Comments on: New schedule/rabies http://www.onestarwatt.com/2007/09/04/new-schedulerabies/ You too can be an unemployed writer. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:35:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Wistar http://www.onestarwatt.com/2007/09/04/new-schedulerabies/#comment-4620 Wistar Sat, 09 Aug 2008 18:25:44 +0000 http://www.onestarwatt.com/2007/09/04/new-schedulerabies/#comment-4620 Hi Fred, Thanks for your comment. Evidently <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/08/vampire.bats.ap/index.html" rel="nofollow">these people in Venezuela recently bitten by vampire bats</a> also want to be famous. I promise you I have the utmost respect for the medical profession. My father and brother are both doctors and some of my favorite authors "moonlight" as doctors. I was only joking around in my post, and I'm sorry you took offense. WM Hi Fred,

Thanks for your comment. Evidently these people in Venezuela recently bitten by vampire bats also want to be famous.

I promise you I have the utmost respect for the medical profession. My father and brother are both doctors and some of my favorite authors “moonlight” as doctors. I was only joking around in my post, and I’m sorry you took offense.

WM

]]> By: Fred http://www.onestarwatt.com/2007/09/04/new-schedulerabies/#comment-4619 Fred Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:33:56 +0000 http://www.onestarwatt.com/2007/09/04/new-schedulerabies/#comment-4619 Only a half dozen people are known to have survived active rabies infection, and this girl's case is the only one in medical history of survival where prophylaxis ("vaccination") was not administered prior to exposure to the virus, or in the time (prodromal period) between exposure and onset of acute symptoms. Therefore, this is most definitely a newsworthy story both from a scientific and a human interest point of view. It is unlikely the girl survived due to genetic superiority. Instead, it is assumed credit goes to the aggressive treatment protocol administered by her doctors. This included, notably, a seven day drug-induced coma that essentially turned off her brain, protecting it from damage while the girl's body built up immunity and slowly cleared the virus. To complain that the girl is "milking" this story for publicity seems crass given how narrowly she escaped death. The fact that she survived is both extraordinary and gives hope that a practical treatment might be developed for this horrifying disease. Only a half dozen people are known to have survived active rabies infection, and this girl’s case is the only one in medical history of survival where prophylaxis (”vaccination”) was not administered prior to exposure to the virus, or in the time (prodromal period) between exposure and onset of acute symptoms. Therefore, this is most definitely a newsworthy story both from a scientific and a human interest point of view.

It is unlikely the girl survived due to genetic superiority. Instead, it is assumed credit goes to the aggressive treatment protocol administered by her doctors. This included, notably, a seven day drug-induced coma that essentially turned off her brain, protecting it from damage while the girl’s body built up immunity and slowly cleared the virus.

To complain that the girl is “milking” this story for publicity seems crass given how narrowly she escaped death. The fact that she survived is both extraordinary and gives hope that a practical treatment might be developed for this horrifying disease.

]]> By: Wistar http://www.onestarwatt.com/2007/09/04/new-schedulerabies/#comment-150 Wistar Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:34:01 +0000 http://www.onestarwatt.com/2007/09/04/new-schedulerabies/#comment-150 I think you should definitely have your own section on my blog - a "Noelle's Corner" or perhaps a "Noelle's Niche" like that Christmas supply store on Route 29. I think you should definitely have your own section on my blog - a “Noelle’s Corner” or perhaps a “Noelle’s Niche” like that Christmas supply store on Route 29.

]]> By: Trixiee http://www.onestarwatt.com/2007/09/04/new-schedulerabies/#comment-149 Trixiee Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:24:50 +0000 http://www.onestarwatt.com/2007/09/04/new-schedulerabies/#comment-149 I feel like there should just be an area for me to just talk on your blog. I mean of course I feel that way, but I'll settle for the comment boxes for now ´until you make me a corner or something. I feel like there should just be an area for me to just talk on your blog. I mean of course I feel that way, but I’ll settle for the comment boxes for now ´until you make me a corner or something.

]]> By: Selvi http://www.onestarwatt.com/2007/09/04/new-schedulerabies/#comment-49 Selvi Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:52:53 +0000 http://www.onestarwatt.com/2007/09/04/new-schedulerabies/#comment-49 No, no, no, you have it wrong (as usual). Rabies Girl wants to be a <i>zoologist</i> Her sights are set on much more exotic infectious agents, such as the ebola virus, small pox or possibly anthrax. No, no, no, you have it wrong (as usual). Rabies Girl wants to be a zoologist Her sights are set on much more exotic infectious agents, such as the ebola virus, small pox or possibly anthrax.

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