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Meningitis Toll Now 33 Dead, 480 Sickened, CDC Says

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John H. Gohde

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Nov 17, 2012, 8:40:08 AM11/17/12
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Meningitis Outbreak Toll Now 33 Dead, 480 Sickened, CDC Says

http://tinyurl.com/bl76nho

FRIDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) — The ongoing meningitis outbreak
tied to tainted steroid injections has now reached 480 cases, and
another person has died, bringing the total fatalities to 33, the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday.

The latest death from a rare, fungal form of meningitis occurred in
Indiana, the agency said.

The political and legal fallout from the steroid-linked outbreak also
continues to mount. On Thursday, the head of the lobby that represents
compounding pharmacies told a U.S. Senate committee that tighter
federal regulations were not needed to oversee his industry, despite
the rising death toll from the outbreak that’s been linked to products
from these types of pharmacies.

According to the Associated Press, the head of the International
Academy of Compounding Pharmacists testified that existing
regulations, which primarily put oversight responsibility on
individual states, are enough to monitor compounding pharmacies.

Compounding pharmacies combine, mix or alter ingredients to create
drugs to meet the specific needs of individual patients. Such custom-
made drugs may include a smaller dose, for example, or the removal of
an ingredient that might trigger an allergy in a patient, according to
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

These specialty pharmacies aren’t subject to the same FDA oversight as
regular drug manufacturers. So, some members of Congress are calling
for greater FDA regulation of these businesses.

But David Miller, chief executive officer of the compounding
pharmacies’ lobbyist group, told the senators that current state laws,
if enforced, would have prevented the meningitis outbreak. And the
Massachusetts company in question, the New England Compounding Center
in Framingham, was shipping medication without first receiving
prescriptions from doctors, a violation of its state-issued pharmacy
license, Miller said in prepared testimony, the AP reported.

“The operations of NECC were clearly outside of the scope of the
state’s licensure requirements and their license should have been
pulled long ago,” Miller said, according to the AP.

The International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists has spent more
than $1 million lobbying Congress in the last 10 years and has
successfully defeated laws and regulations opposed by the compounding
industry, the AP reported.

On Wednesday, the owner of the New England Compounding Center refused
to testify before a House of Representatives committee that’s also
investigating the steroid/meningitis outbreak.

After a series of questions from members of the House Energy and
Commerce Committee, Barry Cadden, co-founder of the New England
Compounding Center, said: “Under advice of counsel, I respectfully
decline to answer under basis of my constitutional rights and
privileges, including the Fifth Amendment,” the AP reported.

But FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg told the House committee
Wednesday that new laws are needed to give her agency more legal
authority and funding to oversee compounding pharmacies.

“The challenge we have today is that there is a patchwork of legal
authorities that oversee the action we can take,” Hamburg, who was
nominated to head the FDA by President Obama in 2009, said in prepared
testimony, the AP reported.

She said Congress should draft new laws and provide more funding to
police large specialty pharmacies, such as the New England Compounding
Center, which aren’t subject to the same FDA scrutiny as big drug
manufacturers.

“In light of growing evidence of threats to the public health, the
administration urges Congress to strengthen standards for non-
traditional compounding,” Hamburg said.

Republican lawmakers, who constitute the majority party in the House
of Representatives, spent considerable time focusing on the New
England Compounding Center’s checkered past, asking Hamburg why
regulators at the FDA and the Massachusetts board of pharmacy did not
take action against the company several years ago, the AP reported.

Hamburg said problems uncovered in past inspections were “very
serious,” but that the FDA, under current law, was obligated to defer
to Massachusetts authorities, who have more direct oversight over
pharmacies in the state, the AP reported.

