At a medical clinic in the Mohawk Valley village of Ilion, New York in 2006, an HIV-infected man named David Plunkett punched a police officer and bit his finger.  There was question as to whether or not Plunkett’s infected saliva was extremely dangerous for the officer, whose skin was broken by the bite and had to take antiviral for months afterward.  He did not become HIV-infected.  New York’s top court made their decision on Thursday.
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