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hauzer ago

The contents of a hemophilia injection are probably similar enough to blood for HIV to continue living on.

edistojim ago

It said "pills". HIV cannot live in pill form. Something is wrong with this article, I wouldn't trust it.

After learning that a large batch of their painkiller pills were contaminated with HIV

hauzer ago

I think it were various blood-based products that were contaminated, pills and injections among them. As for HIV surviving inside of a pill, I'm not knowledgeable enough to say if its possible or not. Probably depends on the exact contents of the pill.

edistojim ago

HIV is a very fragile virus, it cannot live in pill form.

https://www.cdc.gov/actagainstaids/basics/transmission.html