New Skin Infection Concerns Doctors, Activists

CNSNews.com ^ | 2/26/03 | Lawrence Morahan

[Rodney King]

"We've had a doubling of syphilis cases; gonorrhea is up, and now, we have a new drug-resistant staph infection. To me, it says the Health Department in 'San Frisco' is a failure," Petrelis said.

To me it says that you are a bunch of sick freaks.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Typical liberal sodomist drivel. The homos have sex five times a night with anyone they see with no protection yet somehow it is the health department's fault that they ge AIDS and syphilis, gonnorea, clymidia, hepatitus, skin infections, etc.

[prairiebreeze]

She's right about the drug-resistant bugs. Also, MRSA has been around for years. Nothing new about it.

VRSA is even worse--vancomycin resistant staph aureus. Vanco is a BIG GUN in antibiotics. When bacterial strains get resistant to it, that's bad.

Prairie

[N. Theknow]

And yet insurance companies don't question whether someone is homosexual. They only care whether someone is a cigarette smoker.

Then again, it is probably against some kind of law to question whether someone is a sexual deviant.

Does anyone have the latest statistics on how many AIDS cases are of indeterminate origin? The figure I heard several years ago was that about 5% of all AIDS cases could not be traced to tainted blood, sexual activity or health care workers being infected by contamiinated materials.

[A2J]

Public health officials in California are alerting male homosexuals to the dangers of a new skin infection that is communicable during sex, but some activists charge they're not doing enough to prevent its spread.

It is hard to fathom how "activists" are criticizing health officials for "not doing enough to prevent" the spread of this new disease when it is the ones engaging in that perverted behavior who are the blame.

If they want to stop the disease then all they need to do is sit down and shut up.

[yankeedame]

Right. The promiscuous sex has nothing to do with spreading the infections...it's all governments fault.

Well, no...You see, it's all the conservative/GOP government's fault.

[ExpandNATO]

Someone needs to find the new "Penicillin" and soon. (Speaking of which, just how did they think "Hmm let me scrap this fuzzy stuff off of this rotten food and see if it cures diseases).

The original English researcher, Alexander Fleming, got lucky and was observant. He was culturing staph bacteria for study and found a petri dish that been contaminated with mold and noticed that the mold was killing the bacteria somehow.

The rotten fruit part was later (during World War II) when engineers in the US were trying to find a mold strain that would work well in huge industrial sized processes (apparently the original mold did not produce enough).

Try a google search on "fleming" and "penicillin" and you will get more than enough reading.

[iceskater]

Vanco is a BIG GUN in antibiotics.

Isn't it pretty much the last gun in antibiotics? VRSA is a very bad thing - there's nothing left in the arsenal to fight that one.

[TC Rider]

Once there were two gay men, Stan and Vince, who fell madly in love and moved in together.

Stan would stay home and keep house, while Vince went to his job every day. Every day Vince would get home at 5:15 and they would immediately have wild sex.

Stan somehow picked up a nasty staph infection. His doctor gave him a very powerful anti-biotic to take.

After 10 days the infection was nearly wiped out, except for the last two microbes. They met near the lungs to plot a survival strategy. The one microbe decided to move to the brain and tough it out there.

The other microbe said, "I don't know about you, but when the 5:15 pulls out tonight, I'm going to be on it.".

[prairiebreeze]

There are some other biggies (and also nasties) as far as antibiotics. Nasty because of side effects. Like amphotericin (aka ampho-terrible). But that might actually be more for fungal-related bugs. I disremember my pharmacology about that at the moment.

Prairie

[aeronca]

How many more plagues is it going to take before they realize it's their choice of "lifestyle" that's killing them?
It originates in their "community" then spreads to heterosexuals: that makes them a public health hazard, doesn't it?

[LaineyDee]

Remember this the next time you shake hands with a queer.

This stuff stays viable on inanimate objects for a good period of time.

Many homosexuals have compromised their own immune systems with recreational drugs (including nitrate poppers), handfuls of antibiotics indiscriminately, (so they can play)then wonder why they acquire all these nasty bugs? You can't do much to educate, much less intervene with people who are willfully ignorant of their own responsibilities.

[LaineyDee]

”Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right…”

I couldn't have phrased it better. *chuckle*

[american spirit]

I just don't understand...isn't being gay just a normal, safe, sane lifestyle like any other? (sarcasm off)

[LaineyDee]

I've never even heard of the guy... but I'd have to say I'm not convinced that HIV causes AIDS either. There's alot of research that contradicts the "mainstream" medical theories on this. One of the things that picqued my interest years ago....is (1) The medical community has built a solid industry around AIDS (just like cancer) AND.......(2) Why are they giving AZT as a frontline drug for a disease that supposedly ravages the immune system? AZT was pulled some 25+yrs ago as a chemotherapy drug because it was so devastating to the immune system.

A very compelling book to read is, "Inventing The AIDS Virus" by Dr.Peter H. Duesberg, which was written in 1995. (He is a leading microbiologist an a pioneer in the discovery of the HIV family of viruses.} Basically, AIDS is too well-funded (a proverbial cash cow) that researchers don't want to let go of.

Magic Johnson refused conventional treatment when he was diagnosed with AIDS....preferring to take natural treatments to boost his immune system. He has now been certified as "cured". I have an Uncle that died from AIDS 2yrs after diagnosis and going through the prescribed drugs and treatments. His son has AIDS as well, but has lived for 15 yrs without treatment. Coincidence? Could be.... but it has my attention.

[LaineyDee]

Pardon my spelling......it's been a loooooooooong day. *chuckle* That'll teach me to reread my posts before hitting that button, eh?

[webstersII]

'The biggest culprit of this drug-resistant strain are the doctors who prescribe antobiotics at the drop of a hat. Then the
patients only take them until they feel better -- if the bottle says "Take until gone" DO IT! By only partially treating the
infection you are leaving organisms alive that can now build a resistance to the antibiotic.'

That's not the only issue with antibiotics. Doctors prescribe them as a "prophylactic" -- for people who have a virus such as a cold or the flu, they say they don't want themt to get a secondary infection so they give them an antibiotic. The only patients who need this type of prescription are those with a severely compromised immune system. Of course, many mothers aren't happy when they go to the doc unless they walk out with a prescription, so they are part of the problem, too.

This prophylactic use is more of a problem than people only taking their meds for a short period of time.