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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThimalM™" data-source="post: 9229234" data-attributes="member: 316739">HIV e-mail warnings create fear psychosisBy Shezna ShumsA series of e-mails warning people to the effect that needles that have been previously used on HIV positive persons are being used at cinema halls by perverse people are presently being circulated, creating a fear psychosis.The said e-mails name popular cinemas, quotes a director of a national research institute and refers to a number of instances of innocent filmgoers being infected due to this practice.However, doctors from the National STD / AIDS Control Programme and Health Services Department claim these electronic mails are circulated only to create a fear psychosis among the people."Such e-mails are being circulated abroad as well," said a doctor attached to the National STD/AIDS Control Programme.He stressed not even one such true incident, where a used needle has been put in a public place with the intention of possibly passing the infection to an innocent person, has been reported so far to the unit.The e-mail, which was also received by The Sunday Leader, was sent out by a person named Kithsiri Nandasena, AIS, director, Medical and Research Institute (MRI). Upon inquiry, it transpired there was no such person by that name attached to the MRI.The mail also quoted an instance when "a few weeks ago in a popular cinema hall in Wellawatte, a person felt something pricking while she was seated. When she got up, she found a needle with a note attached to it saying, 'you have just been infected by HIV.'"The letter cautions people to exercise maximum vigilance when using public chairs and claims the Disease Control Centre in Colombo has recorded instances of finding used needles in cash dispensers and ATM machines.The e-mail even cited a similar example at a popular cinema in Dalugama. According to the contents, a young girl who was about to get married was pricked by a needle while watching a movie. A tag was attached to the needle that read, 'Welcome to the world of the HIV family.' The mail claims the girl had an unfortunate death, however, medical institutions deny that such an incident occurred.source : <a href="http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20050703/news.htm" target="_blank">http://www.thesundayleader.lk/archive/20050703/news.htm</a></blockquote>

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