Just when I thought it was safe....

So, my blood drawing is going better, learning new things, all is well.

There are a group of seniors - ones on their last sequence - that are in class with me.  Today we were being lectured on sterile technique and the subject of medical waste came up.

A senior asked what happens to all the needles and bloody gauze and things.  The teacher told us that it's all labeled medical waste,  and shipped to a facility where it's incinerated.

That same girl said "But, when it's burnt, if there is HIV or AIDS in it, and it goes up the chimney can't it get in the air and hurt people that way?"

WHAT!?!

This girl has been certified to have gone through HIV/AIDS certification! We all have had to watch videos, participate in lectures, take tests.... all of us.

I am aghast.