You can probably blame that model of medical example Peak Practice.
quote - one GP to another "you don't know this thing like I do" - discussing
meningococcal meningitis!
John Clegg,
Nailsea, Bristol, England [log in to unmask]
Homepage at http://web.ukonline.co.uk/john.clegg
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" - JW
Lennon
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Gallagher <[log in to unmask]>
To: none <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 18 January 1998 16:30
Subject: Flat Earthers
>People once had a irrational fear of falling off the end of earth.
>People have become more sophisticated (arguable) but only the fears have
>changed. I got 10 calls this weekend worried specifically about
>Meningococcal Meningitis. Some are pressing flesh with glass slides and
>performing 24hr vigils on children. There is no outbreak in this area.
>
>Although the media are doing a good job of heightening awareness of this
>pernicious condition I fear they are making a less ideal job of keeping
>the condition in perspective. But then that doesn't make good copy.
>One health correspondent in one of our broadsheets stated. " Meningitis
>is carried at the back of the throat of a lot of people"
>I have seen one case of bacterial meningitis in 10 years. Is this
>unusually small number of cases?
>
>
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