[pbj1968]

“Got it through sharing needles” was the 90s version of “got herpes from a toilet seat.”

[watwut]

Even these days, when cops accidently pike themselves with needles when dealing with addicts, they go to HIV center for preventative drugs. So that they, a cop who got piked exactly once, do not get HIV.

[pbj1968]

Yes, obviously.

[alexey-salmin]

Um, no? Unlike with toilet seats, tons of people got it this way. There were even cases of hospital outbreaks due to insufficient sterilization of reusable syringes.

[pbj1968]

Citation needed.