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"Virus Hoax:
Urband Legend Example"
Virus Hoax Warnings: Page 10
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Needles on Theater Seats
May 1999
Below is a prime example of one of the Hidden Needles legends. All of
these are fake. See the information from the Center for Disease Control
concerning these messages and the risks of "needle stick" injuries.
"For your information, a couple of weeks ago, in a Dallas movie theater,
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 Centers for
Disease Control in Atlanta 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 soda 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 conssidered the bare
minimum. Further more, they ask that everyone notify their family
members and friends of the potential dangers, as well. Thank you. The
previous information was sent from the Dallas Police Department to all
of the local governments in the Washington area and was
interdepartmentally dispersed. We were all asked to pass this to as
many people as possible."
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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