Last month, FDA investigators who toured the New England Compounding
Center’s Framingham plant found foreign, “greenish-black” material in
some vials of the injectable steroid suspected as the cause of the
illnesses, federal health officials said. The contaminated product was
one of a host of potential violations discovered during the recent
inspection, the officials said.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday had the
following state-by-state breakdown of cases: Florida: 23 cases,
including 3 deaths; Georgia, 1 case; Idaho, 1 case; Illinois, 2 cases;
Indiana: 55 cases, including 5 deaths; Maryland: 23 cases, including 1
death; Michigan: 158 cases, including 8 deaths; Minnesota: 13 cases;
New Hampshire: 13 cases; New Jersey: 31 cases; New York: 1 case; North
Carolina: 3 cases, including 1 death; Ohio: 17 cases; Pennsylvania: 1
case; Rhode Island: 3 cases; South Carolina: 1 case; Tennessee: 82
cases, including 13 deaths; Texas: 2 cases; Virginia: 50 cases,
including 2 deaths.

Eleven of the 480 cases involve what the CDC calls “peripheral joint
infection,” meaning an infection in a knee, hip, shoulder or elbow.
These joint infections aren’t considered as dangerous as injections
near the spine for back pain that have been linked to the potentially
fatal meningitis infections.

The CDC and state health departments estimate that roughly 14,000
patients may have gotten steroid injections from the New England
Compounding Center. All of the fungal meningitis patients identified
so far were thought to be injected with the steroid methylprednisolone
acetate, according to the CDC.

People who have had a steroid injection since July, and have any of
the following symptoms, should talk to their doctor as soon as
possible: worsening headache, fever, sensitivity to light, stiff neck,
new weakness or numbness in any part of your body or slurred speech,
the CDC said.
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This article on Death By Conventional Medicine speaks for itself.

John H. Gohde

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Nov 20, 2012, 8:12:38 AM11/20/12
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Pharmacy rejects Minnesota woman's claims in steroid suit

http://m.startribune.com/lifestyle/?id=180036941

Article by: Associated Press

A Massachusetts company has denied negligence in connection with a
steroid linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that has claimed 34
lives nationwide.

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Typical dumb-ass reporting being dumped on the Web, by a legal dumb-
ass reporter. :(

Lawyers automatically deny every count of a plaintiff's motion for
action, even if the allegations are true. It is standard legal
procedure.

The Associated Press should rightfully go out of business for
reporting this crap!
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A Massachusetts company has denied negligence in connection with a
steroid linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that has claimed 34
lives nationwide.

New England Compounding Pharmacy filed documents Monday in response to
a federal lawsuit in Minnesota. The suit was filed on behalf of Barbe
Puro, a resident of Savage who received four steroid injections in
September and claims she suffered a dramatic rise in headaches and
nausea.

The company admits it compounded and dispensed the tainted steroids,
but denies Puro's claims. Among other things, it says injuries have
not been proven, and if there are injuries, they might have been
caused by pre-existing or unrelated conditions.

The company also says the steroid was formulated, distributed and
labeled in compliance with state and federal laws.

The company faces three other lawsuits in Minnesota.

State officials have confirmed 13 illnesses linked to the contaminated
steroids, and hundreds of Minnesota patients have been tested for
meningitis after receiving injections from tainted lots of the
medication.

"pill popper"

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Nov 20, 2012, 10:49:02 AM11/20/12
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One wonders if this extra attention to the safety of one part of the
alternative drug industry will shine a spotlight on other parts?

John H. Gohde

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Nov 20, 2012, 11:07:55 AM11/20/12
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On Nov 20, 10:49 am, "pill popper" wrote:
> One wonders if this extra attention to the safety of one part of the
> alternative drug industry will shine a spotlight on other parts?


alternative drug industry?

There is no such animal.

The primary treatment method of conventional medicine is "drugs"
whether they are a standard prescription medication or a so called
alternative drug industry drug.

In Europe, surgeons use surgery as their primary treatment method and
are separated from physicians.

Of course, oncologists use chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and
surgery as their treatment methods.

conklin

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Nov 20, 2012, 11:12:11 AM11/20/12
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<pill popper> wrote in message
news:50aba66e$0$12889$1c46...@news.club.cc.cmu.edu...
>
> One wonders if this extra attention to the safety of one part of the
> alternative drug industry will shine a spotlight on other parts?

Another free enterprise success story?


