To: Dust in the Wind
BCG is not TB vaccine - the theory is BCG stimulates immune response to infections and perhaps some cancers
wish it was more effective in both.
BCG is not a specific vaccine for TB it is an attempt to give something even if it is not all that effective
by the way TB is caused by direct contact and being PPD pos does not mean you had TB just that you were exposed-
normal healthy adults can come in contact with TB patients and have a good chance of not contracting the active disease - as anyone familiar with TB knows - it preys on the sick and underfed and is most common in crowded lower income areas.
58 posted on
06/14/2005 7:19:18 PM PDT by
ConsentofGoverned
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To: ConsentofGoverned
You can argue with the CDC, not me.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/faqs/qa.htm
61 posted on
06/14/2005 7:25:49 PM PDT by
Dust in the Wind
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