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Sydney teen rugby player who swallowed slug on a dare left paralysed
IBT Australia ^
| 03/08/2018
| Anne Lu
Posted on 03/08/2018 11:21:33 AM PST by outofsalt
The slug was carrying the rat lungworm, or the roundworm parasite Angiostrongylus cantonensis. Although it is typically carried by rats, it can also infect slugs and snails that eat rat faeces. And people who eat infected snails or slugs that are undercooked can also be infected. When Ballard swallowed the slug, it led to a parasitic infection, causing a serious brain injury and subsequently leaving him paralysed from the neck down.
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National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) when he became eligible for a $492,000 package in 2006. But she said the NDIS texted her to say that it had slashed his allocation to just about $135,000...It was not clarified why the NDIS made the funding cut. The government-run agency told the Daily Telegraph that it had been working closely with the family to find a resolution.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:21:33 AM PST
by
outofsalt
To: outofsalt
I guess Tide Pods are safer than gastropods but government healthcare sucks everywhere!
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:22:33 AM PST
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: outofsalt
Australia, where everything tries to kill you.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:25:21 AM PST
by
null and void
(The difference between the democrats and the GOPe is the GOPe has a smaller fire under the frog pot.)
To: outofsalt
slugs that are undercooked Does anyone know what the proper level of doneness is? I'm asking for a friend.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:26:21 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(The government cannot protect you and isn't even trying. Self-defense is a right.)
To: null and void
“Australia, where everything tries to kill you.”
Never want to go there.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:28:01 AM PST
by
READINABLUESTATE
("If guns cause crime, there must be something wrong with mine." -Ted Nugent)
To: outofsalt
I didn’t know Australia had a Broward county!
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:28:31 AM PST
by
rrrod
(just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
To: ClearCase_guy
Tell your friend to avoid snail tartare.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:28:44 AM PST
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: rrrod
I wouldn’t be surprised if the humane society types were to become outraged at the kid.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:31:25 AM PST
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: outofsalt
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:33:12 AM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
To: outofsalt
Self induced idiocy - not an accident.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:33:16 AM PST
by
SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: outofsalt
Sorry for the “victim,” but I see this as further evidence of the stupidity of young people, these days.
To: outofsalt
I dont know why
he swallowed the slug...
Poets have atnit...
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:35:00 AM PST
by
gov_bean_ counter
(Free Republic has been reduced to primarily a gathering place for the inane, banal, and obtuse.)
To: outofsalt
At least he won the dare! That’s way more important than a healthy rest of your life.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:36:07 AM PST
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find)
To: ClearCase_guy
I think the Betty Crocker Cookbook recommends a minimum internal temperature of 165° F...
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:36:18 AM PST
by
WayneS
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
To: ClearCase_guy
The only way to know for sure is to employ a properly calibrated slugometer.
To: outofsalt
Note to self:
Don’t swallow slugs.
Don’t swallow slugs that are undercooked.
Don’t swallow slugs that have been eating rat turds.
Don’t swallow slugs.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:38:25 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: outofsalt
Single payer don’t pay enough?
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:38:43 AM PST
by
Lurkina.n.Learnin
(Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
To: gov_bean_ counter
I don't know why he swallowed the slug...
Maybe he's drugged.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:41:51 AM PST
by
Mrs. Don-o
(They said what's up is down, they said what isn't is, they put ideas in his head he thought were his)
To: Getready
"Thats way more important than a healthy rest of your life." A lot of people say fast food is unhealthy.
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posted on
03/08/2018 11:43:16 AM PST
by
outofsalt
(If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
To: outofsalt
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