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8-year-old jabs 19 kids with needle
Posted By Matt Bramanti On 29th April 2005 @ 17:04 In Uncategorized | No Comments
This is one [1] seriously screwed-up kid:
A third-grader stuck 19 schoolmates with her mother’s diabetes blood-testing needle this week, and one pricked student tested positive for HIV on a preliminary test, officials said.
Wow. But it might not be as bad as it looks:
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the risk of HIV infection after a needle stick is low, with an average of one in 300 cases leading to infection.
Just one in 300? So I guess a [2] needle-exchange program won’t really stop the scourge of AIDS, will it? Hmmm?
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[1] seriously screwed-up kid: http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/04/29/needle.stick.ap/index.html
[2] needle-exchange program: http://lonestartimes.com/index.php?p=347
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