South Africa's TB-Infected Saliva Trade is Booming

Posted by samzenpus on Friday September 18, 2009 @05:42AM from the second-hand-needles dept.

How do you know when your country is in dire straits? Having a booming trade in TB-infected saliva might be a good indicator. TB sufferers in Cape Town, South Africa are selling samples of their sputum to healthy people to pass off as their own in a scam to gain medical grants. John Heinrich, chief executive of the SA National Tuberculosis Association, said, "It is definitely happening. People are trying to get a grant by pretending to be TB positive. Instead of handing their own sputum in, they buy it from people who have TB-positive sputum."

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Comment removed by account_deleted · 2009-09-22 07:01 · Score: 3, Funny

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Re:What? by spun · 2009-09-23 06:33 · Score: 2, Funny

Read at -1 if you are confused by a response that seems to be a nonsequiter.

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Re:What? by spun · 2009-09-25 05:00 · Score: 2, Funny

Thanks for the info. Sheesh. Probably doesn't even have an emotion chip, so it can't even feel gratitude for my help.

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