"pill popper"

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Nov 20, 2012, 1:21:37 PM11/20/12
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> One wonders if this extra attention to the safety of one part of the
> alternative drug industry will shine a spotlight on other parts?


"alternative drug industry?

There is no such animal."

Sometimes it is an animal, or part or extract of the critter thereof the
industry produces.

A drug is some substance used as an external application to affect some
biological process in the body.

The alternative medical establishment often includes same in their
practices.

Those who produce these drugs are properly called an industry.

The compounding pharmicies often see themselves as a part of this industry
by producing alternative drugs.

John H. Gohde

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Nov 20, 2012, 5:42:10 PM11/20/12
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YOU are properly called a Moron. :)

Just thought that you might want to know.

John H. Gohde

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Nov 21, 2012, 6:33:01 AM11/21/12
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Meningitis/Steroid Toll Now 34 Dead

490 people have been sickened, CDC says

http://tinyurl.com/bhnlh9r

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What a joyous way to bring in the Thanksgiving Holiday in the States?
The latest victim was a student in Tennessee. Let us all give thanks
for the opportunity for the conventional medicine Quacks to kill us
all with their Heroic Medicine.

Have any of these victims ever gotten off their butts, and exercised?

Have they even taken the lazy way out, and simply stretched or engaged
in yoga, each morning?

Are they even sleeping at night on a good mattress, that provides lots
of back support?

Exactly, what is wrong with effective Chiropractic treatment for back
pain?

Conventional Medicine is a colossal scam that had been proven in this
article, NOT to work.

Conventional medical treatment with a death rate of 7% is a proven
failure. How many cures? Why ZERO, of course! Notice how the numbers
keep on climbing, long past the alleged 42 day figure that was
provided by the inept CDC? Big Pharma cures nothing. It makes mega
bucks by treating symptoms, which in turn creates lifelong
dependencies.

When inept conventional medicine screws you up, who ends up paying for
it? Why the poor SAP who bought into the lies of conventional medicine
hook, line, and sinker does. Medicine has absolutely no financial
incentive to cure, anyone. You die, medicine wins. You hang onto
life as a drug dependent financial slave, medicine wins. But, if you
were to get cured in a few days, for next to nothing, then medicine
clearly loses.

The longest duration from the time of injection to the onset of
symptoms in the current outbreak is 42 days, according to the CDC's
Dr. Benjamin Park. How many certified deaths within 45 days of popping
a vitamin D pill?
-----

TUESDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The ongoing meningitis outbreak
tied to tainted steroid injections has reached 490 cases, and another
person has died, bringing the total fatalities to 34, the U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.

The contaminated injections have been traced to a specialty pharmacy
in Massachusetts, the New England Compounding Center, which ceased
operations after the start of the outbreak early last month.

Compounding pharmacies combine, mix or alter ingredients to create
drugs to meet the specific needs of individual patients. Such custom-
made drugs may include a smaller dose, for example, or the removal of
an ingredient that might trigger an allergy in a patient, according to
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

These specialty pharmacies aren't subject to the same FDA oversight as
regular drug manufacturers. Some members of Congress are calling for
greater FDA regulation of these businesses.

The owner of the New England Compounding Center refused last Wednesday
to testify before a House of Representatives committee investigating
the steroid/meningitis outbreak.

After a series of questions from members of the House Energy and
Commerce Committee, Barry Cadden, co-founder of the New England
Compounding Center, said: "Under advice of counsel, I respectfully
decline to answer under basis of my constitutional rights and
privileges, including the Fifth Amendment," the Associated Press
reported.

Meningitis is inflammation of the membranes that surround the brain
and spinal cord. The steroid injections were used on patients
complaining of back or joint pain.

