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Pam
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Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 6:59 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

http://www.wxyz.com/wxyz/nw_lo cal_news/article/0,2132,WXYZ_1 5924_5005170,00.html
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Hamtramck_steve
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Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 8:43 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Sloppy reporting kills me.

They didn't "test positive for TB". The skin test only shows whether the person has been exposed to TB; it does not prove that they are infected. In fact, chest x-rays showed that 5 of the 6 were not infected.
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Pam
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Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 9:13 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Does exposure automatically lead to infection? Sounds like AT&T wasn't doing a good job of informing their workers either. They had the union rep on TV and he said the employees were scared.
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Goat
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Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 9:22 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

No it does not.
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Itsjeff
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Posted on Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 9:26 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

They had the union rep on TV and he said the employees were scared.

He was talking about Vonage.

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