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wakeme2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:05 AM Original message |
TB Patient's Relative to Be Investigated |
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Radio_Lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. This is one of the strangest medical stories I've ever read. Thanks for posting... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. love your avatar (miss your pretty portrait). And this does have thriller novel/movie written |
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janetblond (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:37 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Story is not strange, but OBVIOUSLY predictable ... |
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janetblond (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. THIS will also be the beginning of a "pandemic" ... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
26. I wonder what the "Christian" right has to say about this effect of our war in Iraq? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. If you have concerns on how the govt will handle |
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janetblond (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Good constructive ideas? |
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Mojorabbit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:58 AM Response to Reply #31 |
50. But |
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David K. (58 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Speaker Law Firm Site |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
28. there was no wedding per the greek town in question |
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janetblond (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Fake wedding |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
32. it's not all that easy... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
36. Richard Feynman's first wife died of TB, but he never caught the disease. |
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EST (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Perhaps I am not as liberal as I think I am, or not as filled with the |
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okoboji (510 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 06:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. people cold/flu work |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:13 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Yep. Not to mention that employers don't often think kindly of underlings taking sick time. nt |
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benddem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. me too |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 12:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Quite often, not showing up for work due to cold or flu can result in |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. People who are sick should be able to take sick days. |
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janetblond (437 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 07:57 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. "attempted negligent homicide" |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
9. I worked as an agency RN at National Jewish years ago. This story reeks to high |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. He is not latent. He has actual TB infection, the size of the |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Well, anyone who's latent has the infection, and it generally manifests in the lung, although |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Since he has active TB, he is not latent. |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Have you seen anyone with active TB? Was he coughing, sweating, weak, losing weight? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. It's not latent if he had an active TB infection, which he did. |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. You have demonstrated a lack of understanding of the mechanism of bacillus infections. You |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 01:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Such rudeness is uncalled for, especially considering you are |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Eleanor Roosevelt died as a result of a latent TB infection |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. Anyone with a positive chest X-ray and a TB bacterium has |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 01:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. The OP's NY Times story mentions the tennis ball sized lung lession |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Thank you so much. And, it appears, based on the article that he is definitely latent. |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. It might help to read the link in the OP post before discussing |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:55 PM Response to Reply #23 |
41. So he's not really a danger -- and they've said that, too --yet |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:34 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. People who are smear negative but have active TB |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. Again, by definition, he has active TB, because he has |
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A Brand New World (803 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. IMHO - the family(s) had thousands and thousands of $$$ wrapped |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. I Agree |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. and yet the greek town in question per its mayor says there was NO wedding |
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BleedingHeartPatriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 05:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Again, I say, this story is hinky. |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. maybe they got married at home |
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yojon (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. Maybe the father in law didnt approve of the marriage |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Seems like FIL would have distanced the "means/method" from his work. |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:49 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Yes, it seems highly unlikely that the head of a CDC department |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
38. Once again, I'd like to point out tha tif this guy hadn't had health insurance |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #38 |
46. I presume eventually he would have developed symptoms. |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:43 PM Response to Original message |
45. all this is about his return to the US, how did he get out? n/t |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-03-07 10:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. Bought a plane ticket and got on the plane, just like |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:07 AM Response to Reply #47 |
48. so the system doesn't flag infectious disease carriers leaving, only on entry? |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-04-07 12:42 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. When he left, the Drs. did not know yet he had XDR-TB. |
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