Last month, FDA investigators who toured the New England Compounding
Center's Framingham plant found foreign, "greenish-black" material in
some vials of the injectable steroid suspected as the cause of the
illnesses, federal health officials said. The contaminated product was
one of a host of potential violations discovered during the recent
inspection, the officials said.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday had the
following state-by-state breakdown of cases: Florida: 24 cases,
including 3 deaths; Georgia, 1 case; Idaho, 1 case; Illinois, 2 cases;
Indiana: 55 cases, including 5 deaths; Maryland: 23 cases, including 1
death; Michigan: 164 cases, including 9 deaths; Minnesota: 13 cases;
New Hampshire: 13 cases; New Jersey: 33 cases; New York: 1 case; North
Carolina: 3 cases, including 1 death; Ohio: 18 cases; Pennsylvania: 1
case; Rhode Island: 3 cases; South Carolina: 1 case; Tennessee: 82
cases, including 13 deaths; Texas: 2 cases; Virginia: 50 cases,
including 2 deaths.

Twelve of the 490 cases involve what the CDC calls "peripheral joint

"pill popper"

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Nov 21, 2012, 10:16:09 AM11/21/12
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Yup, just goes to show that the alternative drug industry bears concern for
oversight.

John H. Gohde

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Nov 21, 2012, 11:52:37 AM11/21/12
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On Nov 21, 10:16 am, "pill popper" wrote:
> Yup, just goes to show that the alternative drug industry bears concern for
> oversight.


Herman Rubin

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Nov 21, 2012, 4:07:20 PM11/21/12
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Would we ever have had medicines if not for free enterprise?
Or even medicine?


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are those of the Statistics Department or of Purdue University.
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hru...@stat.purdue.edu Phone: (765)494-6054 FAX: (765)494-0558

Herman Rubin

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Nov 21, 2012, 4:12:57 PM11/21/12
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It used to be that most pharmacies compounded drugs for quite a
few situations. Few of them do that now. It used to be that one
OTC drug advertised that it was compunded, "like a doctor's
prescription". This is not often the case now, but it was then.

John H. Gohde

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Nov 27, 2012, 8:15:28 AM11/27/12
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Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak - Current Case Count

http://tinyurl.com/8lpnype

-----
Clearly the CDC is either inept, or lying through their teeth. Their
own data shows that case counts continue to grow. And, victims keep
on dropping dead. The CDC's B/S about the longest duration from the
time of injection to the onset of symptoms in the current outbreak
being 42 days was total Science Psycho Bullshit.

Have any of these victims ever gotten off their butts, and exercised?

Have they even taken the lazy way out, and simply stretched or engaged
in yoga, each morning?

Are they even sleeping at night on a good mattress, that provides lots
of back support?

Exactly, what is wrong with effective Chiropractic treatment for back
pain?

Conventional medical treatment with a death rate of 7% is a proven
failure. How many cures? Why ZERO, of course! Big Pharma cures
nothing. It makes mega bucks by treating symptoms, which in turn
creates lifelong dependencies.

When inept conventional medicine screws you up, who ends up paying for
it? Why the poor SAP who bought into the lies of conventional medicine
hook, line, and sinker does. Medicine has absolutely no financial
incentive to cure, anyone. You die, medicine wins. You hang onto
life as a drug dependent financial slave, medicine wins. But, if you
were to get cured in a few days, for next to nothing, then medicine
clearly loses.

The longest duration from the time of injection to the onset of
symptoms in the current outbreak is 42 days, according to the CDC's
Dr. Benjamin Park. How many certified deaths within 45 days of popping
a vitamin D pill?
-----

Cases with Fungal Infections Linked to Steroid Injections

Table by State
State Total Case Counts
Peripheral Joint Infections Deaths
TOTALS 510* 14 36

Florida (FL) 24 0 3
Georgia (GA) 1 0 0
Idaho (ID) 1 0 0
Illinois (IL) 2 0 0
Indiana (IN) 57 0 6
Maryland (MD) 23 0 1
Michigan (MI) 178 10 10
Minnesota (MN) 13 0 0
North Carolina (NC) 3 0 1
New Hampshire (NH) 13 4 0
New Jersey (NJ) 34 0 0
New York (NY) 1 0 0
Ohio (OH) 18 0 0
Pennsylvania (PA) 1 0 0
Rhode Island (RI) 3 0 0
South Carolina (SC) 1 0 0
Tennessee (TN) 84 0 13
Texas (TX) 2 0 0
Virginia (VA) 51 0 2

*496 cases of fungal meningitis, stroke due to presumed fungal
meningitis, or other central nervous system-related infection meeting
the outbreak case definition, plus 14 peripheral joint infections
(e.g., knee, hip, shoulder, elbow). No deaths have been associated
with peripheral joint infections.

