Typhoid = systemic infection with Salmonella typhi: Extremely rare, notifiable bacterial infection. Last lethal case in Australia 1972. Last documented person to person transmission in Australia 1988 – since all one has to do to stop transmission is wash hands before handling food (though I did see a domestically acquired case in a bloke who swam out to nick some oysters from a farm in NSW in 1995). Most commonly acquired in places with inadequate sanitation (like refugee camps, offshore processing facilities and war zones). Most cases fly in as returning tourists, with a smattering in immigrants. Relatively easy to diagnose on blood or stool culture. Easily treated. In other words: exactly the sort of soluble problem that our immigration and health infrastructure is set up to deal with.
Yes yes, FD, facts are all very well (in their place) but what the public needs to know is what Chris Uhlmann et al think of Morro’s expose. We thirst to hear their commentary and predictions. Facts are just facts, nothing more.
If Morro is afraid of infections it may be worth pointing out to him that in the House of Reps he’s proximate to many germs, some more high profile and virulent than others.
What are you thinking, Zut ? Crass Urine should interview another ABC hack and then tell Morrison what to think. See what nonesense happens when Morrison is left unsupervised for too log. Heaven Arbib !
Right Hand Wombat – that’s why I for one come here to the Doggonaut Lounge; Insult education. Why stop with a mere undergrad degree ? I wonder whether one can secure on of those leaky boats. They seem far more bio-safe than the parliamentary dining room.
Dear Mr On the Moon,
I think your arithmetic (or something) is incorrect. The grand total is not 6,122,000 (which would be closer to 27%), but rather 612,200.
More than one quarter of the Australian population would be a completely different cause for concern.
dog says: yeah yeah typo – i fixed it on the website
Wish this was not a subscriber one – I could send it to my friend who bought back Typhoid from her philanthropic trip earlier in the year an then had the gumption to appear on the front of the Herald Sun as on Australia Day as a Wildlife Carer. It’s a Green/NeoCommunistic Plot I tell you!!!!
77 thoughts on “Stop the bacteria and the reasons for bacteria!”
Holden Back
February 28, 2012 at 1:26 pmSphincters are quite nice to have and very useful, actually. More than can be said for some.
rhwombat
February 28, 2012 at 1:50 pmTyphoid = systemic infection with Salmonella typhi: Extremely rare, notifiable bacterial infection. Last lethal case in Australia 1972. Last documented person to person transmission in Australia 1988 – since all one has to do to stop transmission is wash hands before handling food (though I did see a domestically acquired case in a bloke who swam out to nick some oysters from a farm in NSW in 1995). Most commonly acquired in places with inadequate sanitation (like refugee camps, offshore processing facilities and war zones). Most cases fly in as returning tourists, with a smattering in immigrants. Relatively easy to diagnose on blood or stool culture. Easily treated. In other words: exactly the sort of soluble problem that our immigration and health infrastructure is set up to deal with.
Scott Morrison= a cestode in search of a host.
zut alors
February 28, 2012 at 1:53 pmYes yes, FD, facts are all very well (in their place) but what the public needs to know is what Chris Uhlmann et al think of Morro’s expose. We thirst to hear their commentary and predictions. Facts are just facts, nothing more.
If Morro is afraid of infections it may be worth pointing out to him that in the House of Reps he’s proximate to many germs, some more high profile and virulent than others.
Mike Jones
February 28, 2012 at 2:14 pmWhat are you thinking, Zut ? Crass Urine should interview another ABC hack and then tell Morrison what to think. See what nonesense happens when Morrison is left unsupervised for too log. Heaven Arbib !
Right Hand Wombat – that’s why I for one come here to the Doggonaut Lounge; Insult education. Why stop with a mere undergrad degree ? I wonder whether one can secure on of those leaky boats. They seem far more bio-safe than the parliamentary dining room.
sleve
February 28, 2012 at 2:35 pmDear Mr On the Moon,
I think your arithmetic (or something) is incorrect. The grand total is not 6,122,000 (which would be closer to 27%), but rather 612,200.
More than one quarter of the Australian population would be a completely different cause for concern.
dog says: yeah yeah typo – i fixed it on the website
LJG..............
February 28, 2012 at 2:47 pmWish this was not a subscriber one – I could send it to my friend who bought back Typhoid from her philanthropic trip earlier in the year an then had the gumption to appear on the front of the Herald Sun as on Australia Day as a Wildlife Carer. It’s a Green/NeoCommunistic Plot I tell you!!!!
The Pav
February 28, 2012 at 2:49 pmI think the killer line is
“First Dog presents actual facts.Just like a real journalist”
All I can say it’s a pity the real journalists aren’t more like FD
You reading this Bernard!
Down and Out of Sài Gòn
February 28, 2012 at 2:57 pmFirst Dog is practicing actual journalism, which is quite nice. But it’s not meant to be his job, but that of actual reporters.
Why can’t more journos be like First Dog?
Omar Khayyam
February 28, 2012 at 3:05 pm“spokesphincter” not only funny but oh so accurate.
Brilliant Mr OnTheMoon
Anna Gifford
February 28, 2012 at 3:07 pmLovely to see that not only is FirstDog practising journalism, he’s embracing the new medium of infographics too!