Reply #22: Yes, but it would have been anyway.

[Yo_Mama]

Frankly, if this poor man had a cut on his head, there is no sane person in the world who would not be more concerned with the health of the flight attendant than the spilled coffee. The HIV status is irrelevant.

Think about this yourself. If you were in a restaurant, for example, and you saw something drop on your waiter's head and he was bleeding, would you be hollering for another cup of coffee? Heck no, you'd be making sure he got help.

Head injuries can be serious - any headbonked person should at least be sat down, examined and observed, and if the person shows anything at all, taken immediately for medical treatment. Obviously taking a person with a head injury that hasn't been cleared by a medical person up into the air, with the associated pressure changes, is somewhat risky. In this case, the worker directly had responsibility for the safety of passengers, so it was even more risky.

Any human blood is hazardous. There are a range of much more contagious diseases than HIV to fear.