Resistant Bacterial Infection Outbreak At California Hospital

puddingebola writes From the article: "A potentially deadly "superbug" resistant to antibiotics has infected seven patients, including two who died, and more than 160 others were exposed at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center through contaminated medical instruments, the hospital revealed. The drug-resistant superbug known as CRE was likely transmitted to the Los Angeles patients by contaminated medical scopes during endoscopic procedures that took place between October 2014 and January 2015, a university statement said. " UCLA says the infections occurred via contaminated endoscopes that were sterilized according to the manufacturer's specifications. (Note: beware autoplaying video ad; adjust your volume accordingly.)

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He Was The Disease

[JimSadler]

Ronald Reagan was the master virus who infected the nation with pseudo conservative, irrational bullshit including trickle down economics. He created a nation filled with looney tune militias and Ayn Rand gobbling sociotards who remain the greatest enemy of freedom and prosperity ever seen on this planet. We wonder how we have come to an era of terrorism when Ayn Rand makes a hero out of an architect who bombs a building when he feels it no longer represents his sense of art even though he does not own the building. And the right wing just gobbles it up much like a hog eating cow dung.

Re:He Was The Disease

[umghhh]

I seriously doubt that he had anything to do with freeing me from tyranny. These were my fellow citizens who kicked the collective ass of communist party plus communist parties themselves by running their economies to the ground and seeing everything as danger to communist ideals thus suffocating all non-governemnt initiated activity except resistance. He happened to be just at the right spot to take the glory.
US were sick when he took office. I am not sure they recovered all that much unless of course you take that the status of US finances is perfect.

This is a bit OT but still. I saw a documentary about him not long time ago where they said that although he was a right wing anticommunist radical there were only 3 'marines sending events' at his watch - the smallest number since WWII. No wonder nobody likes US and US embassies have to look like fortresses. But hey this was apparently not his fault!