wagner-deals-with-hiv-policy-in-the-korea-herald/ bringing accountability to korean yellow journalism Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:57:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mike Bohemoth http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/2009/06/ben-wagner-deals-with-hiv-policy-in-the-korea-herald/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Mike Bohemoth Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:11:31 +0000 http://www.koreanmediawatch.com/?p=20#comment-30 Given the number of different occupations a foreigner can have here in Korea...I wonder how wise it is to lump sex workers and English teachers in the same category. If the issue at hand is the fact that foreign instructors are being maligned as plague-bringers, shouldn't the statistics at least divided between categories of foreign workers to provide more accurate information? I can see how some might see this as objectionable, but these figures would only be used to show whether the ludicrous accusations that are leveled at us through the Korean media so often, have any substance. I seriously doubt that a significant number of English teachers are HIV positive. Korea seems an unlikely place where one could obtain the medication they need for such a condition. Given the number of different occupations a foreigner can have here in Korea…I wonder how wise it is to lump sex workers and English teachers in the same category. If the issue at hand is the fact that foreign instructors are being maligned as plague-bringers, shouldn’t the statistics at least divided between categories of foreign workers to provide more accurate information? I can see how some might see this as objectionable, but these figures would only be used to show whether the ludicrous accusations that are leveled at us through the Korean media so often, have any substance.

I seriously doubt that a significant number of English teachers are HIV positive. Korea seems an unlikely place where one could obtain the medication they need for such a condition.

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