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[People News] On October 27, during a tuberculosis skin test screening organised by Kangping County Senior High School, a medical staff member egregiously violated the 'one person, one needle' medical protocol, resulting in multiple first- and second-year students sharing the same needle. This incident led a significant number of parents to visit the school seeking answers and to report the matter to relevant authorities. The situation evokes memories of the widespread HIV infections in the Henan region during the 1990s caused by shared needles at blood collection stations, which resulted in the tragic occurrence of 'new graves surrounding villages' in many areas.
Videos circulating online depict parents demanding an explanation from the school regarding the incident. A female official from the school stated during a meeting with parents that, after reviewing surveillance footage and verifying with students, they identified two groups: the first group confirmed that over 200 individuals shared needles; the second group confirmed that one needle was used per person.
The video shows that during the confrontation, police from Kangping maintained order in the school auditorium, while heated arguments erupted in the conference room, with some individuals speaking into a microphone and pointing while pushing each other.
The official also assured that blood tests for HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C would be conducted for the students who shared needles.
Some netizens disclosed that during the tuberculosis PPD screening at the school, needles were mixed up, with over a dozen individuals sharing one needle, and there were students with HIV and syphilis in the first-year class, which led to the government gate being vandalised.
Netizens harshly criticised the situation, stating: How shameless some doctors in China are, knowing the dangers yet still proceeding with such actions!
Another internet user pointed out that if the screening is merely a pretext for selling vaccines, then this situation is extremely shameless!
The use of shared needles poses significant risks.
According to professionals who disclosed information online, even with superficial injections like PPD skin tests, once a needle touches the skin or comes into contact with trace amounts of blood, using it on the next person carries the risk of cross-infection from bloodborne pathogens. The main dangers include:
• Hepatitis B virus (HBV): Highly infectious, can be transmitted through even small amounts of blood, survives for a long time outside the body, and the risk of infection from a single exposure is much higher than that of HIV.
• Hepatitis C virus (HCV): Primarily transmitted through blood, currently has no vaccine, and most infections progress to chronic conditions, with some leading to cirrhosis or liver cancer.
• HIV (human immunodeficiency virus): The probability of infection from a single needle stick is relatively low (about 0.2%-0.3%), but once it occurs, it cannot be reversed, and early symptoms are often absent.
• Other bloodborne pathogens, such as syphilis, may also be transmitted through contaminated needles.
If it is indeed the case that "dozens of people are sharing one needle" during collective screenings at schools, this represents a serious violation of medical operational standards, which could lead to uncontrollable cross-infections, necessitating large-scale testing and post-exposure prevention, and causing panic and a crisis of trust among parents.
According to a report by the Beijing News on October 29, both the involved school and the Kangping County government have acknowledged the incident and have organised re-blood tests for students. The school is currently conducting normal classes, although some first- and second-year high school students have been affected.
The staff of the Kangping County government have stated that the claims circulating online about high school freshmen at the school having AIDS and syphilis are false. They are currently working to identify the specific individuals responsible, and further actions will depend on the completion of the investigation and evidence collection.
On October 29, several topics related to this incident trended on Weibo.
Netizens responded with posts saying, "Screening 200 people for AIDS and syphilis should take a day or two, right? Clearly, this is just a hasty attempt to debunk rumours. The incident hasn't even been clarified within 24 hours, so how can they claim there are no cases of AIDS and syphilis? Is there any official testing for these 200 individuals? Debunking a rumour isn't just about saying it isn't true; evidence must be provided!" "Clarifications should include several 'different' institutional confirmations."
Internet media personality 'Internet Junming' posted, stating, "During tuberculosis screening at Shenyang Kangping County High School, there were multiple instances of students sharing a single needle. Thankfully, these are high school students; if they were kindergarten or elementary school students who understand nothing, I can't even imagine the consequences. The rule of 'one person, one needle, one tube' for blood collection is the most basic and fundamental medical guideline. We laypeople, understand this; surely the medical personnel on-site should know better? This is outrageous, exaggerated, and infuriating."
That evening, 'Jiemian News' reported that officials indicated that a total of 78 students were involved in the investigation. Currently, special testing has been conducted for all 78 students, and the results showed no abnormalities.
Medical Risks and Public Concerns
Sharing needles is an extremely serious medical violation and is one of the core risk factors for bloodborne diseases (such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, AIDS, etc.). China has painful historical lessons regarding this issue.
Between the mid-to-late 1990s and the early 2000s, the "blood disaster" that struck Henan and other regions was primarily caused by a severe lack of disinfection awareness at illegal blood collection stations, along with the sharing of blood collection and reinfusion needles and equipment. This led to widespread cross-infection of viruses such as HIV and hepatitis B among blood donors.
The Henan blood disaster resulted in the devastation of many families who had donated blood. In the disaster-stricken areas of Shangqiu, Zhumadian, Zhoukou, Kaifeng, and other regions in Henan, the terms "extinction" and "new graves surrounding villages" vividly illustrate the grim reality.