Case counts by state are based on the state where the procedure was
performed, not the state of residence.

"pill popper"

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Nov 27, 2012, 11:26:06 AM11/27/12
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"The longest duration from the time of injection to the onset of symptoms
in the current outbreak is 42 days, according to the CDC's Dr. Benjamin
Park. How many certified deaths within 45 days of popping a vitamin D
pill?"

How many people died when having the shot with the vit. d pill also and
within what period?

How many people continued to have back pain with the vit. d pill alone?

If the vit. d pill is contaminated with the same fungus does it cause death
also?

How many leading red herring questions can one invent in just 1 minute?

John H. Gohde

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Nov 27, 2012, 1:21:46 PM11/27/12
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On Nov 27, 11:45 am, "pill popper" wrote:
> "The longest duration from the time of injection to the onset of symptoms
> in the current outbreak is 42 days, according to the CDC's Dr. Benjamin
> Park. How many certified deaths within 45 days of popping a vitamin D
> pill?"
>
> How many people died when having the shot with the vit. d pill also and
> within what period?

ZERO!

> How many people continued  to have back pain with the vit. d pill alone?

ZERO!

> If the vit. d pill is contaminated with the same fungus does it cause death
> also?

No problem'o for your Gut - The Seat of the Immune System.

http://tinyurl.com/d4246xx

> How many leading red herring questions can one invent in just 1 minute?

60!

Thanks for caring! :)

"pill popper"

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Nov 27, 2012, 2:59:03 PM11/27/12
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> "The longest duration from the time of injection to the onset of symptoms
> in the current outbreak is 42 days, according to the CDC's Dr. Benjamin
> Park. How many certified deaths within 45 days of popping a vitamin D
> pill?"
>
> How many people died when having the shot with the vit. d pill also and
> within what period?

"ZERO!"

> How many people continued =A0to have back pain with the vit. d pill
alone=
?

"ZERO!"

> If the vit. d pill is contaminated with the same fungus does it cause
dea=
th
> also?

"No problem'o for your Gut - The Seat of the Immune System."

The above answers should be reserved for the spring of the year, about the
first of april. But of such from thin air quackery is born.

Tinyurl troll/spam trap snipped. The author brags about how much money he
makes when he enduces people to click through on links there.

If there is some info to share it can be don in the ng.

> How many leading red herring questions can one invent in just 1 minute?

"60!"

I don't think so, but we have seen quite a smelly pile of them
nonetheless.

John H. Gohde

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Nov 27, 2012, 6:12:38 PM11/27/12
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Now, don't go trying those brain farts on us again.

John H. Gohde

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Dec 19, 2012, 8:00:11 AM12/19/12
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Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak - Current Case Count

http://www.cdc.gov/hai/outbreaks/meningitis-map.html

http://tinyurl.com/8lpnype

-----

NEWSFLASH: I have NOT forgotten about this story, Dumb Dumb. :)
Cases and Deaths with Fungal Infections Linked to Steroid Injections

State Total Case Counts Meningitis (with or without other infection)*
Stroke without Lumbar Puncture only Paraspinal/Spinal Infection only
Peripheral Joint Infection only Paraspinal/Spinal + Peripheral Joint
Infection Deaths

TOTALS 620 367 8 218 26 1 39
Florida (FL) 25 20 3 2 0 0 3
Georgia (GA) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho (ID) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Illinois (IL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana (IN) 68 47 1 20 0 0 7
Maryland (MD) 25 24 0 1 0 0 2
Michigan (MI) 223 64 1 137 20 1 10
Minnesota (MN) 12 10 0 2 0 0 0
North Carolina (NC) 5 3 0 2 0 0 1
New Hampshire (NH) 13 9 0 0 4 0 0
New Jersey (NJ) 43 39 0 4 0 0 0
New York (NY) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ohio (OH) 19 16 0 3 0 0 0
Pennsylvania (PA) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island (RI) 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
South Carolina (SC) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Tennessee (TN) 124 76 3 43 2 0 14
Texas (TX) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia (VA) 51 49 0 2 0 0 2

"pill popper"

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Dec 19, 2012, 9:43:28 AM12/19/12
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Yup, all the more reason for closer regulation of the alternative drug
business.

