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Fiji's HIV Emergency and the 'Bluetooth' Drug Practice

Fiji declared a national HIV emergency after reports that about one in sixty adults is infected. Coverage also described 'bluetoothing' — drug users drawing and re-injecting one another's blood — as one route behind the spread. Japanese netizens first misread 'Bluetooth' as the wireless tech, and the gap with the reality drove the reaction, alongside shock that a familiar resort destination was in crisis.