Owen Ryan

For places where tattoos or piercings are unregulated, or where they're happening in settings that are open to infections, then of course there's going to be a risk there, it comes down to a basic rule. Anywhere where you're sharing something that has come into contact with blood and hasn't been cleaned, you are at risk of HIV infection.

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I think the biggest myth is that HIV is no longer a problem, what I find a lot in my job is that a lot of people think that HIV is a problem of 10 years ago.

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In the average adult it takes between eight to 10 years for someone who is HIV positive to show signs that they're infected and ill, so it's almost impossible for people to tell if someone has HIV early on.

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