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That HIV story exists in many countries and is probably not true. http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/pinprick.asp http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/pinpri
by schoen 10y ago
That HIV story exists in many countries and is probably not true.
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/pinprick.asp http://www.snopes.com/horrors/madmen/pinprick.asp
- pmalynin 10y agoPerhaps, but the AIDS epidemic when I left - 2008 - was nevertheless at its highest. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_Ukraine#/media/File:Registered_HIV_prevalence_in_Ukraine.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS_in_Ukraine#/media/Fil...
- schoen 10y agoSure, I definitely don't mean to minimize the impact of that.
- flukus 10y agoIt doesn't seem that out of control, higher than most western nations but still no where near a lot of African countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_HIV/AIDS_adult_prevalence_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_HIV/AIDS_... From the map it looks like Russia may have lowered the average in their behalf.