Jim Comer is the office manager at a dental practice with 20 employees. Jim is interested in hiring one more employee, a dental hygienist. Two candidates apply for the position, and both are highly qualified with similar work experience and skills. Even after Jim has interviewed both candidates, he is not sure which one he will hire. However, he learns soon after, through a Facebook post, that Candidate #1 has a genetic risk for multiple sclerosis (MS). The candidate is healthy as of now, but it is possible that the disease will manifest in the future. Jim and his wife Jodie have three children who are in high school and will be attending college soon. Jim knows that he will not be able to afford his children’s education and is worried about the potential increase in insurance premiums and/or increased sick days should Candidate #1 develop the disease. Jim decides that he is not willing to take the chance, and he ends up hiring Candidate #2, who is not genetically predisposed to any disease as far as he knows.Which of the following is a true statement?
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