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Posted By Kim Sunley
Hi
Has anyone come across the following email attachement doing the rounds? Is it a hoax? According to the Monmouth Crier (http://www.towncrier.org.uk/health/422.tc)it is?? As far as I know the CDC is an American organisation.
" Friends,
This message is serious and has been passed to us from Cheshire RFU..
Could you please cascade as quickly as possible as this came through our
NHS web page.
For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in the Odeon cinema,
Festival Park, a person sat on something sharp in one of the seats. When
she stood up to see what it was, a needle was found poking through the
seat with an attached note saying, "You have been infected with HIV".
The Centres for Disease Control in Birmingham, reports similar events
have taken place in several other cities recently.
ALL of the needles tested HAVE been found positive for HIV. The CDC also
reports that needles have been found in the coin return areas of pay
phones and coke machines. Everyone is asked to use extreme caution when
confronted with these types of situations. All public chairs should be
thoroughly but safely inspected prior to any use. A thorough visual
inspection is considered the bare minimum. Further more, they ask that
everyone notify their family members and friends of the potential
dangers, as well.
The previous information was sent from Hanley police station to all of
the local councils in the Staffs area and was interdepartmentally
dispersed.
We were all asked to pass this to as many people as possible."
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Posted By J Knight
Hi Kim,
This was discussed on this very forum only last week. It is a hoax, though at least one respondent to the thread said somebody had really sat on a hyop but there was no note and the affected person tested negative for HIV,
John
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Posted By Terry Reading
Actually, what I said last week was that a cleaner stabbed themselves whilst cleaning between the seats.
If you are going to quote me get it right.
T
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Posted By Philip Roberts
The said e-mail may well be a hoax but I work in the train mainteance business and we have had instances of finding needles down the back of train seats, with one causing injury in the last few weeks. Thankfully in this instance the needle tested clean, probably "lost " by someone with diabetis. We have had an instance of a needle being taped onto a baby changing table in a toilet just in a position to catch someones hand pulling down the table. So beware there are people out there wanting to cause harm. Our staff are instructed to wear needle stick gloves when carrying out maintenance which may cause contact with needles,
Phil Roberts MIOSH
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Posted By Malcolm Chambers
I have been told this morning that this is definately a hoax
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Posted By Kim Sunley
thanks everyone - also just had a look at the earlier thread.
I think there is an issue of irresponsible disposal of needles in many public areas (including hospital toilets). In Paris on a recent weekend break, I noticed quite a few needle exhange units. I wonder whether this has led to more responsible disposal.
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Posted By J Knight
Hi Terry,
since I can't even type hypo right this morning (or very much else for that matter) I'm hardly going to be 100% accurate on the quote am I? I'm sorry, I have a cold,
John
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Posted By peter gotch It is a hoax [currently rated as no 10 in terms of volume of hoaxes communications]which has been doing the rounds since at least 2001. See http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/faq/hoax1.htmRegards, Peter
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