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UK: Police accused of fear mongering by playing up the risks of HIV and hepatitis C transmission through spitting

19 November 2017

Police accused of exaggerating risks of HIV to introduce spit guards Force plans to issue guards to officers from January, saying people infected with blood-borne viruses use spitting as a weapon A police force has been accused of fear mongering…

UK: The Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Bill proposes mandatory HIV testing following an alleged spitting/biting assault on frontline staff

19 October 2017

Stabbed, Spat At, Punched: Emergency Workers Tell HuffPost UK Why New Law Is Needed To Protect Them: Now PM backs Bill to protect 999 staff from assault A new law to protect emergency workers from assaults has won the personal…

UK: Devon man living with HIV on suspended sentence charged with assault and jailed for spitting at policeman

4 September 2017

US: Mississippi man arrested for "knowingly exposing another person to a disease" by spitting at police officer

4 September 2017

US: Pennsylvania woman who told ambulance workers she had HIV faces charge of aggravated assault for biting and spitting

19 August 2017

France: Man living with HIV charged for spitting at police officer in Dijon

3 August 2017

US: Man charged with “intentional exposure to AIDS” in Louisiana for allegedly biting and spitting at police officers

23 July 2017

US: Georgia police charges man of reckless conduct by an HIV-infected person for spitting at officer

27 June 2017

US: Pennsylvania man living with HIV charged with aggravated assault for spitting on police officer

26 May 2017

US: Tennessee woman who attempted suicide charged with aggravated assault for spitting on first responder

7 May 2017