This is not an exaggeration or a myth; it is a documented reality from scholars, doctors (including Gao Yaojie, Liu Qian, Wang Shuping, and others), and media reporters who conducted thorough investigations in the area at that time.
"New graves surrounding villages": The deceased with nowhere to rest
In the investigative book "Blood Wound" by Liu Qian, a researcher at the Henan Academy of Social Sciences, and in the investigative notes of Dr Gao Yaojie, the phrase "graves surrounded the village" was used.
In high-incidence villages such as Wenlou Village and Jiao Zhuang Village in Xincai County, Shuangmiao Village in Zhecheng County, and Xiaolizhuang in Shenqiu County, the number of deaths from AIDS-related complications surged dramatically around the year 2000. Due to the overwhelming number of fatalities, the village's public cemetery was long insufficient, forcing villagers to bury their relatives in their own wheat fields, backyards, and even in front of their windows.
Every year, during the transition from winter to spring, when temperatures drop sharply, this period marks the peak for AIDS-related deaths. Journalists and scholars have noted that upon entering these villages, the fields lining the rural paths are filled with closely packed new earthen graves, many of which do not even have tombstones erected in time.
Next to the old grave, a new grave is dug, and the young and middle-aged pass away first.
The primary group involved in blood selling consists of rural labourers aged 20 to over 40, who do so to build houses, marry, pay for their children's education, or settle family planning fines.
In regions affected by the 'blood disaster,' the phenomenon of 'white-haired people burying black-haired people' is alarmingly common. Elderly parents often find themselves burying two or three biological children within a single year, and there are heartbreaking scenes of elderly individuals, despite their own illnesses, shovelling soil for their sons' graves in utter despair.
The tragedy of couples dying together and the phenomenon of 'cutting off the family line.'
The high incidence of 'cutting off the family line' during that time was primarily due to the transmission of blood sources (selling blood), which led to sexual transmission between couples and vertical transmission from mother to child:
The collapse of entire households and the extinction of families.
Rural couples often went together to private blood stations to sell blood. If the husband contracted a disease after selling blood, he would unknowingly transmit it to his wife through their sexual relations.
Before the advent of antiviral drugs (cocktail therapy), couples lacking immunity would fall ill and die within a few years. In some high-incidence villages, entire streets of farmhouses became 'empty of people and houses,' with rusty locks on the doors and yards overgrown with weeds.
AIDS orphans and 'orphan villages.'
After both parents passed away, some families lost their children due to unfortunate deaths from mother-to-child transmission, resulting in 'the entire family cutting off the family line.'
Some children were not infected but became 'AIDS orphans' without any relatives to care for them. At that time, places like Xincai County witnessed thousands of orphans who could only rely on elderly and equally impoverished grandparents for support or were taken in by grassroots relief organisations.
Historical Traces and Subsequent 'Grave Flattening' Disputes
These densely packed new graves serve as the most direct evidence of that tragic blood disaster.
Indelible Scars: In the late 2000s, some local governments attempted to flatten graves in fields as part of the rural 'grave flattening movement' or land consolidation efforts. This initiative sparked significant social controversy and protests at the time. Whistleblowers and surviving villagers argued that these earthen graves were the final testament to the victims' lives and should not be hastily covered up.
A Turning Point in Fate: It was not until after 2003-2004 that the government fully implemented the 'Four Exemptions and One Care' policy, dispatched work teams to key villages, provided free antiviral medications (HAART), and established village health clinics. Only then did the death rate in AIDS villages begin to plummet dramatically, and the catastrophic increase in 'new graves' was finally curbed.
It is clear that reducing the death rate among villagers in AIDS villages is not impossible; rather, the Chinese Communist authorities have not prioritised how to assist these villagers.
Entangled Interests and Political Performance Cover-Up
In the mid to late 1990s, during the initial outbreak of the epidemic, some local officials promoting the 'plasma economy' chose to completely block information to protect their political achievements and conceal the severe consequences of regulatory failures. They viewed the AIDS epidemic as a 'political scandal' and severely cracked down on whistleblowers revealing the truth (such as Gao Yaojie and Wang Shuping), even intercepting media and researchers attempting to conduct interviews.
A passive response and delays in treatment
In the years prior to the truth being uncovered, local authorities failed to establish effective rescue mechanisms, leaving sick farmers to languish in poverty and despair while awaiting death. This neglect and delay in addressing the suffering of grassroots communities significantly hindered the earliest opportunities for control, directly resulting in a sharp increase in both morbidity and mortality rates.
The numerous earthen mounds scattered across the wheat fields of eastern Henan serve as a poignant reminder of the deep and unforgivable pain stemming from the bloodshed caused decades ago by poverty, the authorities' indifference to the lives of the people, and regulatory failures.
In the modern healthcare system, the strict enforcement of the principle 'one needle, one person, one use, one disposal' is essential to prevent cross-infection of bloodborne infectious diseases.
Currently, the blood test results for the students involved show no abnormalities; however, the failure to adhere to such fundamental medical protocols has revealed a concerning lack of safety awareness among relevant personnel and institutions, prompting subsequent scrutiny regarding rectification and accountability.△
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