This damning gossip about some sort of infectious sickness among victims and survivors in that region is baseless but fear-mongers have begun spreading the rumour anyway. As the disaster coincided with the height of panic and ignorance surrounding HIV, the story received some traction.įormer Alabama congressman Glen Browder heard the story whilst visiting the area, writing for the Huffington Post that: “The most cruel thing I heard was the emerging rumour of “Chernobyl HIV”, a whispered warning against romance and friendship with impacted individuals. One of the more malicious of these myths links Chernobyl with an HIV-like illness. The accident has been linked to the increase in thyroid cancer among other forms of cancer in the area for example, but it has also been the target for fake medical stories. The Chernobyl disaster had a huge impact on East and Central Europe, both on the day-to-day lives of people in the region and on their health. The turbulent history of five nuclear new builds Chernobyl linked to HIV-like condition
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