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Dear All,
Be careful
(Don't avoid Pls read this mail)
FROM
Arvind Khamitkar , I.A.S,
Director of Medical & Research Div,Chennai
Dear Friends and Public,
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 hppened 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 thought".
We all have to be careful at public places, rest God help! Just think about saving a life by forwarding this message. Please, take a few seconds of your time to pass along.
With Regards, Arvind Khamitkar ,
I.A.S, Director of Medical & Research Div, Chennai.
Rather than forwarding irrelevant mails, kindly pass this to every one. Probably ur mail can help some save his/her life . ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Akrith
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(posted on 15 Jul 2008 21:29:44 IST)
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| scary :( |
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(posted on 15 Jul 2008 21:33:24 IST)
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| this isnt true. its a very old forwarded hoax message... beeen receiving this for years now. fact: the HIV virus cant survive so long like that.. it needs to be in human blood to survive... no such incidents have been recorded either. so plz dont forward such irrelevant emails... |
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(posted on 16 Jul 2008 00:01:04 IST)
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oh then its not true!!!!
i was really scared
thnx for saying that its not true |
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(posted on 17 Jul 2008 20:14:54 IST)
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| i dont know whether it is true or not but i have recieved this. so thought that it is of some help |
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(posted on 17 Jul 2008 20:19:48 IST)
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| ya. Its not true. HIV virus cant survive in open atmosphere. It dies in abt 5 to 10 min(not sure abt the time). |
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(posted on 17 Jul 2008 20:23:31 IST)
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Even if one drinks an HIV infected blood of someone
(ingest through Gastro Intestinal track), the virus can not survive in
the acidic pH of stomach*. Highest extent of acidity is 0 (practically not
possible) so imagine 1 as pH which is in our stomach. (This pH can burn
your own finger in less than a second if you dip in that acid).
* Exposure of less than 1 second in AIR KILLS the HIV virus*(hence
story of needle pricks in Cinema theatres is a crap). Even if blood
from a wound (of infected person) dries up (*blood clot*), *the virus
dies* and can not infect anyone else
* HIV transmission is *ONLY* an *INFECTION* i.e.entrance of virus in
one's body. It *DOES NOT MEAN AIDS*.
* An HIV-infected person (after entrance of virus) can progress to a
condition of AIDS only after *8 to 10 YEARS * (not in 15 days as in the
Pani Puri story)
* It is *not HIV (virus) that kills a human* .....the virus attacks
immune cells (cells that fight against foreign pathogens/antigens) and
hence a person's ability to fight against infections & diseases slowly
diminishes and person ultimately dies of a disease which could be as
simple as TB
* Most importantly, HIV is no longer a dreadful disease ... it is
"*CHRONIC MANAGEABLE DISEASE*" just like Diabetes or Hypertension.
* If there is anything you need to be careful from to prevent HIV is
*Unsafe 5sex*, *Blood transfusion* (check before taking) / Blood donation
(use sterilized needles only) and any *blood contact during an accident*
or so where *amount of bleeding is very high.*
READ THE SECOND POINT.
Hope it makes U all feel more safer now. :) |
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(posted on 21 Jul 2008 09:52:40 IST)
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| Thanx Tarin |
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