John H. Gohde

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Dec 19, 2012, 5:14:19 PM12/19/12
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On Dec 19, 9:43 am, "pill popper" wrote:
> Yup, all the more reason for closer regulation of the alternative drug
> business.


"pill popper"

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Dec 19, 2012, 5:22:03 PM12/19/12
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> Yup, all the more reason for closer regulation of the alternative drug
> business.


"There is no such animal."

Really, then who makes that 28 billion a year selling supplement like
products?

John H. Gohde

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Dec 19, 2012, 10:07:46 PM12/19/12
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Sorry, but Xfactor VOTING is more important than your B/S.

John H. Gohde

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Jan 15, 2013, 6:37:07 AM1/15/13
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Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Investigation

http://www.cdc.gov/hai/outbreaks/meningitis-map-large.html

http://tinyurl.com/a23yw3x

Persons with Fungal Infections Linked to Epidural Steroid Injections,
by State

JANUARY 14, 2013 4:30 PM EST

CDC continues to receive reports of patients presenting with
paraspinal/spinal infections (e.g., epidural abscess, phlegmon,
discitis, vertebral osteomyelitis, or arachnoiditis at or near the
site of injection). These syndromes have occurred in patients with and
without evidence of fungal meningitis.

Because these infections are distinct from meningitis and joint
infections, CDC will report case counts, as below, to better describe
types of infections being identified in patients exposed to a
preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) injection, with
preservative-free MPA that definitely or likely came from one of the
following three lots produced by the New England Compounding Center
(NECC) [05212012@68, 06292012@26, 08102012@51].

Cases and Deaths with Fungal Infections Linked to Steroid Injections
State Total Case Count Meningitis Only Meningitis + Paraspinal/Spinal
Infection Stroke w/out Lumbar Puncture Only Paraspinal/Spinal
Infection only Peripheral Joint Infection Only Paraspinal/Spinal
Infectino + Peripheral Joint Infection Deaths

GRAND TOTAL 678 258 117 6 268 28 1 44

Florida (FL) 25 22 1 1 1 0 0 3
Georgia (GA) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho (ID) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illinois (IL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana (IN) 73 39 7 1 26 0 0 9
Maryland (MD) 25 24 0 0 1 0 0 2
Michigan (MI) 238 25 39 1 151 21 1 12
Minnesota (MN) 12 10 0 0 2 0 0 1
North Carolina (NC) 17 2 2 0 12 1 0 1
New Hampshire (NH) 13 9 0 0 0 4 0 0
New Jersey (NJ) 46 35 6 0 5 0 0 0
New York (NY) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ohio (OH) 19 14 2 0 3 0 0 0
Pennsylvania (PA) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island (RI) 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
South Carolina (SC) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tennessee (TN) 145 23 55 3 62 2 0 14
Texas (TX) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia (VA) 52 46 4 0 2 0 0 2

John H. Gohde

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Jan 15, 2013, 6:43:35 AM1/15/13
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NEWSFLASH: I have NOT forgotten about this story, people. :)

Conventional medicine is a death industry. :(

Clearly the CDC is either inept, or lying through their teeth. Their
own data shows that case counts continue to grow. And, victims keep
on dropping dead. The CDC's B/S about the longest duration from the
time of injection to the onset of symptoms in the current outbreak
being 42 days was total Science Psycho B/S.

Have any of these victims ever gotten off their butts, and exercised?

Have they even taken the lazy way out, and simply stretched or engaged
in yoga, each morning?

Are they even sleeping at night on a good mattress, that provides lots
of back support?

