TB Hysteria ala QXCI Marketing
Hey, TB's a TOXIN, ain't it? And any QXCI marketer/practitioner will tell you the machine unfailingly identifies ANY toxins in the body. However, after being tested, they will also unfailingly tell you that you don't have TB, but that you DO have mercury or a number of other myriad of "toxins" in your body for which you need immediate, and long-term "treatment" and supplements.
On a more serious note:
It's embarrassing when even the CDC can't seem to get it right.
http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1552/healthissue_detail.asp
From the article:
"Using its legal powers to prevent the spread of disease, CDC put Speaker on the U.S. "no fly" list -- and told him to enter an Italian hospital, where he would be put in isolation indefinitely. Speaker and his bride asked if the CDC could provide transportation -- even if it had to be a cargo ship -- so that he could get home for treatment. The agency denied the request."
And:
"Please note that CDC doctors -- and those from the Denver hospital where Speaker is now being treated -- have repeatedly stated that the chance that he infected others is extremely low -- near zero. Indeed, his bride is free of TB, even now -- after their honeymoon, which presumably saw considerable contact."
The contagiousness of TB is nothing to scoff about. Those of us in Hospital health care can recall our mandatory TB inservices and annual skin testing. I even have my old custom-fitted HEPA mask lying around somewhere. But, I think you really only need to worry if you're someone who is hanging around the likes of Doc Holladay (someone with TB who is coughing up sputum or blood.) Even then, if you're healthy, the odds are in your favor of not becoming infected:
http://www.umdnj.edu/~ntbcweb/coretp.htm
"Infection rates [for persons who often spend time with someone who has infectious TB] have been relatively stable since 1987, ranging from 21% to 23% for the contacts of infectious TB patients...For contacts of persons with drug-resistant TB, infection rates seem to be similar. However, because they may have a poor response to treatment, patients with drug-resistant disease are often infectious for longer periods and therefore have the potential to infect more contacts."
Remember, you have to be infected a second time before getting sick. (The first time around only qualifies you for a periodic chest x-ray versus skin testing.) Still, it only takes one droplet of 1 to 5 microns - that can hang around suspended in the air for hours - to do the deed.
dras
On a more serious note:
It's embarrassing when even the CDC can't seem to get it right.
http://acsh.org/healthissues/newsID.1552/healthissue_detail.asp
From the article:
"Using its legal powers to prevent the spread of disease, CDC put Speaker on the U.S. "no fly" list -- and told him to enter an Italian hospital, where he would be put in isolation indefinitely. Speaker and his bride asked if the CDC could provide transportation -- even if it had to be a cargo ship -- so that he could get home for treatment. The agency denied the request."
And:
"Please note that CDC doctors -- and those from the Denver hospital where Speaker is now being treated -- have repeatedly stated that the chance that he infected others is extremely low -- near zero. Indeed, his bride is free of TB, even now -- after their honeymoon, which presumably saw considerable contact."
The contagiousness of TB is nothing to scoff about. Those of us in Hospital health care can recall our mandatory TB inservices and annual skin testing. I even have my old custom-fitted HEPA mask lying around somewhere. But, I think you really only need to worry if you're someone who is hanging around the likes of Doc Holladay (someone with TB who is coughing up sputum or blood.) Even then, if you're healthy, the odds are in your favor of not becoming infected:
http://www.umdnj.edu/~ntbcweb/coretp.htm
"Infection rates [for persons who often spend time with someone who has infectious TB] have been relatively stable since 1987, ranging from 21% to 23% for the contacts of infectious TB patients...For contacts of persons with drug-resistant TB, infection rates seem to be similar. However, because they may have a poor response to treatment, patients with drug-resistant disease are often infectious for longer periods and therefore have the potential to infect more contacts."
Remember, you have to be infected a second time before getting sick. (The first time around only qualifies you for a periodic chest x-ray versus skin testing.) Still, it only takes one droplet of 1 to 5 microns - that can hang around suspended in the air for hours - to do the deed.
dras
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