Read this before your next gas fill-up. This world gets sicker everyday!
Folks:
Please take a couple minutes to read this warning about Gas Pumping
Handles. Warning: Look at the gas pump handle BEFORE you pump your gas. Please read and forward to anyone you know who drives a car.
My name is Captain Abraham Sands of the Jacksonville, Florida, Police Department. I have been asked by state and local authorities to write this email in order to get the word out to car drivers of a very dangerous prank that is occurring in numerous states. Some person or persons have been affixing hypodermic needles to the underside of gas pump handles! These needles appear to be infected with HIV positive blood. In the Jacksonville area alone, there have been 17 cases of people being stuck by these needles over the past five (5) months. We have verified reports of at least 12 others in various states around the country. It is believed that these may be copycat incidents due to someone reading about the crimes or seeing them reported on television. At this point no one has been arrested and catching the perpetrator(s) has become our top priority. Shockingly, of the 17 people who where stuck, 8 have tested HIV positive and because of the nature of the disease, the others could test positive in a couple years.
Evidently the consumers go to fill their car with gas, and when picking up the pump handle get stuck with the infected needle.
IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CAREFULLY CHECK THE HANDLE of the gas pump each time you use one. LOOK AT EVERY SURFACE YOUR HAND MAY TOUCH, INCLUDING UNDER THE HANDLE!
If you do find a needle affixed to one, immediately contact your local
police department so they can collect the evidence.
PLEASE HELP US BY MAINTAINING A VIGILANCE, AND BY FORWARDING THIS EMAIL TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO DRIVES. THE MORE PEOPLE WHO KNOW OF THIS, THE BETTER
PROTECTED WE CAN ALL BE. Rose Lambert, Chief Aide to Supervisor Gerry Hyland, Mount Vernon District, 2511 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA 22306.
Urban Legend. Viruses won't live very long outside the body.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1971.asp
WOW thanks TRX350_On_The_Rack. I was going to delete, but have a good point.
damn. for a minute i was like/ can you say "full service please". :D
Quote from: TRX350_On_The_Rack on July 29, 2005, 01:48:06 PM
Urban Legend. Viruses won't live very long outside the body.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art1971.asp
Oxygen kills the virus outside the body within seconds from what I was told, but if the virus is trap in a needle with fluid around it i can live longer I'm not going to take a chance are you. thanks BIG DADDY I'll spread the word '' If you catch him tazer his nads''
I had to take a blood born pathogens class for work. They said AIDS is dead before the blood even drys, however hepatitis can live up to 6 weeks! :o
Thanks for the warning! >:( sickos! >:(
thanks BD
What a world......thanks big daddy! :-\
hey cain quad gets excited when the wind blows
but on the more serious side I WILL LOOK CLOSER AT THE PUMP