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British nurse who recovered from Ebola back in hospital (3rd time)
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| Feb. 23, 2016
| Estelle Shirbon and Kate Holton
Posted on 02/23/2016 3:51:12 PM PST by bgill
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To: bgill
Is this the same CDC that you speak of that is hot on the trail of the Zeka virus? Might be, they stated today that there was nothing to fear unless you were pregnant, have sex, get bitten by an infected mosquito, go outside, etc. Yep they are right on top of it .... they have an entire team researching “how to spell quarantine”!
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posted on
02/23/2016 5:45:05 PM PST
by
RetiredTexasVet
(The main Democratic presidential candidates .. two old communist revolutionaries pining for the 60s.)
To: Scrambler Bob
heh heh heh heh... pretty much
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posted on
02/23/2016 5:46:03 PM PST
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: null and void
She have PPsycho eyes.
(PP = Non-silent P, as in P-sycho. PPsycho, PPsycho.)
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posted on
02/23/2016 5:56:08 PM PST
by
OKSooner
(Once you understand that Barack Obama is not on America's side, everything that he does makes sense.)
To: OKSooner
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posted on
02/23/2016 6:00:47 PM PST
by
null and void
(This is "They live", and most people would rather fight you than put on the glasses...)
To: null and void
Is that Japanese for PPsycho?
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posted on
02/23/2016 6:17:29 PM PST
by
OKSooner
(Once you understand that Barack Obama is not on America's side, everything that he does makes sense.)
To: Mears
I was exposed to TB in 1937. I never got the disease but still test positive with the TB tine test.
Astonishing to me.
In East Africa, they vaccinate against TB. This "BCG" shot causes recipients thereafter to test "Positive" for TB since the attenuated bacillus causes to body to develop antibodies against TB.
To: Celerity
This is the NHS, no upfront bills. She will get treated until she is clear. You are reading far too much into that phrase.
To: Smokin' Joe
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posted on
02/23/2016 8:32:31 PM PST
by
GOPJ
("Please explain why Hillary Clinton felt the need to own a private server." H.A. Goodman - Salon)
To: Mears
When I was admitted to grad school in the microbiology department, the department head insisted on tests for TB and coccidiomycoses (Valley Fever). The prof lost a lung to Valley Fever and wanted to help others avoid the same fate. I complied expecting nothing. The TB test faded away at it always had in the past. The Valley Fever test nearly wrapped around my arms. Oops. Off for a lung X-ray. Bingo. Amorphous calcium blobs around the walled off infection. Not an active infection as long as I stay in good health and watch my calcium levels for life. I became infected the way most teenage kids in Southern California get infected. I was an avid dirt biker. Lots of dust. That's where it is found.
While in grad school, another test was performed. A drop of my blood was mixed with an orange carrier fluid containing very fine teflon balls. The basis of the test is that antigens and antibodies in the plasma will coat the teflon balls. If you have antibodies against your own antigens, the balls will clump. Most of my fellow students conducted the test and had no clumps after rocking the slide for 10 minutes. Mine was different. Three rocks and the blob coagulated hard against the slide. A positive. The most common observation is this shows rheumatoid arthritis in coming in the future. I was 21 then, 59 now. Bingo. Rheumatoid arthritis.
Take both tests together and I have one disease (RA) best treated with immuno suppression. The other disease (Valley Fever) relies on a good immune system to keep at bay. I keep the RA at bay with antioxidants, ibuprofen and turmeric. It's slowly chewing on me. The hot immune system keeps me very healthy otherwise.
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posted on
02/23/2016 8:44:19 PM PST
by
Myrddin
To: GOPJ
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posted on
02/23/2016 8:45:29 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Myrddin
“I was 21 then, 59 now. Bingo. Rheumatoid arthritis.”
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Amazing !
My DIL has RA——tough disease.I know nothing about Valley Fever.
To show my ignorance I thought Teflon was only used for frying pans-———and John Gotti, :-)
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02/24/2016 8:03:57 AM PST
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Mears
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