Final TB count: 212 test positive at 1 chicken plant

decaturdaily.com/ ^ | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007 | Eric Fleischauer

[ruthles]

I like your tagline. I assume you’re a Christian who is humble which is sometimes hard to find nowadays.

[neverdem]

thanks, bfl

[zeegrindy]

latent = dormant/not active. Would that show up on X-ray?

Also, a positive PPD, (unless it’s a false positive, which of course is possible) indicates not only exposure, but that said exposure has led to (most likely latent) infection with Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. That’s what I was trying to express—I was discussing those who have been exposed and tested positive.

The latter question is much more apropos. Do we deport them? Do we imprison them? Do we treat them?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the case of Typhoid Mary, who was ordered to live out the rest of her life on an island in solitude when she refused to take measures to avoid infecting others. I can’t imagine that we’d ever do such a thing in our society today. So how DO we cope with the fact that some people are simply going to continue going wherever they wish to, whenever they feel like it, without regard for whether or not they are taking tuberculosis with them?

[texastoo]

Ping to you Alabamians

Hey this is Decatur, Alabama, not Decatur, Tennessee

[SeeSalt]

"Humans cannot catch TB bacteria from chickens, and the bacteria cannot be transmitted through chicken meat. "

False! Immunodepressed people(HIV infection, organ graft, patients with RA treated with methrotrexat, cancer patients)) developed TB with Mycobacterium avium.And the infection with Mycobacterium avium(from birds) is a marker of full blown AIDS.

[Rushmore Rocks]

Yep, I saw it. One of my cousins, years ago, worked at a Tyson chicken processing plant in Arkansas. He has not eaten chicken since then. Fortunately, we are able to trade wood shavings from our wood processing plant for free range chickens and turkeys from a local Hutterite community near us. They use the shavings for bedding for their turkeys and chickens. I think the turpentine in the shavings is a natural antibiotic. They use no hormones nor chemicals. Jes’ plain ole chicken.....and they are wonderful.

[Vinnie]

The report went on to say that nearly 80% of prescription medicines are imports, not manufactured within the US.

I had a cholesterol test 2 wks. ago. The results were much higher than last year.
I jokingly commented to the Dr. that the Vytorin I'm taking was likely switched to a Chinese plant.

When I got home I checked the label. This is a MERCK LABS drug mind you.

Made in Singapore!!

[TheLion]

And guess who gets to pay for their medical treatment!

[blam]

"Ping to you Alabamians"

Got it...thanks.

[Myrddin]

Healthy people build a calcium shell around the mycobacteria. If you allow your calcium intake to drop, your body will pull calcium off your bones and off the walled off mycobacteria in your lungs. The same hazard exists for people with inactive Valley Fever (cocciomycosis). I picked that up from the dusty canyons of San Diego while riding my dirt bike in high school. The damage patterns are discernible on an X-ray. TB looks like cleanly punched out holes. Valley Fever leaves amorphous damage. Both are difficult to treat. TB is contagious when active, Valley Fever is not.

I had the skin test for both TB and Valley Fever shortly after starting grad school in microbiology. My TB test disappeared as usual. I've never been exposed. The Valley Fever test almost wrapped around my arm. That was a big surprise. The X-ray showed it walled off. I have to be careful to maintain my health and calcium levels to avoid a relapse. Treatment with amphotericin-B is pretty hard to handle.

[mewzilla]

Additional link....

Many wonder what affect TB scare has on Decatur

[Myrddin]

TB orphaned my great grandfather and his sisters in Wales. That was a prime reason he decided to emigrate to the U.S. in 1863. A walk through the cemetery at Ysbty Ystwyth showed whole families that succumbed to TB over fairly short time frames. Searching for family headstones at Ysbty Ystwyth and LLanfihangel y Creuddyn was a fairly educational experience. The history on those headstones isn't available in any books.

[mewzilla]

FRIBOURG, PAUL J
NEW YORK, NY 10128
CONTIGROUP COS INC/CHMN & CEO

CLINTON, HILLARY RODHAM
VIA HILLARY CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT
01/30/2007 2300.00 27930581530
01/30/2007 2300.00 2793058

[mewzilla]

Fribourg’s donated to Pubbies, but the lion’s share has been going to ‘Rats and RINOs.

[mewzilla]

More of Fribourg's donations.

[Myrddin]

Food service workers can’t spread it through the food but they could cough on you.

TB can infect the digestive tract just fine. Coughing in proximity to you may result in a respiratory infection. Coughing on your food before bringing it to your table could set you up for the infection of the digestive tract. Either way, you don't want it. Food service workers need to be screened regularly. Workers with active disease need to be removed from employment in that field until they are clear.

[Mad Dawg]

Few things are obvious to me, except things which turn out later not to be true.

[texastoo]

It seem rather odd that 212 people took a TB test at the same time. What kind of laws does Alabama have regarding the employment of food workers? Surely they were not all hired at the same time. What about health pre screening for these plants?

I know the governor of Alabama was at one time a chicken farmer, but this is ridulous. Now he is a Rino. Does he favor illegals for chicken farmers? Has he done anything to enforce health laws in Alabama?

PPDs should be taken every 6 month by health care workers. What about food workers? Do you know? I don’t.

[mewzilla]

Now I remember why Fribourg's name rang a bell...

Splitsville For Zahn, Hubby (The last straw for her show?)

[mewzilla]

FWIW.....

Wayne Farms Talks About Hiring Practices