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   From: john.h.gohde@gmail.com   
      
   > Meningitis Outbreak: 404 Cases, 29 Deaths   
   >   
   > Eighteen more people have been diagnosed with fungal meningitis in an   
   > outbreak linked to tainted steroid injections, health officials   
   > reported today.   
   >   
   > The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention increased the   
   > tally of cases to 404 in 19 states: 395 cases of fungal meningitis and   
   > nine joint infections. At least 29 people have died.   
   >   
   > The outbreak has been linked to contaminated vials of   
   > methylprednisolone acetate, an injectable steroid used to treat back   
   > and joint pain. Sealed vials of the steroid, made by the New England   
   > Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., contained exserohilum   
   > rostratum, a fungus found in soil and plants.   
   >   
   > Meningitis Outbreak Spreads, Full Recall Announced Watch Video   
   > It's not clear how the fungus landed in the pharmacy's ostensibly   
   > sterile vials, some of which were shipped to clinics without sterility   
   > testing, according to an inspection by the Massachusetts Department of   
   > Public Health. Floor mats near sterile drug-mixing areas were "visibly   
   > soiled with assorted debris," and a leak from a nearby boiler created   
   > an "environment susceptible to contaminant growth," according to the   
   > report.   
   >   
   > Sealed vials of two other drugs made by the pharmacy contained   
   > bacteria, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The   
   > drugs were the steroid betamethasone and a cardioplegic solution that   
   > paralyzes the heart during open heart surgery.   
   >   
   > The pharmacy has recalled all of its products and shut down   
   > operations.   
   >   
   > Ameridose, a sister company of the New England Compounding Center, has   
   > also recalled all of its drugs citing sterility concerns, according to   
   > the FDA. Neither Ameridose nor the FDA have received any complaints or   
   > identified any impurities in those drugs.   
   >   
   > Meningitis affects the membranous lining of the brain and spinal cord.   
   > Early symptoms of fungal meningitis -- including headache, fever,   
   > dizziness, nausea, sensitivity to light, stiff neck, weakness or   
   > numbness, slurred speech and pain, and redness or swelling at the   
   > injection site -- can take more than a month to appear.   
   >   
   > The longest duration from the time of injection to the onset of   
   > symptoms in the current outbreak is 42 days, according to the CDC. The   
   > tainted steroids were recalled 37 days ago.   
   >   
   > Fungal meningitis is diagnosed through a spinal tap, which draws   
   > cerebrospinal fluid from the spine that can be inspected for signs of   
   > the disease. Once detected, it can be treated with high doses of   
   > intravenous antifungal medications.   
   >   
   > Unlike bacterial meningitis, fungal meningitis is not transmitted from   
   > person to person and only people who received the steroid injections   
   > are thought to be at risk.   
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   >   
   > This thread started out with just 4 deaths, we are now up to 29 dead.   
   > Are people dying because they cannot afford to pay over $6,000 a month   
   > for medicine, or are they dying because conventional medical treatment   
   > is total Bull Shit?   
   >   
   > 14,000 exposed, 404 sick, 29 dead and everyone of them is being billed   
   > through their nose for their nightmare.  Are you marveling at the high   
   > cost of death by conventional medicine? The irony is that death by   
   > fungal meningitis is very painful.  So, what was the point?   
   >   
   > I bet that these Quacks don't tell their patients that for each   
   > individual injection, risk of spinal fracture goes up by 29%.  After 3   
   > injections, YOU are dead by conventional medicine, regardless.  :(   
   >   
   > Science Psychos are clearly stupid and living in a coma.  The FDA has   
   > been proven to be inept!   
   >   
   > Steroid Injections are a conventional medical procedure, especially   
   > when administered by   medical personnel inside a hospital.   
   > Conventional medicine is a death industry, people!   
   >   
   > It takes more than developing a safe steroid injection.  You have to   
   > deliver a safe and effective product to the market place. When will   
   > conventional medicine get their drug act, together?   
   >   
   > Who is dying?  They are pathetic excuses for human beings, that eat   
   > horrible diets who are accordingly fat, pudgy, and totally out of   
   > shape.  In other words, they are total SAPs ho have bought into the   
   > lies of conventional medicine hook, line and sinker.  :(   
   >   
   > Similar news stories could be posted for virtually every street corner   
   > vaccination Quack service in the country.  When will vaccination   
   > crimes against our people end?  When will the Vaccination Quacks start   
   > rotting in jail?   
   >   
   > The longest duration from the time of injection to the onset of   
   > symptoms in the current outbreak is 42 days, according to the CDC's   
   > Dr. Benjamin Park. How many certified deaths within 45 days of popping   
   > a vitamin D pill?   
      
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