H.I.V Warning

[66MunsterT]

Subject: FW: HIV Warning from Red Cross




> >
> > > >>>>Red Cross
> > >>>27/05/2002 11:15
> > >>>
> > >>>Subject: HIV Warning from Red Cross
> > >>>
> > >>>> Sad to see the world has come to this... HIV Warning
> > >>>> A few weeks ago in a movie theatre in Melbourne a
> > >>>> person sat on something that was poking out of one of the
> > >>>> seats.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 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 Centre in Melbourne reports many similar
> > >>>> incidents have occurred in many other Australian cities
> > >>>> recently. All tested needles ARE HIV Positive.
> > >>>> The Centre also reports that needles have been found
> > >>>> in the cash dispensers in ATMs. 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. 17 people have been
> > >>>> tested positive in the Western suburbs alone in the last 2
> months!!!
> > >>>> 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. We all have to be careful at
> > >>>> public places!
> > >>>>
> > >>>> This is very important. Just think about saving a life of someone
> > >>>> even you don't know by forwarding this message.
> > >>>> Please, take a few seconds of your time to pass it along.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Rob Bates
> > >>>> Australian Red Cross Blood Service
> > >>>> Ph: (08) 94212877
> > >>>> Fax: (08) 94212366
> > >>>> e-mail: rbates@arcbs.redcross.org.au
> <<mailto:rbates@arcbs.redcross.org.au>>

 

[Perrin]

Originally posted by 66MunsterT
Subject: FW: HIV Warning from Red Cross




> >
> > > >>>>Red Cross
> > >>>27/05/2002 11:15
> > >>>
> > >>>Subject: HIV Warning from Red Cross
> > >>>
> > >>>> Sad to see the world has come to this... HIV Warning
> > >>>> A few weeks ago in a movie theatre in Melbourne a
> > >>>> person sat on something that was poking out of one of the
> > >>>> seats.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> 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 Centre in Melbourne reports many similar
> > >>>> incidents have occurred in many other Australian cities
> > >>>> recently. All tested needles ARE HIV Positive.
> > >>>> The Centre also reports that needles have been found
> > >>>> in the cash dispensers in ATMs. 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. 17 people have been
> > >>>> tested positive in the Western suburbs alone in the last 2
> months!!!
> > >>>> 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. We all have to be careful at
> > >>>> public places!
> > >>>>
> > >>>> This is very important. Just think about saving a life of someone
> > >>>> even you don't know by forwarding this message.
> > >>>> Please, take a few seconds of your time to pass it along.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Rob Bates
> > >>>> Australian Red Cross Blood Service
> > >>>> Ph: (08) 94212877
> > >>>> Fax: (08) 94212366
> > >>>> e-mail: rbates@arcbs.redcross.org.au
> <<mailto:rbates@arcbs.redcross.org.au>>

This message has been doing the email rounds for a while and it is a hoax.

If you don't believe me contact the phone number listed.

Cheers

 

[Mooster7]

Agreed. There are many variations of the hoax. Some have the needle lodged in the handsets of pay telephones. Others in gas (petrol) pumps. They are always shown to be hoaxes, but potentially real. Unfortunately, some idiot may get the idea to actually do it, so prudence should be observed.

The thing about HIV is that it doesn't survive long outside the body. A more viable bio-weapon would be hepatitis, which could remain active and infectous inside a needle for up to 16 hours.

See you at the movies. You sit first.

 

[thommo16]

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