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2006-01-28 International-UN-NGOs

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Posted by Anonymoose 2006-01-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I remember sitting in the Abecorn restaraunt (well known for a terrorist bombing shortly afterwards) in Belfast in 1972. A man at the next table kept making a slight cough. The Irish girl with me, told me it was what they called the 'polite disease' = TB.

I'm no fan of BG, but kudos to him for helping tackle this scourge.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-01-28 05:12|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-01-28 05:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Somebody at the CIA should start the rumor that the vaccine is made from pigs' blood.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-28 08:57|| 2006-01-28 08:57|| Front Page Top

#3 No Nimble, let's not do that.

TB is one of the world's biggest killers, right up there with malaria and typhus. Anything we can do to control TB rebounds to our benefit. If Bill Gates wants to spend on money on this, great, he's the kind of guy who will make people accountable.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-01-28 12:54|| 2006-01-28 12:54|| Front Page Top

#4 That's what we're going to do before this war is over. The sooner we start, the sooner the war is over.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2006-01-28 13:53|| 2006-01-28 13:53|| Front Page Top

#5 antibiotic-resistant TB is one of the gifts from Mexican and Central American Illegals....remember that

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-01-28 13:59|| 2006-01-28 13:59|| Front Page Top

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