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electriclandNo, I haven't let this story go yet. More news on the train quarantine and I am chuckling over this:
a) I do not think he said what you thought he said.
b) He probably said "afebrile", which (knowing doctors as I do) is exactly what I would expect a doctor to say to a reporter without much health background instead of, oh, "she doesn't have a fever."
c) Yeah, that could be Word's fault or a copy editor's fault. I don't care. It's still funny.
The elderly female who was transferred to a Timmins hospital is doing much better, [Dr. Donald] Low [microbiologist-in-chief at Mt. Sinai and one of the go-to guys for infectious disease outbreaks] added.I am chuckling because:
"She's fine," he said. "She's a febrile." Everything worked as it should in the time of a potential health disaster, said Low.
a) I do not think he said what you thought he said.
b) He probably said "afebrile", which (knowing doctors as I do) is exactly what I would expect a doctor to say to a reporter without much health background instead of, oh, "she doesn't have a fever."
c) Yeah, that could be Word's fault or a copy editor's fault. I don't care. It's still funny.
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Date: 2008-05-09 11:41 pm (UTC)And I want to write a novel with you. Care to play in my playground?