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Furiously
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/04/29/needle.stick.ap/index.htmlPHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A third-grader stuck 19 schoolmates with her mother's diabetes blood-testing needle this week, and one pricked student tested positive for HIV on a preliminary test, officials said.
Health officials said the virus could not have been contracted from the needle stick, and they noted that preliminary tests can yield false positives.
The risk to students who were stuck after the possibly infected child depends on factors including the depth of the stick, health officials said.
The 8-year-old stuck her Taylor Elementary schoolmates Wednesday at the school's breakfast, at lunch and in the classroom, using a needle that was about one-third of an inch long, on the end of a device that looks like a pen, school officials said. They were unsure why the girl did it.
She was suspended and will probably be moved to another school, said Paul Vallas, the school district's chief executive.
Most of the students involved were taken to a hospital for testing and treatment, school officials said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the risk of HIV infection after a needle stick is low, with an average of one in 300 cases leading to infection. I would think after the 2nd kid something would have been done.
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Strazos
Greetings from the Slave Coast
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First it's a needle, next it's a 1ft steak knife.
Just shoot her now.
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Sky
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When I was in 6th grade, the kid next to me used to poke me with a pin he had in his pen. Thought it was funny.
One day during winter activity period (building snow sculptures, hey it was 6th grade), the kid who would become my badass singer, our friend who would become gay, and myself proceeded to kick the living shit out of him. Great bonding moment.
He graduated from high school as Valedictorian ;) Ah, well. Learned his lesson, anyway.
Moving the kid to another school seems retarded. But you can't whup their ass any more, I guess. How is a kid to learn a lesson, damn lil sass mouths.
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