HIV-infected syringes with the inscription: “Welcome to the club” in discos?

A message is currently unsettling many users online.

It's about a warning about alleged HIV-infected syringes that are circulating in discos.

In various versions, “HIV-infected” syringes have been appearing on the Internet again and again for decades. Be it in fuel nozzles , in bananas , in a glove , in seats on a train or in the cinema . And so far it has always been false reports.

Currently, it is April 2019, the following screenshot is being sent and shared on Facebook, Snapchat or WhatsApp.

This is what we can say about it:

Our research showed that this exact content has been in circulation for 17 years. As you can see from this screenshot, we first found this in a forum from 2002 or here in another forum. In 2002, this chain letter was still sent by email.

17 years later

17 years later, this news is floating around the internet again and you can see that the internet doesn't forget anything once it's published.

If you read the comments in the forums, you quickly come to the conclusion that this is once again an unconfirmed report and that it is a so-called urban legend.

The content of the warning in full (sic!)

"DANGER !!!!!
Please take it seriously and pay attention!!!!–no joke!!!
Hey night owls!!
Sad but true, you are no longer safe in our discos!
In the following discos:

*Night shift Kagran*
*Night shift SCS*
*Fun Factory Vienna*
*Empire Linz*
*Empire St. Martin im Mühlkreis*
*Night-Life in Vöcklabruck*

and there was already a case on the night shift in Salzburg!
In these discos mentioned there is a psychopath who sticks HIV-infected needles or syringes into the bodies of innocent people with the inscription “Welcome to the club”!
So far it has only been women who have been affected, but there was also a case in which a boy was the victim (the only case in Salzburg).
According to the Linz police, it is said to be a catfish who cannot deal with his HIV virus!
It's sad that this series was only published in small reports in the KRONE and the ORF didn't bother to bring this sad story into the spotlight!!
Take care of yourselves and please forward this email to your friends and acquaintances, especially in the Upper Austria, Salzburg and Vienna areas!
Maybe it'll help, because more eyes can see more!! “

Annotation!

At this point we would like to mention that the media also picked up this issue in 2002 because there appeared to be a free rider. “ DerStandard ” reported on March 13, 2002.

Finally, one must also note on this topic: it is hardly possible to become infected via such a route.

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.