Exactly, what is wrong with effective Chiropractic treatment for back
pain?

Conventional medical treatment with a death rate of 6.5% is a proven

John H. Gohde

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Jan 29, 2013, 6:55:19 AM1/29/13
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Multi-State Meningitis Outbreak - Current Case Count

Persons with Fungal Infections Linked to Steroid Injections, by State


http://www.cdc.gov/hai/outbreaks/meningitis-map-large.html

http://tinyurl.com/a23yw3x

CDC continues to receive reports of patients presenting with
paraspinal/spinal infections (e.g., epidural abscess, phlegmon,
discitis, vertebral osteomyelitis, or arachnoiditis at or near the
site of injection). These syndromes have occurred in patients with and
without evidence of fungal meningitis.

Because these infections are distinct from meningitis and joint
infections, CDC will report case counts, as below, to better describe
types of infections being identified in patients exposed to a
preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) injection, with
preservative-free MPA that definitely or likely came from one of the
following three lots produced by the New England Compounding Center
(NECC).

Cases and Deaths with Fungal Infections Linked to Steroid Injections
State Total Case Count Meningitis Only Meningitis + Paraspinal/Spinal
Infection Stroke w/out Lumbar Puncture Only Paraspinal/Spinal
Infection only Peripheral Joint Infection Only Paraspinal/Spinal
Infection + Peripheral Joint Infection Deaths

TOTAL 693 249 128 6 278 31 1 45*

Florida (FL) 25 22 1 1 1 0 0 3
Georgia (GA) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho (ID) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illinois (IL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana (IN) 77 34 12 1 30 0 0 10
Maryland (MD) 25 24 0 0 1 0 0 2
Michigan (MI) 243 24 41 1 154 22 1 12
Minnesota (MN) 12 10 0 0 2 0 0 1
North Carolina (NC) 17 2 2 0 12 1 0 1
New Hampshire (NH) 14 9 0 0 0 5 0 0
New Jersey (NJ) 48 35 6 0 6 1 0 0
New York (NY) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ohio (OH) 20 13 3 0 4 0 0 0
Pennsylvania (PA) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island (RI) 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
South Carolina (SC) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tennessee (TN) 147 21 58 3 63 2 0 14
Texas (TX) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia (VA) 52 46 4 0 2 0 0 2


NEWSFLASH: I have NOT forgotten about this story, people. :)

When inept conventional medicine screws you up, who ends up paying for
it? Why the poor SAP who bought into the lies of conventional medicine
hook, line, and sinker does. Medicine has absolutely no financial
incentive to cure, anyone. You die, medicine wins. You hang onto
life as a drug dependent financial slave, medicine wins. But, if you
were to get cured in a few days, for next to nothing, then medicine
clearly loses.

Las Vegas should start taking bets on whether or NOT the death toll
eventually will approach ALL those who were sicken, or whether or NOT
these poor SAPs will be forced to pay $6,000+ a month to stay alive,
indefinitely. Personally, I am betting that their Health Insurance
funding will soon run out. Their insurances companies will balk.
These SAPs will all go broke. Who will be forced to pay for their
Meds?

John H. Gohde

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Multi-State Meningitis Outbreak - Current Case Count

CDC continues to receive reports of patients presenting with
paraspinal/spinal infections (e.g., epidural abscess, phlegmon,
discitis, vertebral osteomyelitis, or arachnoiditis at or near the
site of injection). These syndromes have occurred in patients with and
without evidence of fungal meningitis.

Because these infections are distinct from meningitis and joint
infections, CDC will report case counts, as below, to better describe
types of infections being identified in patients exposed to a
preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) injection, with
preservative-free MPA that definitely or likely came from one of the
following three lots produced by the New England Compounding Center
(NECC) [05212012@68, 06292012@26, 08102012@51].

