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Originally posted by 933K5T4R
reply to post by Retseh
ha ha ha....maybe she was just regurgitating info, if thats the case pretty poor if this was just a copy paste job, congrats for catching that...i guess its hard for some people to have original ideas
Originally posted by TheMythLives
This is also appearing on Godlikeproductions as well.
ALERT PEOPLE: CDC IS RUSHING INTOTENN
But I have not heard anything. But if the CDC is called in their has to be a larger all around reason. MRSA is known to spread to person to person quite easily. It is a very serious form of STAPH. But the pain medicine not working is confusing me. Usually pain medicine would greatly reduce the pain of MRSA; however, in more serious and advanced cases the MRSA is so far along that the medicine no longer helps. If these children have MRSA or developed MRSA today or yesterday the pain should be able to be controlled quite easily. But then again we have to take into account the amount that can be pumped into the child. If the doctors were to do anything a combination of Augmentin & Bactrim would easily fix this up rather quickly. They are weak seperate when trying to fix MRSA, but combined they are a force together. I am honestly not sure this is 100% accurate; maybe your friend got the details wrong? I'm not sure, but we will certainly see.
And as stated earlier that an Ecoli outbreak was really recent. VERY recent like 3 days ago:
CDC Reports
The latest case count is 26 confirmed and 7 probable cases related to this outbreak from MI, NY, OH, PA, and TN.
Local and state public health officials in Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee are investigating human illnesses caused by Escherichia coli (E. coli) O145. CDC is supporting these investigations and facilitating regular communication and information sharing between the states and with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
As of May 20, 2010, a total of 26 confirmed and 7 probable cases related to this outbreak have been reported from 5 states since March 1, 2010. The number of ill persons identified in each state with this strain is: MI (11 confirmed and 2 probable), NY (5 confirmed and 2 probable), OH (8 confirmed and 3 probable), PA (1 confirmed), and TN (1 confirmed). The reported cases in Tennessee and Pennsylvania do not reflect expansion of the outbreak but retrospective identification of cases using the PulseNet system – these cases are part of the original cluster due to the original implicated lot of lettuce from March.
Among the 30 patients with available information, 12 (40%) were hospitalized. Three patients have developed a type of kidney failure known as hemolytic uremic syndrome, or HUS. No deaths have been reported.
[edit on May 24th 2010 by TheMythLives]
Originally posted by antonia
I live in Tennessee as well. So I did a google search. Nothing except some random stories about e coli. www.google.com...:1&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wn
MRSA is not a virus. As for the flooding, MRSA thrives in hospital settings. If the place has flooded it wouldn't be open until it was clean. People carry MRSA all the time. MRSA is normally not an issue unless a person is already seriously ill. That is why hospitals are breeding grounds for it-sick people.
[edit on 24-5-2010 by antonia]
Originally posted by schrodingers dog
reply to post by TheAmused
It is disheartening when folks don't take the time to read previous posts on a thread before they make accusations:
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Why is it so hard to believe that someone from glp who frequents these forums simply chose to plagiarize the OP? It happens all the time you know. Most importantly, since the OP due to the timestamps could not have possibly copied from glp, what possible difference does it make in the context of this conversation?
About 100 students from Indian Lake Elementary became ill on Thursday and Friday with flu-like symptoms, including headaches, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. School officials notified the Board of Education and Sumner County Health Department, which launched an official investigation over the weekend to determine the source of the outbreak. Preliminary tests confirmed on Monday that the illness was a strain of Norovirus, a highly contagious virus that causes acute gastroenteritis in humans. Water ruled out as source of illness Hendersonville Utility District officials conducted four separate tests of the Indian Lake area’s water supply on Saturday to make sure the water did not show levels of coliform, an indicator that the e. coli bacteria or other fecal contamination is present. “All tests came back negative, so we feel pretty confident that the source of the illness is not the drinking water,” said Mark Bramberg, operations manager for the Hendersonville Utility District. Health department investigates Public Health Department officials interviewed several affected families and collected stool and vomit samples to try to determine if a common food or activity linked the students or pinpointed a possible cause, said Andrea Turner, spokesman for the Tennessee Department of Health. Turner said on Monday that the department’s investigation was ongoing and additional specimen samples will be collected for further testing.
Originally posted by Quetzalcoatl12
About 100 students from Indian Lake Elementary became ill on Thursday and Friday with flu-like symptoms, including headaches, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea. School officials notified the Board of Education and Sumner County Health Department, which launched an official investigation over the weekend to determine the source of the outbreak. Preliminary tests confirmed on Monday that the illness was a strain of Norovirus, a highly contagious virus that causes acute gastroenteritis in humans. Water ruled out as source of illness Hendersonville Utility District officials conducted four separate tests of the Indian Lake area’s water supply on Saturday to make sure the water did not show levels of coliform, an indicator that the e. coli bacteria or other fecal contamination is present. “All tests came back negative, so we feel pretty confident that the source of the illness is not the drinking water,” said Mark Bramberg, operations manager for the Hendersonville Utility District. Health department investigates Public Health Department officials interviewed several affected families and collected stool and vomit samples to try to determine if a common food or activity linked the students or pinpointed a possible cause, said Andrea Turner, spokesman for the Tennessee Department of Health. Turner said on Monday that the department’s investigation was ongoing and additional specimen samples will be collected for further testing.
Source included in my above post.
Anybody have any idea what the Norovirus is?
[edit on 25-5-2010 by Quetzalcoatl12]