Posted on 03/16/2013 1:57:23 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
A man in the US state of Maryland has died of rabies, which he contracted from an infected kidney transplant more than a year ago, health officials say.
The early March death has led officials to treat three other patients who received organs from the same donor.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say doctors did not suspect rabies as the cause of death in the donor and did not test for it.
Typically no more than three cases of rabies are diagnosed in the US yearly.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
I agree with all that you said, but I am left wondering why they would even use organs from a person who had died of rabies.
Perhaps it would not be so confusing if such articles were not so poorly written.
Actually, I think it says that the donor lived in Florida after moving from North Carolina.
Or were you making reference to the large ‘Rat population in PG?
I signed up for organ donation to be shown on my license many, many years ago. Now, in my golden years, I have often wondered if there are any organs they would want. Can you tell me what the usual policy is?
Was the donor a Democrat?
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say doctors did not suspect rabies as the cause of death in the donor and did not test for it.
In the article, they cited an organ donation from a 93 year old. So...
Or were you making reference to the large ‘Rat population in PG?
Exactly
Okay, thanks. Skimmed too fast again, I suppose....
From the article:
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) say doctors did not suspect rabies as the cause of death in the donor and did not test for it.
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I must not skim.
I must not skim.
I must not skim.
The husband of my physical therapist died of rabies.
The donor was in the U.S. Army. He died of from an undiagnosed condition.
I’ve heard that is very painful way to go. I was bitten by a dog while jogging in Buenos Aires. Since we couldn’t catch the hound, I had to undergo the anti rabies treatment. In 1988 one didn’t have to get the 14 injections in the stomach. I had to have ten injections, five in each hip. Thank God for injection ports.
I’m not advocating for hundreds of other things. And neither is anyone else here. You can over-exaggerate if you want, though.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Imagine how stumped they will be if smallpox makes a comeback.
Does anybody seriously believe that we can eradicate a tiny virus from the whole great, worldwide world outside the various labs that have specimens?
They knew the donor was being treated for rabies and they still used his organs? The morbidity/mortality committee must have been on vacation. It is insane to consider to use organs from someone who has been bitten by a rabid coon, is being treated for prevention. Res ipsi locitur.
Frivolous? Yes. According to CDC, "At the time of the donor’s death, rabies was not suspected as the cause and testing for rabies was not performed. Rabies was only recently confirmed as the cause of death after the current investigation began in Maryland."
Furandi est iniuriam, etiam cum legis peritis furetur.
Wow scary article.
Did they say whose transplant program performed the procedure?
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