HIV bomb

[Alwayslit]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaigns/our_boys/3005443/Taliban-using-HIV-bombs.html......this is crazy.

 

[bdc30]

Sorry, I went to read the article you linked but got sidetracked looking at their page 3 girls. :blush:

Seriously though, why is this surprising to anyone? They're in a war. They're fighting dirty. Do you think some band of terrorists will have an attack of conscience when it comes to putting HIV in their bombs if they can figure out a way to do so??

 

[Andytex]

That is horrible to read. I do like the page 3 girls as well.

 

[Virtuoso]

Insanity!! I don't know how long the virus would live outside a human host while being buried in the sand but let's hope no one has to find out!!

 

[Benzopyrene]

HIV survives for only a very short period of time ouside of a host. If its just sitting there in the sand clotting, its not gonna last long. not to mention even if you did get stuck with a needle you risk of getting HIV is only like 1-3% and can be reduced to almost negligible if you take prophylactic therapy. I dont know the stats on hepatitis, but all of our soldiers have been vaccinated against Hep B. Hep C is what you really worry about in the hospitals, as a stick has like a 25% transmission rate. Not a fun disease to have, many folks will go on to develop liver failure and a small group of people will even develop hepatocellular carcinoma. At any rate I dont believe the survival time outside the body is very long for hep C either, but I dont remember the numbers on this one.