It's a plot by the U.S. Gubbermint to rid us of OWS types and maintain the status quo.

Fleas, Lice and now TB? Seriously, its time to just round them up and take a flamethrower to the whole lot before they start infecting decent people.

GAT_00: sinschild: decent people

Uh huh.

You know, the kind of folk who don't elect a canine to leadership.

GAT_00: BroVinny: GAT_00: sinschild: decent people

Uh huh.

You know, the kind of folk who don't elect a canine to leadership.

If you're being treated like a dog, having a dog talk back isn't the worst example of mockery.

My days of not taking them seriously are definitely coming to a middle.

GAT_00: sinschild: My days of not taking them seriously are definitely coming to a middle.

What the fark does that mean?

(wiggles fingers with hands held horizontally, indicating confusion or uncertainty)

Occam's Chainsaw: GAT_00: What the fark does that mean?

He's saying that he already has, and will continue to, put a f*ckton of effort into not giving a sh*t about the Occupy movement. In fact, he's not caring as hard as he can.

Measured in microshiats. If you need to be precise about the total amount. Metric assloads even. Although I am not quite sure on the conversion to imperial arseloads.

It also tested triple positive for infectious cancerbetes.

torch: Gee, that's convenient.

Yeah, no. If you're going to give a disease to a bunch of people you don't like intentionally you don't use drug-resistant TB. The most expensive medical care in the world can't save your rich ass if it spreads to epidemic level.

If it was planted, it'd be something above the threshold where an uninsured person could reasonably treat it, but easily curable if you have decent benefits or cash on hand. Basically, definitely not anything with the resistance genes.

If you're going to imagine that every bad thing that happens to whatever political group you like is an evil conspiracy, at least assume the evil conspirators have a minion that can look up basic shiat on Google for them.

//Actual biological weapons are generally designed on platforms that burn out fairly fast, the one exception being the plague in the middle ages because the Mongols flat-out did not give a fark.

Fox News tomorrow:

"Occupy Atlanta protesters spreading tuberculosis to civilians and police! Biological terrorists and ACORN thugs! Round them all up and send them to Guantanamo, and napalm the ones who won't go willingly to be sure!"

Pretty sure you can't get a TB test result same-day, so the dude that said they all got tested today and were fine is full of shiat.

Bathia_Mapes: FTA...The AJC's David Ibata talked to Tim Franzen, a member of Occupy Atlanta, who said this:

"We have gone as far as having our folks get tested today for TB. Zero people - not even halfway infected. No trace of any TB at all."

Your move, submitter.

You have to wait 48-72 hours to read a TB test.

Your move, commenter.

I'm in the "wishy-washy I kinda support the Occupy thing 'cause bank bailouts need to stop and corporate money needs kept out of politics" so I've put in some time at the local protest site holding signs, etc.

That said: I'd be more inclined to believe the health department than some random guy who say's he's with the Occupy group.

I want to have deviant sex with your butthole: That said: I'd be more inclined to believe the health department than some random guy who say's he's with the Occupy group.

The TB was diagnosed in residents of the homeless shelter where the protesters are protesting, not in the Occupiers.

Bathia_Mapes: FTA...The AJC's David Ibata talked to Tim Franzen, a member of Occupy Atlanta, who said this:

"We have gone as far as having our folks get tested today for TB. Zero people - not even halfway infected. No trace of any TB at all."

Your move, submitter.

The time from the receipt of infection to the development of a positive tuberculosis test ranges from three to six weeks, and thereafter. The development of the disease depends upon the closeness of contact, extent of the disease and sputum positivity of the source case (dose of infection) and host-parasite relationship. Thus, the incubation period may be weeks, months or years.
The main problem with tuberculosis diagnosis is the difficulty in culturing this slow-growing organism in the laboratory (it may take 4 to 12 weeks for blood or sputum culture).
Tuberculin tests have the disadvantage of producing false negatives, especially when the person is co-morbid with sarcoidosis, Hodgkins lymphoma, malnutrition, or most notably active tuberculosis disease.

Tests within a day turning up negative? Color me nonplussed.

Theaetetus: Tests within a day turning up negative? Color me nonplussed.

The general test for TB takes 48-72 hours to read, so even if they've been infected for three months they wouldn't be able to get any result on the same day.

themindiswatching: If the US government actually took care of those who couldn't, the people with TB would have gotten treatment.

according to RON PAUL charity should be stepping in any minute

The time and place are right for an epic "I have a sputum" speech.

EasyWind: BroVinny: GAT_00: sinschild: decent people

Uh huh.

You know, the kind of folk who don't elect a canine to leadership.

Or communicate with Jazz Hands



gayest shiat evar. saw some little biatch with lesbian librarian glasses, doing that shiat on Colbert. raoe and kill

dustlesswalnut: Theaetetus: Tests within a day turning up negative? Color me nonplussed.

The general test for TB takes 48-72 hours to read, so even if they've been infected for three months they wouldn't be able to get any result on the same day.