Cases and Deaths with Fungal Infections Linked to Steroid Injections
State Total Case Count Meningitis Only Meningitis + Paraspinal/Spinal
Infection Stroke w/out Lumbar Puncture Only Paraspinal/Spinal
Infection only Peripheral Joint Infection Only Paraspinal/Spinal
Infection + Peripheral Joint Infection Deaths

TOTAL 704 244 135 6 288 30 1 46*

Florida (FL) 25 22 1 1 1 0 0 3
Georgia (GA) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho (ID) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illinois (IL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana (IN) 81 32 15 1 33 0 0 10
Maryland (MD) 25 24 0 0 1 0 0 2
Michigan (MI) 244 24 41 1 155 22 1 13
Minnesota (MN) 12 10 0 0 2 0 0 1
North Carolina (NC) 17 2 2 0 13 0 0 1
New Hampshire (NH) 14 9 0 0 0 5 0 0
New Jersey (NJ) 48 34 7 0 6 1 0 0
New York (NY) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ohio (OH) 20 13 3 0 4 0 0 0
Pennsylvania (PA) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rhode Island (RI) 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
South Carolina (SC) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Tennessee (TN) 148 21 59 3 63 2 0 14
Texas (TX) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Virginia (VA) 52 44 5 0 3 0 0 2
West Virginia (WV) 5 0 1 0 4 0 0 0

John H. Gohde

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CDC continues to receive reports of patients presenting with
paraspinal/spinal infections (e.g., epidural abscess, phlegmon,
discitis, vertebral osteomyelitis, or arachnoiditis at or near the
site of injection). These syndromes have occurred in patients with and
without evidence of fungal meningitis.

Because these infections are distinct from meningitis and joint
infections, CDC will report case counts, as below, to better describe
types of infections being identified in patients exposed to a
preservative-free methylprednisolone acetate (MPA) injection, with
preservative-free MPA that definitely or likely came from one of the
following three lots produced by the New England Compounding Center
(NECC) [05212012@68, 06292012@26, 08102012@51].

Cases and Deaths with Fungal Infections Linked to Steroid Injections
State Total Case Count Meningitis Only Meningitis + Paraspinal/Spinal
Infection Stroke w/out Lumbar Puncture Only Paraspinal/Spinal
Infection only Peripheral Joint Infection Only Paraspinal/Spinal
Infection + Peripheral Joint Infection Deaths

TOTAL 707 243 136 6 289 31 2 47*

Florida (FL) 25 22 1 1 1 0 0 3
Georgia (GA) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Idaho (ID) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Illinois (IL) 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Indiana (IN) 82 32 15 1 34 0 0 11
Maryland (MD) 25 24 0 0 1 0 0 2
Michigan (MI) 246 23 41 1 155 23 2 13

John H. Gohde

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Mar 8, 2013, 2:53:16 PM3/8/13
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John H. Gohde

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Mar 18, 2013, 5:34:55 AM3/18/13
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Behold! You can spot Death Industries by their fruits.

http://www.cdc.gov/hai/outbreaks/meningitis-map-large.html

http://tinyurl.com/a23yw3x


> Multistate Fungal Meningitis Outbreak Investigation
>

Happy Oyster

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Mar 21, 2013, 7:03:32 AM3/21/13
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On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 02:34:55 -0700 (PDT), "John H. Gohde"
<john.h...@gmail.com> wrote:

>Behold! You can spot Death Industries by their fruits.

And John H. Gohde is their agent.
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Crowd-founding is for money, crowd-publishing is for mankind.

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John H. Gohde

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Mar 27, 2013, 9:47:12 AM3/27/13
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The hands of time moves on! The death rate is once again returning to
7%. When will these health insurance companies balk at paying over
$438,000 a month, just for one medication,

John H. Gohde

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Apr 18, 2013, 10:54:52 AM4/18/13
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John H. Gohde

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John H. Gohde

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May 11, 2013, 5:55:17 AM5/11/13
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Case count grows while total deaths increase by 2.

Now, try to tell me that antibiotics cure erverything. Boy is Taka an
arse for posting his bull!

John H. Gohde

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Jun 4, 2013, 5:53:03 AM6/4/13
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Case count keeps on growing while total death toll jumps by 3.

Now, try to tell me that conventional medicine cures anything.
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