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  • May. 9th, 2008 at 5:02 PM
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No, I haven't let this story go yet. More news on the train quarantine and I am chuckling over this:
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.

"She's fine," he said. "She's a febrile." Everything worked as it should in the time of a potential health disaster, said Low.
I am chuckling because:

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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[info]life_on_queen wrote:
May. 9th, 2008 11:41 pm (UTC)
I love you, you utter medico-nerd. *hugs*

And I want to write a novel with you. Care to play in my playground?
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