WTF why did it take multiple years to shut it down?
The agency launched an investigation into VIP Beauty Salon and Spa in Albuquerque after multiple women tested positive for HIV, which was linked back to them receiving vampire facials at the establishment.
Additionally, the CDC determined that up to 59 spa attendees may have been exposed to HIV, with 20 of them receiving vampire facials.
@thendrix Spas and salons had a similar problem with Hep C from manicures and pedicures. HIV isn't a beast like Hep C when it comes to exposure. Needle stick injuries are a good example.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6241928/
Needle Stick Injuries from a confirmed HIV Positive subject resulted in infection in %0.2 to %0.5 of cases.
There are less than one hundred test subjects in this weird group. A few subjects have tested positive for HIV. The CDC reports around 0.2726 per 100 subjects in that region.
It's statistically unlikely that all of the infections were a result of the weird facial even if they were all given HIV infected blood and there were more than a few exposures.
The occurrence of HIV in the population is within the range of the aforementioned needle stick injuries. So it would seem that they opted for extra credit. Was it the blood facials or the nine high risk activities?
This just in. Health Officials discover those noises were e-mails.
@thendrix So it has crazy written all over it.
It sounds like it was just not needles but subdermal transfusions of some kind. They likely didn’t clean the equipment properly as the citation was operation without a medical license. :/