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I don't agree that practically everything that curiousgeorge wrote was misinfo, although it does seem that this article was a more amped in tone than the one from 2009, which was pretty well written I thought. From everything that I learned over the past year or so -- about as long as I've been at the hobby -- the overall gist I get is that the risk of catching a bug from a BBBJ is relatively low and practically nil with HJs, and it makes sense to me that DATY carries a higher risk than a BBBJ. This discussion only solidified that position, but it's not a bad thing to be reminded once in a while that tuscling is certainly not a Sunday drive in the country, so it is important to be careful ... but that also applies to bungee-jumping and hang-gliding, so go figure. It also sounds like you certainly have some education and real-world experience on this topic, curiousgeorge, so that's appreciated as well, although I have to agree to an extent with Dougster that some of the things that you wrote appear to be false -- like the one about the dentist (according to potheadpl ... love that user name) -- which certainly throws off my read of your post a bit. I'm also curious as to where this 50% HIV town is located? Hopefully not Brooklawn NJ!

The timing of this article is unbelievable and truly appreciated. I am curious about your background, curiousgeorgefun. Sounds like you might have some medical training of sorts? Or maybe just extensive internet research? Regardless, I tend to agree w/ Rod8432 and Dougster, that although the risk is there, the likelihood isn't (apologies for the poor paraphrasing if so), so if I'm going to drive and fly then I might as well receive!