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Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34686029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34686029 This saga has been going on for a long, long t

Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34686029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34686029 This saga has been going on for a long, long time. At one point she was even caught going to a casino to gamble: https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/woman-with-untreated-tb-is-on-the-lam-took-city-bus-to-casino/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/04/woman-with-untreated... She also had a hospital visit because she was a passenger in a car (therefore not isolating) and she avoided disclosing her active Tuberculosis infection to the staff. They had to take chest X-rays as part of her accident-related treatment and the infection was so bad that they initially thought it was severe lung cancer. (Described in the linked HN article) Given the public health risk and her continued flaunting of the isolation/treatment requirement, I'm surprised this went on for so long. We'll never know how many other people were exposed, from casinos to other hospital patients and everyone else she passed along the way without exercising even basic precautions. Wild.

loloquwowndueo 3y ago
*staff. I doubt staphylococcus would care about tuberculosis :)
xref 3y ago
> she avoided disclosing her active Tuberculosis infection to the staph I feel like this is the punchline to a great doctor joke but just needs a setup
- PragmaticPulp 3y ago
  One of my better typos, to be honest. Thanks for catching. I edited it out.
  - rootusrootus 3y ago
    It makes me happy to see other people make rhyming typos. I do it all the time, and wonder if I'm going senile. Maybe we're all headed that way on the same boat, but at least I'm not alone.
    - TremendousJudge 3y ago
      I write both Spanish and English, and it only happens to me in English. Probably has to do with the inconsistent spelling rules.
      - dcormier 3y ago
        English is a terrible language. I say this as someone who only speaks English.
        Shish2k 3y ago
        English is the PHP of natural languages — random bits of every other language duct-taped together with no sense of consistency or style
    - ahahahahah 3y ago
      This form of error is much more common in native speakers than non native (though potentially these days autocorrect is more to blame than anything).
baybal2 3y ago
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alex_lav 3y ago
I went overseas many years ago and came back with a positive TB test but no symptoms, aka latent TB. I was shocked at how seriously it was taken (I mean, rightfully so, still surprised). If I remember correctly it was a daily pill and a mandatory immovable weekly trip to the state health department office for a checkup/questionnaire. The pill was for 9 months and the questionnaire was for a year. Really wild stuff.

loloquwowndueo 3y ago

*staff. I doubt staphylococcus would care about tuberculosis :)

xref 3y ago

> she avoided disclosing her active Tuberculosis infection to the staph I feel like this is the punchline to a great doctor joke but just needs a setup

PragmaticPulp 3y ago
One of my better typos, to be honest. Thanks for catching. I edited it out.
- rootusrootus 3y ago
  It makes me happy to see other people make rhyming typos. I do it all the time, and wonder if I'm going senile. Maybe we're all headed that way on the same boat, but at least I'm not alone.
  - TremendousJudge 3y ago
    I write both Spanish and English, and it only happens to me in English. Probably has to do with the inconsistent spelling rules.
    - dcormier 3y ago
      English is a terrible language. I say this as someone who only speaks English.
      - Shish2k 3y ago
        English is the PHP of natural languages — random bits of every other language duct-taped together with no sense of consistency or style
  - ahahahahah 3y ago
    This form of error is much more common in native speakers than non native (though potentially these days autocorrect is more to blame than anything).

baybal2 3y ago

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alex_lav 3y ago

I went overseas many years ago and came back with a positive TB test but no symptoms, aka latent TB. I was shocked at how seriously it was taken (I mean, rightfully so, still surprised). If I remember correctly it was a daily pill and a mandatory immovable weekly trip to the state health department office for a checkup/questionnaire. The pill was for 9 months and the questionnaire was for a year. Really wild stuff.