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Cluster of HIV cases in North Seattle prompt concern
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In Memoriam   Location: Mukilteoish Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2011 Posts: 11589 
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Really? Homeless bums on the sidewalk sharing needles can spread HIV?
Whoulda thunk it! Don't need a masters degree in public health to figure that one out. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/08/3 ... break.html Drug use may be behind a small cluster of recent HIV diagnoses in North Seattle, prompting health officials to warn about the potential for a large outbreak. The eight new infections, all diagnosed since February, involve individuals described to be heterosexuals, drug users and recently homeless, The Seattle Times reported. Officials told the news outlet the recent diagnoses are particularly concerning because they involves homeless individuals, who may not have access to health care. More than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million have died since the beginning of the epidemic. About 461 cases have been diagnosed statewide in Washington since 2012, with King County already reporting 19 cases since January. _________________ NRA Endowment Member. How did they know my member was well endowed? |
| Sat Sep 01, 2018 9:35 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Maple valley Joined: Thu Oct 27, 2011 Posts: 3694
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Somehow this doesn’t surprise me.
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| Sat Sep 01, 2018 9:43 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Index Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 Posts: 12955 Real Name: Jeff
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Mr Darwin at work, once again.
_________________ -Jeff How can I help you, and/or make you smile, today? You are entitled to your opinion. You are not entitled to tell me what mine must be. Do justice. Love mercy. “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” ~ Richard P. Feynman |
| Sun Sep 02, 2018 6:21 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 20125 Real Name: Rick
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vic_b wrote: Somehow this doesn’t surprise me. It does surprise me. I was wondering what took so long? |
| Sun Sep 02, 2018 6:28 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: olympia Joined: Sat Sep 21, 2013 Posts: 3795
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The question now becomes is this information going to lead to a push for more injection sites? Who will pay for treatment of these individuals, tax payers? On some level this could help to thin the homeless population.
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| Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:07 am |
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Site Supporter Location: Nampa, Idaho Joined: Thu Mar 17, 2011 Posts: 20125 Real Name: Rick
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Wetpaperbag wrote: The question now becomes is this information going to lead to a push for more injection sites? Who will pay for treatment of these individuals, tax payers?We always pay. On some level this could help to thin the homeless population. One would hope. |
| Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:37 am |
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Site Supporter  Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 19173 Real Name: Johnny 5
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But...Free needles prevented this!
_________________ NO DISASSEMBLE! Thomas Paine wrote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." |
| Sun Sep 02, 2018 2:40 pm |
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Site Supporter  Location: Everson, WA Joined: Sun Jan 6, 2013 Posts: 28460 Real Name: Ace Winky
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Zombie Romance.
_________________ Why does the Penguin in Batman sound like a duck? Because the eagle sounds like a hawk. |
| Sun Sep 02, 2018 3:25 pm |
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In Memoriam  Location: Tacoma Wa Joined: Tue Oct 8, 2013 Posts: 16607 Real Name: George Bailey
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Selador wrote: Mr Darwin at work, once again. Yeah except for the poor kid that found her dad dead from OD in University Place last week....she accidentally got stuck by his frikken needle. This shit needs to be made illegal...some how. https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/loc ... 80865.html _________________ "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."......Carl Marx "Let us Cross the river and sit in the shade of the trees" .....Stonewall Jackson T. Jefferson "....the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure" |
| Sun Sep 02, 2018 7:41 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Nova Laboratories Joined: Tue Oct 25, 2011 Posts: 19173 Real Name: Johnny 5
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60,000 opioid related drug deaths a yr.
~12k murders a year using firearms
Hmm.... Edit: Added terminology _________________ NO DISASSEMBLE! Thomas Paine wrote: "He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." Last edited by TechnoWeenie on Sun Sep 02, 2018 8:48 pm, edited 3 times in total. |
| Sun Sep 02, 2018 7:57 pm |
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Site Supporter Location: Index Joined: Thu Aug 23, 2012 Posts: 12955 Real Name: Jeff
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TechnoWeenie wrote: 60,000 opioid related drug deaths a yr.
~12k murders a year using firearms
Hmm.... Good point. _________________ -Jeff How can I help you, and/or make you smile, today? You are entitled to your opinion. You are not entitled to tell me what mine must be. Do justice. Love mercy. “I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.” ~ Richard P. Feynman |
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