“The Needle Nexus” reports:
“We know that abstinence, sexual fidelity and consistent condom use all prevent the spread of H.I.V. But we do not yet know how to persuade people to act accordingly. Then there is another way that H.I.V. infects: by injection with a hypodermic needle previously used by an infected person.
Outside Africa, a huge part of the AIDS epidemic involves people who were infected this way. In Russia, 83 percent of infections in which the origin is known come from needle sharing… In the United States, needle-sharing directly accounts for more than 25 percent of AIDS cases.”
WATCHDOG: Now that syringe deregulation has removed any likelihood of public objection, hopefully Lancaster General Hospital and others will fund and the Urban League will operate the syringe exchange funded until the end of this year by a benefactor and operated out of Bethel AME Church during the past ten years.
