But it can spread other diseases like TB, Hepatitis B, etc.
Also, there was obviously a blood spill since the perp was shot. But we don’t know if the perp, or the retired CO suffered any injury that drew blood from the physical altercations that took place prior to the shooting.
I used to hear that too, the virus was too weak to surive transmission based on the AIDs viruses of decades past. Today there are newer and far more potent AIDs viruses being spread, such as what was discovered in Cuba.
As someone in the Home Health Care profession sometimes working with young people, I always use Universal Precautions for anything risky or questionable. Recall how last summer, the Government Opinion stated that Ebola could not possibly become airborne. Would you trust ‘the Government, especially THIS Government with your health? Given the choice, I personally would not.
It is in saliva. They “claim” it an’t infect anyone. Would you personally risk it? They don’t take into account immune-compromised people, or the saliva getting into an open wound. Or the possibility some people may have a higher level in their saliva than others.
It can transmit Hep. C and tuberculosis. That’s enough.
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