a new way of transmitting HIV / This May Save your Lifeý

From: Caroline Okwiri

Dear ones,

A friend of mine sent this to me tonight and I thought it was worth circulating to you all.

This is not to scare anyone but more as a reason to be alert. I have deleted all the extra junk so it should be easier to read.

A few weeks ago, in a movie theatre, a person felt something poking from her seat. When she got up to see what it was, she found a needle sticking out of the seat with a note attached saying, "You have just been infected by HIV".

The Disease Control Center (in Paris) reports many similar events in many other cities recently.

All tested needles were HIV Positive.

The Center also reports that needles have been found in cash dispensers at public banking machines

We ask everyone to use extreme caution when faced with this kind of situation. All public chairs/seats should be inspected with vigilance and caution before use

A careful visual inspection should be enough. In addition, they ask that each of you pass this message along to all members of your family and your friends of the potential danger. Recently, one doctor has narrated a somewhat similar instance that happened to one of his patients at the Priya Cinema in Delhi. A young girl engaged and about to be married in a couple of months, was pricked while the movie was going on. The tag with the needle had the message "Welcome to the World of HIV family"

Though the doctors told her family that it takes about 6 months before the virus grows strong enough to start damaging the system and a healthy victim could survive about 5-6 years, the girl died in 4 months, perhaps more because of the "Shock".

We all have to be careful at public places.