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Thieves in Vancouver broke into a locked hospital freezer and stole HIV tainted blood. Why would anyone steal blood, especially diseased blood? Is there some sort of underground economy based on infected bodily fluids?

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0404HIVblood04-ON.html

terrorist activity?

Seriously, I get about 20 emails a day that people make up about the "risks of HIV", about how they put infected needles in the ketchup at Mc Donald's, and then infected needles in my movie seat, and in the coin return of the payphone, and how they are using "AIDS blood" to mug women at Walmart :rolleyes:

I wonder what will show up in my email now...

*imagines theives emptying vials in food at a restaurant*

Damn you imagination! *avoids restaurants from now on*

Thieves in Vancouver broke into a locked hospital freezer and stole HIV tainted blood. Why would anyone steal blood, especially diseased blood? Is there some sort of underground economy based on infected bodily fluids?

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/0404HIVblood04-ON.html
Bio-blackmailing or something. Their part of the local criminal syndicate, and their know holding the blood in a drip and threatening to infect a junkie or shopkeeper unless pays up.

Alternatively they might not have know it was infected and were stealing it for a blackmarket operation.

...why are we safe keeping HIV infected blood?

...why are we safe keeping HIV infected blood?
research, they said.

research, they said.
Good readin' and thank you.

research, they said.They keep load of infected samples and make them as well. I have a friend, who since the start of his Phd, has made enought Gonorrea to infect the whole of Europe.

Good readin' and thank you.
I try.

...why are we safe keeping HIV infected blood?
Obviously not that safe.

Obviously not that safe.
Maybe it was an insider who took it and they don't want to say so... :p

They keep load of infected samples and make them as well. I have a friend, who since the start of his Phd, has made enought Gonorrea to infect the whole of Europe.

Ugh, good one. You just made me visualise the sample collecting process.

*Remember the episode of Oz where one prisoner gave another prisoner AIDS with infected blood*

Maybe it was an insider who took it and they don't want to say so...
Mutation in the vampire virus. They cannot drink normal blood longer.

The samples were labeled with the patients' names. I suspect that the person who took the vials wants to blackmail those patients. Having HIV is still a stigma, and could possibly affect their ability to get certain jobs, or at least in some way damage their reputation. The police didn't say whether or not a record of the patients involved was kept, but I suspect there must be some sort of idea of who's plasma was stolen. So if blackmail is the idea, the police probably will find out once a patient is approached.

I can't think of another reason to steal them. The virus itself won't remain active for long.

Mutation in the vampire virus. They cannot drink normal blood longer.

Somebody's LARP'ed one too many times?

Somebody's LARP'ed one too many times?
Gah?!

Gah?!

Sorry. LARP stands for Live Action RolePlaying. I've been surrounded for years by people who play Vampire: The Masquerade, and it sounded like something one of them would say.

Sorry. LARP stands for Live Action RolePlaying. I've been surrounded for years by people who play Vampire: The Masquerade, and it sounded like something one of them would say.
Nope, I've never done any of that. Just kind of pulled it out of my £¤%.

Nope, I've never done any of that. Just kind of pulled it out of my £¤%.

Well then you're alright. Still can't see why someone would want to steal vials of HIV tainted blood though. Any chance some bureaucrat just 'misplaced' it?

Sorry. LARP stands for Live Action RolePlaying. I've been surrounded for years by people who play Vampire: The Masquerade, and it sounded like something one of them would say.
Live action? Like some D&D guy running around with a real sword?

Live action? Like some D&D guy running around with a real sword?

Yeah, there's a whole subculture of Roleplayers who get dressed up and 'act out' their game. It started with the Vampire Genre, but there's a whole fantasy set out there who get foam swords and cardboard shields and spend a weekend out in the woods throwing bean bags at each other (they represent 'spells'). I'd comment on the lack of bathing, but that's normal for many of them anyway.

