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Damn it — this scary TikTok warning will have you on pins and needles.
The seemingly innocuous, everyday act of using public bathrooms carries troubling risks, according to a virtual whistleblower. He claims that we may inadvertently wipe needles with blood-stained tissues stained by intravenous drug users.
“If your toilet paper looks like this in a public restroom, you need to get out as soon as possible,” urged 20-year-old TikTok whistleblower Dane Jones in his advice.
The warning video has attracted more than 7 million views, with the social media know-it-all sharing a picture of a toilet paper roll covered in small dark red specks alongside long, thin, colorless stripes.
“If you look closely, you can see a bunch of tiny red blood spots,” Jones said. “This wasn’t the result of someone having a nosebleed or a minor accident.”
“This is someone cleaning needles — dirty needles to be precise,” he continued. “We don’t know if it was one person or multiple people cleaning needles used to inject drugs.”
In New York City, the substance abuse crisis is more evident than ever.
In bustling Midtown Manhattan neighborhoods such as West 37th Street, drug users have been spotted as early as 11 a.m. slouched in a drug-induced haze, with syringes inserted into their veins
Metro addicts also start arriving in large numbers during the morning rush hour commute.
Social media watchdog Jones has warned in his alarmist viral video that exposure to a drug user’s contaminated blood through contaminated toilet paper could have devastating consequences.
“If you use this toilet paper to clean yourself, it only takes one drop of blood to enter your system,” says Jones, who offers amateur advice on avoiding HIV/AIDS and hepatitis B or C infections. “If you do see a toilet paper roll that looks (bloody) in a public restroom, please notify staff immediately to change it and stay as far away from it as possible.”
While Jones is certainly not a doctor, the hepatitis virus is certainly tenacious: According to the Centers for Disease Control, it can survive in a drop of blood or body fluid or even on a dry surface for weeks and still be able to cause infection and prevent it. Hepatitis C virus can survive on environmental surfaces for up to four days at room temperature.
However, the agency’s infectious disease expert said, “direct transfer of fluid needs to be immediate or there is a risk of HIV infection.” With hepatitis C, dried blood can lead to infection, but it still requires a way to get into the body, and That won’t happen just by being exposed to it. “
Jones’ alarming remarks about wise men particularly shocked online viewers.
“New fears unleashed,” one onlooker wrote under his chillingly careful post.
“Now I bring my own toilet paper,” another added.
“Glad I kept everything before going home,” said one safety-conscious commenter.
“I find this in the bathroom at school every day,” another chimed in grimly.
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