Theos-Talk Archives (May 2000 Message tt00009)

M K Ramadoss wrote:
> 
> I have seen this before.
> However, better be safe than sorry.
> mkr
> 
> At 12:11 PM 5/2/2000 EDT, you wrote:
> >In a message dated 5/2/00 1:19:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> >Steven.Emison@worldnet.att.net writes:
> 
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  I am sorry and a little surprised to see this urban myth being spread
through theos- talk... (unless I am such a naive newcomer to it that I
cannot tell that this is a joke)!  The legend of the 'HIV-coated sharp
object w/ attached note' has also been circulated in metropolitan areas
with the story that the enemy plants contaminated pins in the coin
return slots of public telephones, so that when one sticks her/his
fingers in to feel for coins, they also get stuck - with HIV.

  The rumour can be put to rest, and any fears at ease , with the
knowledge that the HIV virus does not survive out of its (live blood)
environment on a cold hard surface for more than a couple of minutes at
the most.  So even if such a trick was attempted, by the time the
perpetrator left the scene and some random victim arrives, the virus
would be harmless.

  So don't waste energy worrying about it.


   - Michele Lidofsky

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