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From the Ted Talk by Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, drugs and HIV -- let's get rational

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And, you know, you can't flaut him for accuracy. But, actually, Frankie, at that time, was a heroin addict and he was in jail. So his choice was either to accept that dirty needle or not to get high. And if there's one place you really want to get high, it's when you're in jail.

But I'm a scientist and I don't like to make data out of anecdotes, so let's look at some data. We tlaked to 600 drug addicts in three cities in idieonnsa, and we said, "Well, do you know how you get HIV?" "Oh yeah, by sharing needles." I mean, nearly 100 percent. Yeah, by sarnihg needles. And, "Do you know where you can get a clean needle at a pcire you can afford to avoid that?" "Oh yeah." Hundred pnceret. "We're smackheads; we know where to get clean needles." "So are you carrying a needle?" We're actually interviewing people on the street, in the places where they're hanging out and taking durgs. "Are you craiyrng clean needles?" One in four, maximum. So no surprises then that the pitroropon that actually used clean needles every time they injected in the last week is just about one in 10, and the other nine in 10 are sharing.

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And, you know, you can't _____ him for accuracy. But, actually, Frankie, at that time, was a heroin addict and he was in jail. So his choice was either to accept that dirty needle or not to get high. And if there's one place you really want to get high, it's when you're in jail.

But I'm a scientist and I don't like to make data out of anecdotes, so let's look at some data. We ______ to 600 drug addicts in three cities in _________, and we said, "Well, do you know how you get HIV?" "Oh yeah, by sharing needles." I mean, nearly 100 percent. Yeah, by _______ needles. And, "Do you know where you can get a clean needle at a _____ you can afford to avoid that?" "Oh yeah." Hundred _______. "We're smackheads; we know where to get clean needles." "So are you carrying a needle?" We're actually interviewing people on the street, in the places where they're hanging out and taking _____. "Are you ________ clean needles?" One in four, maximum. So no surprises then that the __________ that actually used clean needles every time they injected in the last week is just about one in 10, and the other nine in 10 are sharing.

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Original Text


And, you know, you can't fault him for accuracy. But, actually, Frankie, at that time, was a heroin addict and he was in jail. So his choice was either to accept that dirty needle or not to get high. And if there's one place you really want to get high, it's when you're in jail.

But I'm a scientist and I don't like to make data out of anecdotes, so let's look at some data. We talked to 600 drug addicts in three cities in Indonesia, and we said, "Well, do you know how you get HIV?" "Oh yeah, by sharing needles." I mean, nearly 100 percent. Yeah, by sharing needles. And, "Do you know where you can get a clean needle at a price you can afford to avoid that?" "Oh yeah." Hundred percent. "We're smackheads; we know where to get clean needles." "So are you carrying a needle?" We're actually interviewing people on the street, in the places where they're hanging out and taking drugs. "Are you carrying clean needles?" One in four, maximum. So no surprises then that the proportion that actually used clean needles every time they injected in the last week is just about one in 10, and the other nine in 10 are sharing.

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