An Update on Patrick Volkerding

Noryungi writes "Patrick Volkerding, the maintainer of Slackware Linux has posted an update on his health problems on the ChangeLog of Slackware-Current. Unfortunately, it seems his health is getting worse and not better... Again, if you know some specialist in viral infections, contact Patrick ASAP. Hang in there, Pat!" Our original story.

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Re:Bacterial, not viral

[euthman]

Medical laboratories do not "routinely ignore mouth bacteria in samples." Bacterial endocarditis is diagnosed by blood culture, and any bacterium that grows in a blood culture is dutifully reported to the doctor.

The only time we don't report out normal mouth bacteria is when we are working with a specimen from, uh, the mouth.