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TIL that Gwyneth Paltrow is not just a harmless grifter

arstechnica.com Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at unlicensed spa

Five patients with links to the spa had viral genetic sequences that closely matched.

Three women contract HIV from dirty “vampire facials” at unlicensed spa

I never went as far as to defend Gwyneth Paltrow, but after her Hot Ones appearance I created a post (which I will link in the comments) where I suggested that she's done no more harm than male grifters and that the dislike of her as a person was primarily due to misogyny. That's before I learned about her promotion of these unproven "vampire facials". Now an unlicensed clinic performing this procedure has given at least three women HIV. You guys were right and I was wrong.

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