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Agreed, I'm totally convinced this is a weird media hysteria. This just cannot be true, it makes zero sense from the most basic level.

• myvoiceismypass 1y ago
  The article seems to mention that the only effect seems to be placebo. Don’t forget, people were and still are taking horse dewormer for Covid, despite shitting out parasites not really fixing much other than a parasite problem.
  • thomassmith65 1y ago
    If you mainline a half gallon of junkie blood, you should get a decent buzz. Just remember to check their blood type first, and to bring a large rug so you can dispose of their desiccated body afterwards.
• onlyrealcuzzo 1y ago
  The facts seem to be: 1. HIV in Fiji is up 10-fold from 2014 (that's a lot, but if the starting point was small, then it's hard to say) 2. 50% of people who contracted HIV said they shared needles (common issue, unrelated to "Bluetoothing") 3. "Bluetoothing" is a meme, and it sounds insane, and in some small sample in South Africa, 18% of drug users claimed to have done it. 4. In Pakistan, street vendors are selling pre-used heroin syringes (also insane - but needle sharing, not "Bluetoothing") I mean, sure, this is news in the sense that it's insane. But the headline makes you wonder what's going on at the NYT.
  • parineum 1y ago
    > But the headline makes you wonder what's going on at the NYT. Journalists getting news from tik tok.
• thomassmith65 1y ago
  When do we get the article about this article? That's more interesting, in a way.