Iran HIV protests: 300 infections from one needle called `statistically inconceivable`
(WorldNews Iran)

Angry villagers in southwestern Iran Oct. 5 burned their local imam´s office following rumours that as many as 300 people had been infected with HIV during a diabetes-screening programme. The Health Ministry said the total number of HIV-positive people in the village was between 70 and 90, and that many of the infections dated back several years. Two HIV specialists told the France 24 Observers it is statistically inconceivable that one contaminated needle could infect 300 people. ......