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Student sickened after working with germs
The student fell ill last weekend just days after conducting experiments with meningitis germs, city health officials told The Boston Globe in a story published Friday.
The lab was locked down for investigation and antibiotics dispensed to scientists who worked in the lab and with the student, The Globe reported. The sickened student, who was not publicly identified, was treated and is recovering, the university said.
The university notified city health officials within hours of recognizing the student's illness and his experiments might be linked, said Dr. Anita Barry, a disease investigator for the City of Boston.
If the student's illness proves to be linked to his lab work, the city may require the university to review it's safety procedures, Barry said.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 10/30/2009
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11-04-2009 09:43
John Davis wrote:
Germ Labs
Gee.. That's strange.. I too fell ill this week, Wonder (NOT) if there is any connection?
On a more serious note.. the story is a bit early. The end of the story says "If the illness is connected" but other than
1: He worked with germs
and
2: He got sick
There is no suggestion that 1 leads to 2
I mean. it is flu season after all.
On a more serious note.. the story is a bit early. The end of the story says "If the illness is connected" but other than
1: He worked with germs
and
2: He got sick
There is no suggestion that 1 leads to 2
I mean. it is flu season after all.
11-04-2009 08:10
Howard wrote:
Students and Germs
Isn't anybody willing to take the blame anymore for their own mistakes. A student doing experiments with the germs that infected him, sounds more like the student was careless not the lab.
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