Staff
at the restaurant. ‘There’s still this lingering notion that if I have
regular human contact with somebody with HIV, I may contract it.’
Photograph: Bensimon Byrne
For the first time, a restaurant where every piece of food is made by someone with HIV has opened in Toronto.
According to Guardian,
organizers say the impetus was a recent poll that found that the
thought of dining with somebody who’s HIV-positive still paralyzes them
with fear.
The survey by Casey House, Canada’s only hospital dedicated to
people living with HIV/AIDS, found that nearly half of Canadians
wouldn’t eat a meal prepared by someone with the disease, even though
health experts say the infection can’t be transmitted that way. To
combat the stigma around food prep, Casey House decided it was time to
pull a bold stunt.