--- Santosh Helekar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Many anti-spam watch-dog sites > and > public health agencies, such as the U.S. Centers for > Disease Control and Prevention, have issued > statements > against the dissemination of this urban legend.
Therefore, are the Health Dept of the Queensland Govt(publisher of "Accidental Needle Stick Injury in Public Places"), the South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service of New South Wales (publishes the "NSW Needlestick Injury Hotline"), the Occupational Health and Safety reporting needle stick hazards, an MP lobbying for retractable-needle syringes, all guilty of propagating false information, in your opinion? I know my dental-student son has told me that there is a miniscule chance of catching HIV or Hepatitis from a discarded needle on a beach setting (when we were discussing issues relating to such an injury suffered by a six-year old on St. Kilda Beach recently). I'd like to know if the chances increase dramatically if the needle has been freshly used and discarded? In the semi-darkness of a cinema or in the confines of a train? About a year ago I was in a train that was delayed almost half an hour for an ambulance to take away an addict who had collapsed in the train in the process of injecting himself, with the needle still in his arm. Cheers, Gabriel de Figueiredo. Melbourne - Australia. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
