This is not a joke.....

[Ewen]

Edited.....its a hoax...sorry chappies

 

This is going round like wildfire....originated in the NHS, as far as Im aware is totally straight up.....

 

"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 familymembers 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."

 

As if we didnt have enough to worry about

[Pete]

Heard a similar scare story a few years ago..this stuff always comes back.

Check http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/

[attilauk]

sorry mate but its a myth

 

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/pinprick.htm

[Ewen]

Dont apologise, this is one Im pleased is crap....strange tho considering the young lady who sent it

[MR.B]

Thank fook it is a myth!

[Class One]

A few years ago whilst executing a search warrant on a paedophiles house, I got stuck with a hypodermic needle from a discarded syringe. The bloke laughed at me. Got taken to Hospital got given a Hep B booster ( was already immunised) then put on triple HIV therapy for 28days. The bloke as it turned out was HIV+ and had Hep C for which there is no cure.

 

The triple threapy was awful, made me very ill and I didn't go near my then girlfriend (now wife) for 6 months until I got the all clear. Not nice I can tell you.

 

The bloke in question died 18months later from Aids (shame).

However, what is frightening is that Hepatitis is about 1000 times more virulent than HIV and you're far more likely to catch that than HIV.

[Scoboblio]

 

That's a scary story class one, glad it turned out alright though, don't know how I would have coped with something like that!

[Ewen]

Ive just phoned the guy from work who started off the e-mail today in the office (his lady friend who sent him it works in the NHS) giving him attilauks posted site.....hes well sheepish, as am I. Yet another 'true' urban legend.