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Posted on 01/15/2008 10:22:26 PM PST by Between the Lines
With regards to taxpayer money, if you can tie a specific behavior to the disease, yes.
That said, it is in the realm of possibility that cancer, cirrhosis, and heart disease are genetic or age-related, correct? So those cannot be painted with the same broad brush in my opinion. But without question AIDS and certain other diseases, you cannot contract genetically/without an external influence, which in almost all cases today are caused by sexual contact.
I sent your comments to LifeSite News. We’ll see if they do some fact-checking and correct their article.
Gay State Senator Jarret Barrios wanted to ban Fluffernutter sandwiches in public schools.
Well, I guess we can look for billions of our tax dollars to go for research, etc. on yet another disease spread by homosexuals.
Okay, thanks.
They had a weak disclaimer buried in the body of the article ("Although the bacterium does not literally 'eat' the body, it manufactures toxins that can cause 'necrosis' - the death of surrounding tissue"), so my gripe was mainly about the uber-sensationalist headline.
Thus, "flesh-eating" does imply "necrosis", but "necrosis-causing" does NOT imply "flesh-eating", since the latter is a very specific type of strep infection.
Last time I checked, smokers are more than paying their fair share into the government coffers.
All diseases have contributory factors that include direct (organic), environmental, and behavioral. My comment was to the effect that if the prior poster wanted to cut tax-funding for research for a disease that was spread mainly by gay behavior, then we should also cut tax-funding of diseases that are similarly spread mainly by other "disapproved" behaviors. Nothing is 100% behavioral, of course, which is the subtext of my reply.
And it's not 100% sure that A will cause B, or that B was caused by A. It's possible, though less likely, to get this staph infection without engaging in anal sex; just as it's possible, though less likely, to get lung cancer without spending 20 years as a heavy smoker.
I don't "approve" of any of these dangerous behaviors, but that doesn't mean I'm willing to criminalize them. I just wish people took responsibility for the consequences of their actions.
I have an occasional shot of tequila, which some folks consider dangerous, but I'm the one who suffers the consequences and I take responsibility for dealing with them.
If you mean the high price of cigarettes, I couldn't agree more. I consider myself lucky in that I quit 30 years ago and haven't bought smokes since (except as a gift for friends who smoke). When I quit, a retail carton was around $8, as I recall.
BTW, I hope that "coffers" was an unintentional pun. It's still too early in the morning to make puns like that on purpose. ;-)
Wait a minute, those are lifestyle diseases, didn’t you know? If you made better choices about diet and smoking and exercise you wouldn’t have a problem. Now shut up while we pour billions into a vaccine for this disease which has taken so many of our young people...>s off
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“If there’s disease going round,
they might catch it, too . . .”
That’s why they’ve been expecting an outbreak of AIDS among heterosexuals...since the 1980s.
Some women will get it, but it won’t become an epidemic.
What's the color of putrid flesh?
Years ago those suffering from leprosy were sent off to live together in seclusion or on an island somewhere so they wouldn't spread the disease. Maybe there is a lesson there.
People who bring this on themselves and spread it due to their highly avoidable/chosen lifestyles are causing us all to be targets for this frightening and disgusting sounding disease. As the article says ...the disease can be spread by general skin-to-skin contact and can even be picked up from surfaces. Just put all of these disease carriers in quarantine somewhere - away from the general population since their diseases are threatening to others. At least until a sure cure is found. If they feel they won't like that, then they can change their lifestyle, can't they?
yes, the medical doodoos are doing a great diservice by trying to fight an obvious judgement for extremely bad behavior. They are trying to play God with so many of their drugs. If any gays are reading this, check out fhu.com for some very real answers to get you out of that horrible life.
First AIDS now this? Someone is trying to get their attention.
I am sure you have heard jokes before about how someone said they caught a venereal disease form a toilet seat - guess what? You can get MRSA from a toilet seat, or a towel or through casual contact or by contacting anything that MRSA has touched.
yup... that’s some horrible ( MRSA ) bacpacteria
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