Suwalee Iamkhong was an AIDS infected Thai stripper who immigrated to Canada. Her husband, Percy Whiteman, met her when she danced at a Canadian club called Zanzibar. They married 8 years ago, but after 4 years she fell ill with one of the many AIDS-defining diseases. He is now infected.
Suwalee’s identity is only known now due to a lawsuit brought by her infected husband.
This case raises several interesting open records related questions:
1. Does an AIDs infected individual have an unrestricted right to privacy that allows them to kill unsuspecting individuals?
The tradeoffs would seem to balance death on one side versus embarrassment and restriction of sexual opportunities on the other.
2. Should a country allow unrestricted immigration of AIDS infected individuals?
3. What about TB, or hepatitis, or any of a dozen or so infectious diseases?
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