MENINGITIS OUTBREAK

[TBEAR]

Just watched the TV10 special on meningitis in Lafayette. I wonder why alot of the UL students are targeted for the vaccinations that live there. Could it be that they dont have good hygene living together in the dorms?

I know we had previous cases, but they did not seem as prevalent until the hurricanes hit. Could this be the influx of people in the area? I know there has also been an increase in staff infections in Lafayette after the storms according to people in the medical community I have spoken to.

Kinda makes you wonder if all these new people have aided in the increase of diseases.

It must be kinda like viruses that remain dormant until awakened, or, a specific community have grown immune too until someone, not of that community, is subjected to that virus and don't have the immunity for said virus.

[zoe10850]

I am no scientist, but it would seem that the overuse, and miss-use of medicines, specifically anti-biotics has created many new viral strains ans in particular, some horrible staff infections that do not respond to current anti-biotics. As a result, many people die in hospitals, not from surgeries or disease, but from infections caught in the hospitals.

Lafayette, a community with many "foreigners", gets full exposure to virus from all over the country. A university draws people from everwhere. Same for oilfield. We also are becoming a medical center hub for this region, which again draws people from other areas.

The price of progress.

[TBEAR]

That's what I heard too with the overuse of the antibiotics creating major problems with doctors trying to cure infected people.

My doctor had always told me he did not want to give me antibiotics unless i really needed them. He said overuse will weaken the strength of the antibiotic in your system when you may really need it to work.

I also know two people that got very sick this year from staff infections at Lourdes after being operated on.

[zoe10850]

must be Bush's fault cause everything else wrong in this state is screwed up because of him, ask the Blankstares.