Yeah, there's a whole subculture of Roleplayers who get dressed up and 'act out' their game. It started with the Vampire Genre, but there's a whole fantasy set out there who get foam swords and cardboard shields and spend a weekend out in the woods throwing bean bags at each other (they represent 'spells'). I'd comment on the lack of bathing, but that's normal for many of them anyway.
Well at least it gets them out of the house. It would be kind of weird to stumble upon a bunch of them while hiking though.

Yeah, there's a whole subculture of Roleplayers who get dressed up and 'act out' their game. It started with the Vampire Genre, but there's a whole fantasy set out there who get foam swords and cardboard shields and spend a weekend out in the woods throwing bean bags at each other (they represent 'spells'). I'd comment on the lack of bathing, but that's normal for many of them anyway.

Foam swords? The D&D guys at my uni dress up in real chainmail and bludgeon eachother with blunt steel swords, while a weird guy in a robe starts chanting nearby in something vaguely sounding like elvish.

I'm not kidding. It'd be funny if I weren't scared. Fortunately they only come out on orientation week and occasionally club days.

Foam swords? The D&D guys at my uni dress up in real chainmail and bludgeon eachother with blunt steel swords, while a weird guy in a robe starts chanting nearby in something vaguely sounding like elvish.

I'm not kidding. It'd be funny if I weren't scared. Fortunately they only come out on orientation week and occasionally club days.

:eek: Those guys are hardcore! Thankfully, Klingon's aren't suited for forest environments. I'd be scared to see the Trekkie version of Live Action.

:eek: Those guys are hardcore! Thankfully, Klingon's aren't suited for forest environments. I'd be scared to see the Trekkie version of Live Action.
it's not too bad....

;)

They keep load of infected samples and make them as well. I have a friend, who since the start of his Phd, has made enought Gonorrea to infect the whole of Europe.

So have I. I really should start wearing condoms. ;)

Foam swords? The D&D guys at my uni dress up in real chainmail and bludgeon eachother with blunt steel swords, while a weird guy in a robe starts chanting nearby in something vaguely sounding like elvish.

I'm not kidding. It'd be funny if I weren't scared. Fortunately they only come out on orientation week and occasionally club days.
I've run into people like that at a disc golf course by my house. Realized it's every wednesday they go out to the park and play. It's kind of sad sight to see.

Lol! D&D fans...need it for spells!

terrorist activity?

Seriously, I get about 20 emails a day that people make up about the "risks of HIV", about how they put infected needles in the ketchup at Mc Donald's, and then infected needles in my movie seat, and in the coin return of the payphone, and how they are using "AIDS blood" to mug women at Walmart :rolleyes:

I wonder what will show up in my email now...


oh dammit....what scary hypotheticals. Well guess I'll be waiting for Silent Hill to come out on DVD now.

I've run into people like that at a disc golf course by my house. Realized it's every wednesday they go out to the park and play. It's kind of sad sight to see.
I saw a video of it once. Everyone said it was really funny, but I thought it was just too sad to be funny.

terrorist activity?

Seriously, I get about 20 emails a day that people make up about the "risks of HIV", about how they put infected needles in the ketchup at Mc Donald's, and then infected needles in my movie seat, and in the coin return of the payphone, and how they are using "AIDS blood" to mug women at Walmart :rolleyes:

I wonder what will show up in my email now...

If I got that many emails like that I’d change my email account and be careful who got the new one. Unless of course you’re working in a place where your email gets traded around like a plate of nachos after the big game, in which case you’re pretty much screwed.

Foam swords? The D&D guys at my uni dress up in real chainmail and bludgeon eachother with blunt steel swords, while a weird guy in a robe starts chanting nearby in something vaguely sounding like elvish.

I'm not kidding. It'd be funny if I weren't scared. Fortunately they only come out on orientation week and occasionally club days.

It's a great deal more fun than it looks.

Not that I'm saying I do it or anything...


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