In Reply to: Who knows? posted by bali_agung on Wednesday, 18. January 2012 at 15:50 Bali Time:
a tattoo.
[Tattoo 'needles' are solid core and push the ink into the skin rather than inject it. This requires that the ink, and any contaminated blood mixed with it, must adhere to the outside surface of the pins causing the virus to come into contact with the open air. Under clinical control, it requires about 1 ml (approx.2 drops) of blood containing a large enough concentration of the virus to infect another person. It is unlikely that such a large amount of contaminated blood can be introduced into a client through a tattoo 'needle' and even less likely to have a large enough amount of the virus survive that it can contaminate another person.]
Even using old needles the virus wouldnt be able to survive long enough to be able to be passed from person to person. I think the fella might not be admitting to what he was really getting up to while 'on tour'.