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Blood Transfusion: At the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, some people became a person with an HIV diagnosis from receiving a blood transfusion With testing of the blood supply since 1985, there is no longer a risk of getting HIV
when receiving a transfusion 2. What are the ways that HIV cannot be transmitted HIV is not like the flu or a cold It is not passed through casual contact or by being near a person who with HIV It cannot
be transmitted through saliva, shaking hands, kissing,
mosquito bites, living in the same house as someone living with HIV (including sharing utensils or drinking cups,
using restrooms, swimming pools,
hot tubs, or drinking fountains
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