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hunter

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3. My wife and my sister are front line medical people.

Reply to upaloopa (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 15, 2014, 06:54 PM

Oct 2014

Anything that can go wrong with a human body, they've probably seen it.

Measles, Mumps, AIDS, TB, Hepatitis, Polio, Leprosy...

For now I think the antibiotic resistant tuberculosis or "flesh eating bacteria" still scare me the most.

Years ago I used to work in a medical lab with raw blood. When I started the job we were quit casual, gloves and safety glasses. A few people didn't even wear lab coats. As the AIDS crisis progressed we were wearing full face shields and responding to every torn glove as potential catastrophe.

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Unless you’re in a setting where you’re a healthcare worker or a family member caring for a person [View all] upaloopa Oct 2014 OP

I'm screwed. hunter Oct 2014 #1

He was taking about treating Ebola patients upaloopa Oct 2014 #2

My wife and my sister are front line medical people. hunter Oct 2014 #3