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A six-year-old girl is in danger of having contacted HIV after a routine vaccination went awry in Fort St. James earlier this month.

When the little girl’s arm flinched as she was getting the booster shot, the needle went through the girl’s skin and pricked the nurse who was administering it.

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When the needle was extracted, their blood mixed.

A week later, the little girl’s father was told the nurse was HIV-positive.

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Gloria Dignazio isn’t swayed by the heavy weight of scientific evidence that suggests vaccines have nothing to do with autism. After seeing her first daughter develop the condition in the wake of receiving an array of needles, she made sure her youngest would never be immunized.