Australian gets HIV from Bali tattoo

So some dumbarse bogan got a tatt in Bali. And now is living with HIV. 

In the video piece, the Drs don’t know when or where this person became positive. Now, that doesn’t seem very convincing to me. I think it carries less stigma and shamejob with dodgy blood transfusions or tattoos/piercings resulting in a HIV notification rather than unprotected sex or using unsterile injecting equipment. 

This person is clearly a dickhead for the following
- being in Bali
- getting a tattoo (I’ll put bets on something typically bogan) 
- GETTING A TATTOO IN BALI! (or other whitepower hotspots) 

Seriously, it is hard to get HIV from tattooing. You have to work on someone with enough HIV in their blood and pretty quickly work on you with the same gear/ink/gloves/etc. HIV doesn’t like being outside the body for long or hot environments (hrrm Bali is pretty hot right?).

So this douche has watched the person tattooing go from the previous client to them in under 10mins ORRrrrrr dare I say it, picked up HIV from some other method?

A West Australian has contracted HIV after getting a tattoo while on holiday in Bali.

The incident has prompted the West Australian Health Department to urge all Australians who have had tattoos or piercings in Bali to consult a doctor and consider getting a HIV test.

It is understood the person was tested after returning to Australia from Indonesia.

The department has not revealed the age and sex of the person or details about where the tattoo was done.

The Indonesian health authorities have been notified about the case.

WA Health director of communicable disease control Paul Armstrong told the ABC: “Anybody who has had a tattoo in Bali or a body piercing in Bali should consider the information that’s come out and talk to their doctor about getting tested for HIV.”

Mr Armstrong advised travellers not to get tattoos and piercings done overseas, particularly in developing countries.

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