Tag: XDR-TB
I've had it with this muthafucking XDR-TB on this muthafucking plane!
pO157.
Posted to Legal on Fri Jun 01, 2007 at 07:48:12 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The news services have been abuzz recently with the story of a man identified as laywer Andrew Speaker. He is said to be involuntarily quarantined after becoming infected with a type of tuberculosis (XDR-TB) which is quite scary due to its extensive drug resistance.
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Serving Life In Solitary For Carrying Death
MayorBob.
Posted to SciTech on Thu Apr 05, 2007 at 11:19:08 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
If someone is diagnosed with a particularly contagious and deadly disease, it only makes sense to separate them from the general population as much as possible. But you're dealing with a sick person, not a criminal, So shouldn't they be treated as humanely as possible? That question is being answered now in Phoenix, Arizona where a 27-year-old man with tuberculosis is staring at a future defined by the four walls of his padlocked prison room.
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