Gas pump handles may contain HIV

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Never be a bad idea to look if you are a driver.

This apparently happened a while ago few years ago but resurfaced again. Whether its really true or not(heard it could be an urban legend) just always be careful. There are sick people out there.

OPP ( Canada ) Warning! POLICE WARNING:

FOR 'EVERYRONE WHO DRIVES' …

I have been asked by local authorities to write this email in order to get the word out to car drivers of a very dangerous prank that is occurring in numerous cities.

Some person or persons have been affixing hypodermic needles to the underside of gas pump handles. These needles appear to be infected with HIV positive blood.
In the Simcoe area alone there have been 17 cases of people being stuck by these needles over the past five months.

We have verified reports of at least 12 others in various provinces around the country.
It is believed that these may be copycat incidents due to someone reading about the crimes seen reported on the television.

At this point no one has been arrested and catching the perpetrator(s) has become our top priority. Shockingly, of the 17 people who where stuck, eight have tested HIV positive and because of the nature of the disease, the others could test positive in a couple years.

Evidently the consumers go to fill their car with gas, and when picking up the pump handle get stuck with the infected needle.

IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK THE HANDLE OF THE GAS PUMP
EACH TIME YOU USE ONE. LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR HAND MAY
TOUCH, INCLUDING UNDER THE HANDLE.

If you do find a needle affixed to one, immediately contact your local police department so
they can collect the evidence. Please pass this message on to all the
people you know.



Isabel Martins, Law Clerk
J. Jay Rudolph
Lawyer, Mediator & Arbitrator
40 Sheppard Avenue West
Suite 700
Toronto , Ontario
M2N 6K9
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Wow that is really lame, hope the people doing this get life in prison at the least... The disease can be a killer so in a sense the people doing this are serial killers..
 
squirrel17404p said:
I'm going to check the pump handle from now on.
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Dont worry its not true. It was one of those hoax emails passed around to incite fear. Got passed around a couple years ago and got people riled. They even had it on the news.
 
I've heard this before it's fake. You would obviously see the hypodermic needles on the gas pumps. #2 They wouldn't fit on the pump handle anyways. You see how long needle is? It's too long to fit.
 
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