Comments on: Just Wondering http://susiemadrak.com/2007/06/01/05/30/just-wondering/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:09:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: thrice http://susiemadrak.com/2007/06/01/05/30/just-wondering/#comment-126835 thrice Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:04:07 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/06/01/05/30/just-wondering/#comment-126835 I thought the same thing........ I thought the same thing……..

]]> By: yank in london http://susiemadrak.com/2007/06/01/05/30/just-wondering/#comment-126831 yank in london Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:56:34 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/06/01/05/30/just-wondering/#comment-126831 Perhaps he got it <a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/healthandscience/ci_6035989" rel="nofollow">from his father-in-law</a>! Perhaps he got it from his father-in-law!

]]> By: MollyNYC http://susiemadrak.com/2007/06/01/05/30/just-wondering/#comment-126820 MollyNYC Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:53:01 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/06/01/05/30/just-wondering/#comment-126820 <i> . . . TB, which is not such a common disease these days . . . </i> You're right about TB and HIV infection being a synergistically scary mix, but TB isn't rare--it's actually one of the "big three" communicable diseases, along with AIDS and malaria (compare <a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs104/en/" rel="nofollow">1.577 million deaths from TB in 2005</a> with <a href="http://www.who.int/hiv/mediacentre/news62/en/index.html/" rel="nofollow"> 2.9 million AIDS deaths in 2006</a> and <a href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs104/en/" rel="nofollow"> malaria, with more than a million deaths a year).</a> Even in the States, although TB incidence is declining, <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5611a2.htm" rel="nofollow">the rate of decline is slowing.</a> . . . TB, which is not such a common disease these days . . .

You’re right about TB and HIV infection being a synergistically scary mix, but TB isn’t rare–it’s actually one of the “big three” communicable diseases, along with AIDS and malaria (compare 1.577 million deaths from TB in 2005 with 2.9 million AIDS deaths in 2006 and malaria, with more than a million deaths a year). Even in the States, although TB incidence is declining, the rate of decline is slowing.

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