[null and void]

Investigators believe the bacteria originated with an international student and spread to at least seven others who had close contact with them

"an"? "them"? Is it more than one foreigner, or are they guilty of wrong-pronouning this person?

They don't screen students for communicable diseases before cramming them Ito crowded dorms?

I smell a class action lawsuit in the offing...

Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.

[mewzilla]

Many, many moons ago a TB test was part of my pre-admission physical for college.

Guess that’s gone the way of the dodo.

[mewzilla]

Something of even more concern: The rag doesn’t mention if it’s TB, MDR-TB, or XDR-TB.

[Tax-chick]

The writers don’t want to say “him” or “her,” because that would reveal the sex of the infected person. I guess they don’t want to say “him or her,” because even a casual reader would then ask, “Well, which is it?”

Another reason to be a commuter student ...

[Mercat]

Reporters are directed not to use male/female pronouns so use the plural.

[SaveFerris]

[bacteria originated with an international student and spread to at least seven others]

Celebrate Pestilence Diversity!!!

Sure it’s pretty much the same but this time it’s imported!

Everybody loves “imported” stuff, right?