Hepatitis C Support Group
Hepatitis C is a blood-borne viral disease which can cause liver inflammation, fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer. The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is spread by blood-to-blood contact with an infected person's blood. Many people with HCV infection have no symptoms and are unaware of the need to seek treatment. Hepatitis C infects an estimated 150-200 million people worldwide.
http://www.heathersveterans.org/hepatitis.htm
deleted_user
i think that info is a little outdated. the va has been ordered by congress to treat all vets with hepc and it has been funded. the worst risk factor i remember from the military was in basic training when everyone had their first haircut. since the military traditionally hates long haired hippie types, they went out of their way to skin our heads to 1/16th of an inch. blood was drawn from nearly every trainee with those hot, filthy clippers. ive written to the dod and army times about this but you know, the military tramples everything underfoot..
dragonars
how about those shots with the air guns blow a hole in your arm
deleted_user
i never really suspected the airguns, dragon. as i remember they did press them against the flesh tho. i always suspected bunkassed experimental hepatitis vaccinations given to soldiers. the military has always been at the forefront of hep study because of the cramped and unsanitary conditions that soldiers are exposed to. in wwii, 10,000 soldiers fell ill in an outbreak of hepatitis caused by the armys vaccination experimentation.
deleted_user
THAT was interesting!
dillytime
yea i was in an elementary school once about 6 yrs old we just all walked by w/our sleeves up..and they shot us w/those air guns...1969,,same year the eagle landed.....
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