| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:13 - Sep 15 with 1704 views | hobo |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 13:47 - Sep 15 by Highjack |
No he doesn’t, the risk of catching HIV that way is negligible. |
What's the reason for forcing footballer's off to get their shirt changed when they've spilt a bit of blood on it? |  | |  |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:16 - Sep 15 with 1694 views | Dr_Winston |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:13 - Sep 15 by hobo |
What's the reason for forcing footballer's off to get their shirt changed when they've spilt a bit of blood on it? |
Hygiene? |  |
| Pain or damage don't end the world. Or despair, or f*cking beatings. The world ends when you're dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man... and give some back. |
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| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:16 - Sep 15 with 1689 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:10 - Sep 15 by ItchySphincter |
You're right of course Lisa. #
He' still a tw@t though. |
That may be the case. Although I have to say that people I know who’ve met him as part of his work with anti discrimination education with big companies have said he’s been a great bloke.
It may be that when he was playing he was a bit of a tw*t and as he’s older he’s not. Or maybe it just depends on the circumstances of meeting him. |  | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:18 - Sep 15 with 1685 views | swan_si |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:16 - Sep 15 by Dr_Winston |
Hygiene? |
Then Gary Lineker should have changed his shorts when he shat himself.  |  | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:19 - Sep 15 with 1670 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:13 - Sep 15 by hobo |
What's the reason for forcing footballer's off to get their shirt changed when they've spilt a bit of blood on it? |
To reduce even further the risk of blood borne infections. | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:24 - Sep 15 with 1639 views | Highjack |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:13 - Sep 15 by hobo |
What's the reason for forcing footballer's off to get their shirt changed when they've spilt a bit of blood on it? |
It’s largely because it’s not very pleasant.
As I said HIV dies pretty much immediately as soon as it leaves the body. You pretty much need a direct transfusion. This is why you’re unlikely to get it from kissing or touching someone who is sweating. |  |
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| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:36 - Sep 15 with 1609 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:24 - Sep 15 by Highjack |
It’s largely because it’s not very pleasant.
As I said HIV dies pretty much immediately as soon as it leaves the body. You pretty much need a direct transfusion. This is why you’re unlikely to get it from kissing or touching someone who is sweating. |
It’s not only unlikely. HIV can’t be transmitted from either saliva or sweat. | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:39 - Sep 15 with 1602 views | Highjack |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:36 - Sep 15 by londonlisa2001 |
It’s not only unlikely. HIV can’t be transmitted from either saliva or sweat. |
It’s possible with kissing if both partners have bleeding lips, gums or ulcers etc. But still very unlikely. | |
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| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:43 - Sep 15 with 1589 views | jacks777 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 13:20 - Sep 15 by londonlisa2001 |
So Gareth Thomas is being blackmailed about his HIV status. The tabloids find out and camp outside his parents’ house and are going to publish the story (which has been kept private for some time). He decides it’s better to make it public himself before the tabloids run the story, and in usual planetswans fashion, this is his fault for seeking publicity?
And there’s an associated outcry for him putting his children at risk when he doesn’t have children.
Terrific stuff.
I have sympathy for him. Awful shock to find out although medical advances mean that the virus can be managed pretty successfully these days so the risk of it developing into AIDS are far, far lower than used to be the case. Good luck to him. |
Awful shock ? Not really. If you play Russian roulette would it be a surprise if someone told you, you may get your brains blown out. | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:44 - Sep 15 with 1588 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:39 - Sep 15 by Highjack |
It’s possible with kissing if both partners have bleeding lips, gums or ulcers etc. But still very unlikely. |
Only one recorded instance of that happening in the world. In 1990.
But that was an exchange of blood, not saliva. The virus cannot be transmitted in saliva. Or sweat. | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:45 - Sep 15 with 1584 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:43 - Sep 15 by jacks777 |
Awful shock ? Not really. If you play Russian roulette would it be a surprise if someone told you, you may get your brains blown out. |
Of course it’s still an awful shock.
Stop being such a complete arse the entire time. | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:50 - Sep 15 with 1565 views | Highjack |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:44 - Sep 15 by londonlisa2001 |
Only one recorded instance of that happening in the world. In 1990.
