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The world is facing outbreaks of “totally drug-resistant” tuberculosis if explosions of the bacteria in South Africa and other poorer nations are not addressed, according to a new papers published in Emerging Infectious Diseases. At this point, researchers are working to determine how the bacteria gains its invincibility, and how to isolate it.
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They say doctors are warning “the world is on the brink of an outbreak of a deadly and ‘virtually untreatable’ strain of drug resistant tuberculosis unless immediate action is taken.” Fears of a repeat of the 1980s outbreak in New York City that killed 90% of the people who contracted the TB strain are being cited by those urging action in poorer countries where the disease is spiralling out of control.
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Recent reports from 2012, however, drive home the importance of isolating drug-resistant TB, since the disease has also been popping up increasingly in wealthier Western cities such as London, where, of course, it can attack rich and poor indiscriminately.
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Researchers caution that, at this point, with mortality rates among some groups at more than 50%, containment is the goal, and they advocate the use of more specific screening tests so as to more easily isolate patients suffering from the virtually untreatable strain of TB.
She taught me right from wrong and always told me to stay positive and help others no matter how small the deed - that helping others gives us meaning to carry on. The sun is out today and it's a new day. Life is good. I just needed a slap in the face.
SARS and the black plague came from China. 2:1 for China. By that logic, we'll have to double nuke the Orient
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She taught me right from wrong and always told me to stay positive and help others no matter how small the deed - that helping others gives us meaning to carry on. The sun is out today and it's a new day. Life is good. I just needed a slap in the face.
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I am sure there will be some super drug that can cure it. But the questions is, is the drug compnay willing to use it or will they milk us for all we can first.
I am sure there will be some super drug that can cure it. But the questions is, is the drug compnay willing to use it or will they milk us for all we can first.
Time to go stock up on 99% ethanol and set up an ethanol shower to rinse myself and groceries off with prior to entering my house.
Also ..... time to buy scuba gear.
OH MY GOD
REVELATION
WHAT IF CHRISTOPHER DORNER FOUND OUT ABOUT THE GOVERNMENTS SECRET PLANS OF DEVELOPING SUPER-TUBERCULOSIS AND USING IT IN AFRICA TO TEST ITS POTENCY? THEN TO ESCAPE IT HE WENT TO GO BUY SCUBA GEAR (AS HES SEEN DOING ON TAPE..OH GOD) AND NOT HAZMAT GEAR B/C THAT SHIZ IS EXPANSIVE AND HARD TO GET.
Snoop Dogg
98% of the NBA
1% of the NHL
80% of the MLB
85% of the NFL
KKK (because of africa)
Cotton
Cheap Diamonds
Things made of Ivory
Monkeys
Funny youtube videos where army men train using sound effects "boom boom" "bang bang" "kaboom"
50 Cent Jay Z Kanye Beyonce
Sam Jackson
Bottle Slippers
First, inanimate objects are not people.
Second, monkeys are not people.
Third, cultural entities are not people.
Fourth, none of the following are 'good': the Ku Klux Klan, blood diamonds, poached ivory, bottle slipppers.
Fifth,
Beyonce was born in Texas.
Snoop Dogg was born in California.
Kayne West was born in Georgia.
Jay Z. was born in New York.
50 Cent was born in New York.
Samuel L. Jackson was born in Washington D.C.
Seriously though. Tuberculosis is some serious shit and we should all be wary of that coughing smelly guy on the Skytrain with the wheeze when he inhales.
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She taught me right from wrong and always told me to stay positive and help others no matter how small the deed - that helping others gives us meaning to carry on. The sun is out today and it's a new day. Life is good. I just needed a slap in the face.
Seriously though. Tuberculosis is some serious shit and we should all be wary of that coughing smelly guy on the Skytrain with the wheeze when he inhales.
In that case, I should be looking at my cat with more caution.
Snoop Dogg
98% of the NBA
1% of the NHL
80% of the MLB
85% of the NFL
KKK (because of africa)
Cotton
Cheap Diamonds
Things made of Ivory
Monkeys
Funny youtube videos where army men train using sound effects "boom boom" "bang bang" "kaboom"
50 Cent Jay Z Kanye Beyonce
Sam Jackson
Bottle Slippers
tilt your head back and using your hand pretend to shake a salt shaker in your mouth... you will notice that it will actually taste like salt in your mouth..
with mortality rates among some groups at more than 50%
This is all hype. Healthy 20-40 somethings with good immune systems have nothing to worry about. Yeah, I guess if your 90, 0-3, or have an f'ed immune system.... then all you have to do is skip your yearly vacation to Zimbabwe and you will still be a-ok.
Had a TB scare four years ago when I was still in high school. New immigrant in one of my classes had brought it over with him, and all the classes he was in were promptly tested, and luckily I tested negative. A small handful of people tested positive, and fortunately only required medication.
TB super strain in town
Wednesday, 16 November 2005 06:00
According to Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) scientists Dr Willie Githui and Dr Helen Meme-Murerwa, who conducted the surveillance study, patients who participated in the research were resistance to two key and most powerful anti-TB drugs- Isoniazid and rifampicin. African Woman and Child Feature Service - TB super strain in town
15.08.2006
TORONTO – A study from KwaZulu-Natal has revealed shocking details of a super-tuberculosis strain – XDR TB – that is resistant to all first and second line TB drugs and has an extraordinary high death rate.South Africa does not yet have any drugs to treat people with XDR TB. Health-e: Super resistant XDR TB rears its head in KZN
AP/ February 11, 2009, 6:02 PM
A particularly drug-resistant tuberculosis discovered in eastern South Africa is likely to have spread beyond the rural area where 52 of the 53 people first diagnosed with the new strain have died, the doctor who discovered the super bug said. Super-Strain Of TB Found In S. Africa - CBS News
Drug-resistant 'super TB' cases double in a decade.. and experts believe many more are not reported
how are people who are saying to nuke africa cause nothing good comes out of that shithole not banned? jesus christ, talk about ignorance.
the assumption here is essentially that africa = poor, black and starving, ignoring south africa, egypt, the entire northern africa etc. The assumption is also that the non-arabic africa, which is in fact poor, black and starving is subhuman and beneath you? "nuke a whole continent of people cause it's a shithole"? really? what kind of a piece of shit do you have to be to say that? ppl need to stop being proud of being all desensitized and politically incorrect. That shit is just corny.
Dick Proenneke is the fucking best, dude!! I PVR that shit every time it is on PBS!
best show ever, so slow but I can watch it for hours him building his cabin and everything. I could so do that with all the experience I have in the bush.
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