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A fact from Flashblood appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 July 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the newly spreading practice in East Africa of flashblood, injecting oneself with blood of another heroin user to get high, has been called "the most effective way of infecting yourself with HIV"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/July.

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Seriously?

Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

This sounds as believable as that whole Jenkem scare of a few years ago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.78.100.213 (talk) 23:24, 21 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

crazy

Latest comment: 14 years ago6 comments5 people in discussion

This is the craziest thing I've heard today. We should mention how crazy this is, right? --mboverload @ 02:41, 13 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

I think the quotes from health care professionals do the trick. Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 22:32, 13 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Leave it to the Africans to figure out ANOTHER way to kill themselves as stupidly as possible...74.191.67.11 (talk) 18:15, 21 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

The chance of catching disease is higher, but the chance of accidental overdose or other poisoning due to the unknowns the heroin has been cut with is much, much lower. Who again is the stupid one? - Tenebris —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.112.29.50 (talk) 18:31, 21 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

/sarcasm I am sure they do this for the health benefits. 207.118.113.245 (talk) 18:35, 21 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

Probably about equally as any drug addict, on any continent. - Tenebris —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.112.29.50 (talk) 19:43, 21 July 2010 (UTC)Reply

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