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File this article as "scary and odd articles that make it on front page." An HIV-positive man convicted of spitting into the eye and mouth of a Dallas police officer has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.
Because a jury found that Willie Campbell used his saliva as a deadly weapon, the 42-year-old will have to serve half his sentence before becoming eligible for parole. He was sentenced Wednesday.
Campbell was being arrested in May 2006 for public intoxication when he began resisting and kicking inside the patrol car, Dallas police office Dan Waller testified.
Campbell was convicted of harassment of a public servant.
Because a jury found that Willie Campbell used his saliva as a deadly weapon, the 42-year-old will have to serve half his sentence before becoming eligible for parole. He was sentenced Wednesday.
Campbell was being arrested in May 2006 for public intoxication when he began resisting and kicking inside the patrol car, Dallas police office Dan Waller testified.
Campbell was convicted of harassment of a public servant.
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It comes down to intent? If he knowingly intended ot infect the officer? Yes, Murder 1! Too the people that say saliva does not carry the hiv strain, all they need do is bite their lip.................
I ask Too the person who gave me the negative for this comment you are either ignorant or stupid. You don't know anything about contamination or how a virus is spread. As fore the felon a Court of his peers found him guilty. I think they knew a bit more about the case than you do. -
You cannot get AIDS from. . .
Kissing
There is no scientific evidence indicating that any person has ever become infected through kissing an HIV positive person.
To become infected with HIV you must get a sufficient quantity of the virus into the bloodstream. Saliva does contain HIV, but the virus is only present in very small quantities and as such cannot cause HIV infection.
Unless both partners have large open sores in their mouths, or severely bleeding gums, there is no transmission risk from mouth-to-mouth kissing.
Sneezing, coughing, sharing glasses/cups, etc
HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host, except under strictly controlled laboratory conditions. HIV does not survive well in the open air, and this makes the possibility of this type of environmental transmission remote. In practice no environmental transmission has been recorded.
This means that HIV cannot be transmitted through spitting, sneezing, sharing glasses, cutlery, or musical instruments.
You also can't be infected in swimming pools, showers or by sharing washing facilities or toilet seats.
Insects
Studies conducted by many researchers have shown no evidence of HIV transmission through insect bites, even in areas where there are many cases of AIDS and large populations of insects such as mosquitoes. Lack of such outbreaks, despite considerable efforts to detect them, supports the conclusion that insects do not transmit HIV.
HIV only lives for a short time...You cannot get AIDS from. . .
Kissing
There is no scientific evidence indicating that any person has ever become infected through kissing an HIV positive person.
To become infected with HIV you must get a sufficient quantity of the virus into the bloodstream. Saliva does contain HIV, but the virus is only present in very small quantities and as such cannot cause HIV infection.
Unless both partners have large open sores in their mouths, or severely bleeding gums, there is no transmission risk from mouth-to-mouth kissing.
Sneezing, coughing, sharing glasses/cups, etc
HIV is unable to reproduce outside its living host, except under strictly controlled laboratory conditions. HIV does not survive well in the open air, and this makes the possibility of this type of environmental transmission remote. In practice no environmental transmission has been recorded.
This means that HIV cannot be transmitted through spitting, sneezing, sharing glasses, cutlery, or musical instruments.
You also can't be infected in swimming pools, showers or by sharing washing facilities or toilet seats.
Insects
Studies conducted by many researchers have shown no evidence of HIV transmission through insect bites, even in areas where there are many cases of AIDS and large populations of insects such as mosquitoes. Lack of such outbreaks, despite considerable efforts to detect them, supports the conclusion that insects do not transmit HIV.
HIV only lives for a short time and cannot reproduce inside an insect. So, even if the virus enters a mosquito or another sucking or biting insect, the insect does not become infected and cannot transmit HIV to the next human it feeds on or bites.
Injecting drugs with sterile needles
Injecting with a sterile needle and works will not transmit HIV as long as clean equipment is used each time and none of it is shared.
However, there are still many other risks associated with injecting drug use. If a person is on drugs (including alcohol) they may cloud judgement and make them more likely to become involved in risky sexual behaviour, increasing the chance of exposure to HIV.
AVERT has more information on the risks involved with recreational drug use and HIV.
Protected sex
If used correctly and consistently condoms are highly effective at preventing HIV transmission. A small minority believe condoms are not adequate protection and that 'some very small viruses can pass through latex'. Scientific tests have proven this theory to be unfounded however.1
Condoms are effective at preventing HIV during both vaginal and anal sex and can help to reduce the risks during oral sex too.
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WAIT A MINUTE SWEETIE... :-)
HIV was created by the usa government to kill blacks... ASK OBAMA'S CULT... IT IS IN THE WRIGHT'S BIBLE
WAS A BLACK POLICEMAN?
IF HE WASN'T THEN THERE IS NO DANGER TO GET HIV AND SHOULD NOT BE IN JAIL... -
Answered Yes. That's scary and attempted murder.
They might say that HIV is not transmitted through saliva....but think about all the worrying that poor cop and his family are going to do for years to come. The criminal who did this deserved what he got. If you do the crime, you should do the time. Period. -
Answered No. 35 years for spitting at a cop is not fair.
I do not believe HIV is transferred through saliva...at least, according to medical professionals. Perhaps, as assault charge is more appropriate....give him a year, but 35? Geez.....friggin' child molesters get less time than that! -
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Here is the answer from the Red Cross' website:
Basic Answer: AIDS (a result of HIV infection) is caused by a virus (HIV). There are no known cases of saliva by itself spreading HIV (the virus that causes AIDS). However, because there could be a risk of blood contact during prolonged open-mouth kissing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends against doing this with a partner who has HIV.
Detailed Answer: AIDS (a result of HIV infection) is caused by a virus (HIV). There are no known cases of saliva by itself spreading HIV (the virus that causes AIDS). The possibility that saliva can spread HIV is considered only theoretical because --
* Saliva contains proteins that reduce the ability of HIV to infect cells.
* Researchers very rarely are able to isolate HIV in saliva.
* There are only small amounts of HIV in the saliva of people with HIV, even in the saliva of people with bleeding gums or sores in the mouth. However, there have been extremely rare cases of transmission by severe human bites, in which the HIV-positive person’s saliva contained visible blood. -
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Answered Yes. That's scary and attempted murder.
If his intent was to give the cop AIDS, the yes absolutely.
I fell bad for him, but not acknowledging that he has a deadly communicable disease because it might not be "PC" would be just dangerous and irresponsible. -
Answered Yes. That's scary and attempted murder.
You can be arrested for spitting on anybody, and anybody that has a condition like this that can really harm another person should be held accountable.
Just like professional fighters, if they get caught beating somebody up, the charge against them is going to be harsher than what the charge would be if I was attacking somebody. I can't kill somebody with a single punch they way they can so my fist can't' be considered deadly weapons. -
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I guess it all depends on whether or not he knew that he was HIV positive. Bottom line though, the cop was doing his job and he doesn't deserve to be infected with HIV just because Campbell was angry about being arrested.