But that was an exchange of blood, not saliva. The virus cannot be transmitted in saliva. Or sweat. |
Yes that’s what I was saying... | |
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| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:11 - Sep 15 with 1528 views | chad |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:50 - Sep 15 by Highjack |
Yes that’s what I was saying... |
Indeed that was exactly what you were already correctly saying
As far as living outside the body it is normally extremely short lived as you say, but it seems with dried blood it can survive several days and in blood inside a syringe for e.g. can survive several weeks. So presumably could still potentially infect someone if it comes into contact with mucus membrane mouth etc or blood to blood? |  | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:13 - Sep 15 with 1516 views | jacks777 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:45 - Sep 15 by londonlisa2001 |
Of course it’s still an awful shock.
Stop being such a complete arse the entire time. |
Nonsense. | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:31 - Sep 15 with 1484 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 14:50 - Sep 15 by Highjack |
Yes that’s what I was saying... |
You said it was unlikely. I was simply pointing out that transmission from saliva or sweat is not unlikely but impossible. There is a difference. | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:37 - Sep 15 with 1476 views | rockinjk |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 13:47 - Sep 15 by Highjack |
No he doesn’t, the risk of catching HIV that way is negligible. |
Negligible is not zero | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:39 - Sep 15 with 1468 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:11 - Sep 15 by chad |
Indeed that was exactly what you were already correctly saying
As far as living outside the body it is normally extremely short lived as you say, but it seems with dried blood it can survive several days and in blood inside a syringe for e.g. can survive several weeks. So presumably could still potentially infect someone if it comes into contact with mucus membrane mouth etc or blood to blood? |
How many instances of HIV infection in the world have been caused by someone coming into contact with blood or semen left behind on a surface chad?
Ever? | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:52 - Sep 15 with 1437 views | chad |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:39 - Sep 15 by londonlisa2001 |
How many instances of HIV infection in the world have been caused by someone coming into contact with blood or semen left behind on a surface chad?
Ever? |
Although I have not done an exhaustive global survey on this I believe it is quite common with shared needles and that this is quite commonly understood.
Is there anything factually incorrect in what I actually said? | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:54 - Sep 15 with 1428 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:52 - Sep 15 by chad |
Although I have not done an exhaustive global survey on this I believe it is quite common with shared needles and that this is quite commonly understood.
Is there anything factually incorrect in what I actually said? |
I didn’t ask you about shared needles. You were talking about dried blood. Answer the question.
How many cases? In the world? Ever? | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:58 - Sep 15 with 1424 views | swan_si |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:52 - Sep 15 by chad |
Although I have not done an exhaustive global survey on this I believe it is quite common with shared needles and that this is quite commonly understood.
Is there anything factually incorrect in what I actually said? |
Ignore the cant, she will be advising you on how to bring a child up next. | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 16:06 - Sep 15 with 1383 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:58 - Sep 15 by swan_si |
Ignore the cant, she will be advising you on how to bring a child up next. |
Ah bless. I’m sure if you have a child you’ll be able to bring them up to be as bigoted as you want them to be. Just don’t expect the schools to help you do so. | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 16:07 - Sep 15 with 1380 views | swan_si |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 16:06 - Sep 15 by londonlisa2001 |
Ah bless. I’m sure if you have a child you’ll be able to bring them up to be as bigoted as you want them to be. Just don’t expect the schools to help you do so. |
I wasn't talking to you so fack off. | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 16:08 - Sep 15 with 1380 views | Highjack |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:31 - Sep 15 by londonlisa2001 |
You said it was unlikely. I was simply pointing out that transmission from saliva or sweat is not unlikely but impossible. There is a difference. |
I never mentioned saliva. | |
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| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 16:10 - Sep 15 with 1369 views | londonlisa2001 |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 16:07 - Sep 15 by swan_si |
I wasn't talking to you so fack off. |
You were talking about me. So it’s perfectly reasonable for me to respond. | | | |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 16:11 - Sep 15 with 1364 views | Highjack |
| Gareth Thomas HIV positive on 15:37 - Sep 15 by rockinjk |
Negligible is not zero |
If Mr Thomas had HIV whilst playing and had an open bleeding wound and he was tackled by another player with a bleeding wound there is a small but very unlikely chance if the blood directly mixes together of the virus being transmitted. But it has since been pointed out he didn’t have HIV when he was playing. | |
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