Fungal meningitis from contaminated steroid injections keeps expanding in the US

Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 07:23 UTC

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Fungal meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroid injections expanded in the United States to 15 states as Pennsylvania reported its first case of the disease that has killed 15 people nationwide. Read full article

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Guzz
yanquis!
Steroids do NOT improve your dancing skills, and after decades of abuse you are now stronger than a mule. Combine that with your natural inherited ability of being more stubborn than a mule and one can draw the conclusion that, all in all, you lot are more mules than the mules...
Oct 16th, 2012 - 07:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
Gizzbucket, you do not even kow the legitimate use of them........go back to practicing using your astrolobe as a sounding device.
Oct 16th, 2012 - 11:44 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ptolemy
The title of this article should have been: “Fungal Guzz from contaminated steroid injections keeps expanding in MercoPress.”
Oct 16th, 2012 - 01:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Idlehands
Can anyone explain the photo? What's that winged snake themed spear thing doing in the middle??
Oct 16th, 2012 - 01:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
Serious Idlehands? That is the international symbol of medicine. It's called the caduceus......from greek methology
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reality check
Several years ago I suffered from chronic asthma, the result of a virus, Steroids were essential to my treatment, they literally saved my life as they do for thousands of other asthmatics. This is terribly sad, my sincere condolences to those “Yanquis” who have lost loved ones.
Oct 16th, 2012 - 04:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
Steriods are also used in spinal inflammation. I would like to see that firm be held criminally responsible, it's less than a half hour from me
Oct 16th, 2012 - 06:16 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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toooldtodieyoung
15 people dead??? 205 cases?? This is hardly a “outbreak” is it?

Can we please, please, PLEASE have a little perspective here? what is the current population of the USA? I bet more people have died in car crashes than of this Fungal meningitis.
Oct 17th, 2012 - 07:00 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Guzz
You are right, Tool. Not nearly enough dead yet...
Oct 17th, 2012 - 07:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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toooldtodieyoung
9 Guzz

Congratulations Guzz!! for being the first with the wrong answer............... Clown.
Oct 17th, 2012 - 07:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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reality check
Not nearly enough dead yet!!! WTF sort of a statment is that? Words fail me. Disturbed will do though!!!
Oct 17th, 2012 - 03:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
What can you expect from a cholo?
Oct 17th, 2012 - 06:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Guzz
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Indeed not nearly enough dead to be called an outbreak...
Oct 18th, 2012 - 09:05 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
Outbreak is a term used by WHO for the occurance of a disease that is greater than expected in a particular area. It can be a very small number of a very high number, but again, it is based on an occurance greater than expected, buy WHO.
You cholo wannabe mariners would not understand that. Not seafaring training in SA gizz?
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British_Kirchnerist
Why is this such a big story on mercopress, I've not seen it in the news otherwise?

#13 Glad you cleared that up, I too was worried you were letting the left side down for a second; we have to be better than the extreme right wingers and haters...
Oct 22nd, 2012 - 08:51 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
You a cholo or a mestizo BK. Apparently neither one of you know what WHO calls an outbreak.
Oct 22nd, 2012 - 09:13 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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