Not necessarily...
New TB tests have been developed that are fast and accurate. These include polymerase chain reaction assays for the detection of bacterial DNA.[55] One such molecular diagnostics test gives results in 100 minutes and is currently being offered to 116 low- and middle-income countries at a discount with support from WHO and the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation.[56]

Another such test, which was approved by the FDA in 1996, is the amplified mycobacterium tuberculosis direct test (MTD, Gen-Probe). This test yields results in 2.5 to 3.5 hours, and it is highly sensitive and specific when used to test smears positive for acid-fast bacilli (AFB).

But no, if they're infected, it wouldn't show up yet.

Captain_Ballbeard: gayest shiat evar. saw some little biatch with lesbian librarian glasses, doing that shiat on Colbert. raoe and kill

I'm not entirely sure what you just said, but I think you claimed you love cock.

Theaetetus: But no, if they're infected, it wouldn't show up yet.

I'm aware of that, but those aren't the tests that people get in the US when they go in for a TB test. My wife's a doctor and even when she gets her yearly tests they just do the PPD test, so I doubt that a bunch of Occupiers paid for the newer, faster tests.

Bathia_Mapes: FTA...The AJC's David Ibata talked to Tim Franzen, a member of Occupy Atlanta, who said this:

"We have gone as far as having our folks get tested today for TB. Zero people - not even halfway infected. No trace of any TB at all."


Your move, submitter.

That was not in the original version at the time of submission.

Greed is still good.

C'mon 1%ers, I'm sure you can pull some strings and get Anthrax, Polio and Small Pox, and Yersinia pestis from the CDC and distribute it at Occupy protests.

Heck the CDC is headquartered in Atlanta

TB- check
Rape- check
Murder- check
Suicide- check
Overdose- check
Theft- check
STDs- check
Lice- check
Sexual assaults- check
Racism-check
Pooping- ding ding ding!

We have a winner!

Agneska: TB- check
Rape- check
Murder- check
Suicide- check
Overdose- check
Theft- check
STDs- check
Lice- check
Sexual assaults- check
Racism-check
Pooping- ding ding ding!

We have a winner!

Interesting... crime, disease, social issues... it's almost like this whole "99%" movement has attracted all different types of people. Perhaps a wide swath of the US population.

Additionally, the media has chosen to only report on these social issues, diseases, and crimes, which is a drastic difference from the general reporting that happens every day where 99% of the news reports are about average, healthy non-criminals that didn't do anything newsworthy.

Hmmmm...

Theaetetus: The time from the receipt of infection to the development of a positive tuberculosis test ranges from three to six weeks

Theaetetus: Tests within a day turning up negative? Color me nonplussed.

Their tests were negative, therefore they have TB.

Well, you can't beat airtight logic like that.

James F. Campbell: Theaetetus: The time from the receipt of infection to the development of a positive tuberculosis test ranges from three to six weeks

Theaetetus: Tests within a day turning up negative? Color me nonplussed.

Their tests were negative, therefore they have TB.

Well, you can't beat airtight logic like that.

... no, boyo, the tests were negative, but that's inconclusive, because the tests would be negative unless they had contracted TB several weeks ago. I realize that logic concepts like the converse of a statement not necessarily having the same truth value as the statement are difficult to understand, but please try.

Theaetetus: James F. Campbell: Theaetetus: The time from the receipt of infection to the development of a positive tuberculosis test ranges from three to six weeks

Theaetetus: Tests within a day turning up negative? Color me nonplussed.

Their tests were negative, therefore they have TB.

Well, you can't beat airtight logic like that.

... no, boyo, the tests were negative, but that's inconclusive, because the tests would be negative unless they had contracted TB several weeks ago. I realize that logic concepts like the converse of a statement not necessarily having the same truth value as the statement are difficult to understand, but please try.

They wouldn't be positive or negative, because it hasn't been 48-72 hours.

dustlesswalnut: Theaetetus: James F. Campbell: Theaetetus: The time from the receipt of infection to the development of a positive tuberculosis test ranges from three to six weeks

Theaetetus: Tests within a day turning up negative? Color me nonplussed.

Their tests were negative, therefore they have TB.

Well, you can't beat airtight logic like that.

... no, boyo, the tests were negative, but that's inconclusive, because the tests would be negative unless they had contracted TB several weeks ago. I realize that logic concepts like the converse of a statement not necessarily having the same truth value as the statement are difficult to understand, but please try.

They wouldn't be positive or negative, because it hasn't been 48-72 hours.

... they have to be either positive or negative, by definition. But those can be false positives or false negatives, because it hasn't been 48-72 hours.

Why is this so hard for people to understand?

Theaetetus: the tests were negative, but that's inconclusive

I know that. Other people in this thread apparently do not.

I mean, really... A TB test coming out neither positive or negative?
"What does it say, Doc? Yes or no?"
"Marmalade."

James F. Campbell: Theaetetus: the tests were negative, but that's inconclusive

I know that. Other people in this thread apparently do not.

You thought I didn't know it, in spite of me saying it. Maybe it's you.