Re: Re: Rabies in milk (OT HIV)

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Here's a fairly decent article to completely ease your mind - gives 3 scenarios and reasons/research as to why none will transmit AIDS....

Sharon, NH

Thanks , and all,I guess I just need reassurance. It's good to actually hear someone confirm

it. It's my little punkin' after all. Easy to worry about....SHawn D.

>> If I may ... HIV is most definitely not transmitted by mosquitoes or any> insects. First of all, any amount of blood a mosquito carries is not enough> to infect as it is! Secondly, HIV dies very quickly outside the body. It

> is a very difficult virus to " catch. " Consider that (and I can get the> figures if you need them) even a very low percentage of medical needle> pricks (and I'm not talking about doctors) result in infection. Heck, there

> are cases where the sharing of a contaminated syringe has not resulted in> infection, albeit that that's the most efficient way of transmitting the> virus! In order to become infected, particularly via the routes you're

> worried about, the virus would have to be injected deep into the body, and> there would have to be a lot of it. That is just not happening! By> comparison, hepatitis is transmitted much more efficiently than HIV, and no

> one -- babies or otherwise -- ever contracted hepatitis from hanging around> mosquitoes. From contamintated needles in hospitals, etc., most definitely> yes!>> I just wouldn't worry about such a thing. This virus is one of the best

> studied in history. And just think about it from a common sense> perspective: If insects transmitted HIV, the numbers of people infected> would have skyrocketed and become exponential. The routes of transmission

> for this virus have remained constant throughout time. It is also quite> difficult to transmit HIV heterosexually through vaginal intercourse in the> absence of STDs or otherwise broken skin (have you read " The Myth of

> Heterosexual AIDS. " ?)>> The reason I know all this (and then some) is that I **freaked out** myself> years ago when the virus reared its ugly head, and I did extensive research> and keep up to date.

>> Our time is much better spent worrying about good nutrition!>> To your health!>> ~~> Massachusetts