Apparently there are bananas on the market that have HIV-infected blood injected into them.

True to the motto “ I read this somewhere on the Internet, so it must be true ,” someone created a sharepic with information from a colleague whose sister has a friend who bought bananas that were dyed red on the inside. The most logical of all conclusions in this tangible chain of information: HIV-infected blood was injected. Because it used to be somewhere.

The sharepic with the banana
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The text on the sharepic reads:

“Message from a colleague of mine!!
It's also best to forward it

A friend of my sister bought bananas at Rewe in Altona, there was a red color in the bananas, a few weeks ago there was a circular that people were injecting HIV-infected blood into bananas, be careful when eating and buying them."

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Circular? Which circular?

We don't know anything about a circular. However, a similar sharepic in Turkish circulated in December 2018, and it is noticeable that the above sharepic is shared by a noticeable number of Turkish users on Facebook.
Conclusion: The alleged circular, which we reported on , was also a sharepic:

The banana HIV sharepic in Turkish
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What is written in the picture probably means something like the following sentences:

Don't eat imported bananas.
It is very important !!!
A great danger is at hand; Bananas imported from abroad are said to be infected with the AIDS virus. If you see a red spot, don't eat those bananas.
Please share.

These bananas are not infected with HIV!

There are a variety of plant diseases that can cause the interior to turn red .
One of the most common causes is a fungal infection called “ Nigrospora ,” which causes the inside of a banana to turn red. These bananas become infected in the tropical climates where they are grown.
Bacterial diseases such as “ Mokillo ” and “ Moko ” also cause bananas to change color on the inside.

There is no direct danger to humans when consumed, but no one really wants to eat a banana that is infected with a bacteria or fungus. Normally, such infected banana trees are sorted out beforehand, but it still happens that such bananas still end up on the market from time to time.

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Could you get sick from a banana with infected blood?

But let's still take the absolutely unlikely case that someone injects blood into a banana:
Could you then become infected with HIV?

The German AIDS Aid writes about the transmission routes:

HIV is relatively difficult to transmit. There is only a risk of infection if infectious body fluids come into contact with wounds or mucous membranes. These body fluids primarily include blood, semen, vaginal fluid and the fluid film on the mucous membrane of the rectum.

Conclusion

Apparently, the creation of such sharepics combined ignorance with uncertainty and urban legends about infected needles in cinema seats and train seats . The red in the bananas is not blood, but a sign of a fungal or bacterial infection during growth.


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