How deadly is it?

I am back after a lull. New posts would follow normally. But, the below one isn’t a new one. It was written for an AIDS awareness program a long back and was rejected. A possible reason would follow the post. I hope it sounds like a STORY.

He didn’t earn, the ghoul would follow him and chase his life. Samantha opened the door with a gentle smile sealing her ardour. Her hubby was back from a short business trip. What made her more exhilarated was the jaunt her husband had promised after his arrival. But she didn’t pull in that it was her last real little laugh.

It was the train which he chose to travel back home. As he rested on one of the berths, he felt some sharp tingle on his back. He could feel the blood oozing out slowly. He reached his back and pulled out a piercing needle….cursing them who held it there he threw the needle out through the window..

 Days passed by and Samantha was carrying their second child. It was time for her to consult a medical practitioner to check out her baby’s health. It was all faint when they saw the reports. Samantha was already on the floor. His heart felt weak when he noticed that Samantha and the baby were both HIV+. It was his turn now. The doctor called on for a blood test of his..the same final result. He wished it wasn’t true.

He could not surmise how it happened. He had had no intimate relationship with any other woman but his wife.
He then came to know the sources of AIDS through the doctors. It was then the needle ran into his mind and the fate it had drawn upon him and his family. He could not think of any reason why the needle was set there. The future seemed heading nowhere. The doctors advised him to stay calm and follow the medication prescribed. “what about the baby and the kid” he reckoned..there was no answer. Both of them walked out of the hospital with crumbled hearts. Silently followed the ghoul.

Who would have thought a peg would have the makings to claim lives. It’s always of the essence to know the grounds of AIDS and take necessary precautions to avoid the deadly virus.

Though I am not aware of the exact reason why the story was rejected, I believe it was discarded because of the means through which the guy contacted the HIV. That might have sounded alarming for the judges. Because, the HIV virus doesn’t normally spread in such ways, through some abandoned needles which can puncture your skin.

I knew the causes of AIDS at the time when I wrote this essay, but due to some reasons I preferred this kinda plot since it would sound like a real one. I know that the HIV cannot survive room temperature and would immediately perish on contact with the atmosphere. But, imagine a rainy day or a very cold snowy day, where the temperature would presumably be in single digit degrees. There is a slight possibility for the virus to survive such temperatures. And also there is this mode of HIV transmission where people share syringes to take drugs. In this case too, there would be a considerable time gap before the second shot is taken by someone else. How about that?

Someone out there, if you are clear about the thing, post in your responses.