Re: [Goanet] HIV Club? spreading AIDS in Goa

2009-05-18 Thread Frederick FN Noronha
The HIV Club report has been picked up by the Herald from the Times of India. From: Zenade Peu virg...@hotmail.com Subject: [Goanet] HIV Club? spreading AIDS in Goa See: Beware of the deadly HIV Club! http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/Beware-of-the-deadly-HIV-Club/articleshow

[Goanet] HIV Club’ spreading AIDS in Goa

2009-05-17 Thread Zenade Peu
‘HIV Club’ spreading AIDS in Goa? SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT ‘HIV Club’ spreading AIDS in Goa? SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PANJIM, MAY 16 An HIV-positive woman in Anand, Gujarat, who lost her husband to AIDS, has come out with a spine-chilling tale that her husband was deliberately passed on the

Re: [Goanet] HIV Club’ spreading AIDS in Goa

2009-05-17 Thread Santosh Helekar
This sounds like an urban legend to me. It seems like a variation of the following myth on Snopes.com: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/aidsmary.asp It is disturbing to see it being reported in Times of India and Goan newspapers without independent verification of whether it is true.