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Dialogue:

COVID-19 discrimination

dialogue 1

Jingjing: Mark, have you done any ______?

Mark: ______.　Why do you ask?

Jingjing: There's an article about ______ have ______ who tested positive for COVID-19.

Mark: You mean, people who ______ are out there ______?

Jingjing: No, silly.　They've ______.

Mark: How are employers ______, then?

Jingjing: Just like you or I could do, they check the ______ and ______.

Mark: Oh, yeah.　I've seen that on there but ______.　I suppose I would if I were ______ or something like that.　Are you sure that the Health Kit shows ______?

Jingjing: I'm ______.　Anyway, there are ______.

Mark: Yeah, even ______ during their interview.

Jingjing: There's been such a problem ______ of that type that the Ministry of ______ and Social Security along with the ______ Commission had to ______.

Mark: What are the ______ for employers ______?

Jingjing:______, in most cases, as well as ______.

Mark: Hopefully that's enough to ______ using COVID ______.

Jingjing: Or their ______ decisions. ______ just because they tested positive is another ______.

Mark: That's good to know.　I've heard of a few people who lost their jobs after ______.

Jingjing: That's terrible. ______ from ______ can be long and ______.　Luckily for COVID patients, ______ is typically enough.

Mark: Plus the occasional ______.

Jingjing:______ Joe Biden?

Mark: Yeah, I've been ______.　It looked like he was ______.　But he had to go back into ______ for an extra week.

dialogue 2

Jingjing: Mark, what do you think you'd do ______ when ______ for a job?

Mark: I'd probably ______.　Some employers are just ______-______ before sitting behind one of their desks.

Jingjing: You ______?

Mark: Well, with the ______ you told me about earlier, I might ______.　Even if there was another kind of ______ that was everywhere but only ______ a few people, I might not ______, because I wouldn't want to become ______ for a campaign against that discrimination.

Jingjing: I'm ______, about what could possibly ______ in the minds of employers.

Mark: These are ______ times for ______, especially folks looking for ______.　HR personnel might just have a big list of ______ and use COVID as ______.

Jingjing: That's ______.

Mark: Don't ______, Jingjing.　I'm totally ______ what goes on in the ______ of people in ______.

Jingjing: I'll have to ______ on the topic.

Mark: Another idea might be that ______ COVID patients ______, and might more easily infect others if they ______.

Jingjing: I'm not a doctor, but could ______ and say that those who ______ are ______ to be more careful than before.

Mark: Yeah, I'd ______ if I'd gotten COVID once.

Jingjing: No ______, Mark?

Mark: No ______, no ______.

Jingjing: Good for you.　One more thing about the ban ______: Employers are no longer allowed to ______ how people who had COVID are ______.

Mark: When was this ban ______?

Jingjing: Last Monday.

Mark: Wow, ______.

Jingjing: It is.　Let's hope for ______!

new words and phrases

Health Kit app:

sack <someone>:

rebound infection:

<be> in the clear:

a poster boy:

take my word for it:

play it safe: