I often look at "Landline" on ABC TV. My goodness,the folk in the outback with cattle and dust about have to keep checking their health with this Q fever about. There have been two federally funded studies,but never again. Email the Feds to do another study/review and show some care for our outback folks.
And apparently we do NOT "lyme" disease in Australia even though there have been several people infected! This Government is so complacent,it's unreal. The next review on the cards
is only about polly perks!
Santa said
03:29 PM Aug 3, 2015
Several people infected out of a population of over 23 million hardly constitutes an epidemic.
There is a vaccine available for Q fever, as with childhood immunization, some at risk people simply refuse to use it.
Some people want to blame the government for everything from climate change to whooping cough.
jules47 said
05:03 PM Aug 3, 2015
A member on this forum, Beehive, was going to be travelling with her caravan, promoting and letting people know about Lyme disease. Not sure if she is travelling, last time we were in her home town, about a month ago, her van was in the paddock near where she lives.
villatranquilla said
09:45 PM Sep 1, 2015
we spent 2 mths on a cattle property in QLD in 2012 where both husband and wife were recovering from Q fever. 3 weeks after leaving and staying with friends at Warragul Vic. Barry was unwell with a severe headache and light sensitivity - took him to A+E at the local hospital where they thought he had meningitis despite me suggesting it might be Q fever. No-one knew anything about Q fever as it is rare in Victoria and often does not show up in initial blood tests. After several days in hospital a subsequent blood test 2 weeks later confirmed it was Q fever. This was followed a month later by shingles which I'm sure was as a result of his immune system being effected by the Q fever.
The unfortunate thing was that prior to going to the property he asked a local Dr. about immunisation and was told it's too complicated a process as blood tests are needed prior to immunisation and that he was unlikely to contract it.
Happywanderer said
10:00 PM Sep 1, 2015
My son Stephen contracted Q Fever quite a few years ago. As a truck driver, at the time he was carting offal, blood and guts. Ended up in Echuca hospital very sick.
I often look at "Landline" on ABC TV. My goodness,the folk in the outback with cattle and dust about have to keep checking their health with this Q fever about. There have been two federally funded studies,but never again. Email the Feds to do another study/review and show some care for our outback folks.
And apparently we do NOT "lyme" disease in Australia even though there have been several people infected! This Government is so complacent,it's unreal. The next review on the cards
is only about polly perks!
Several people infected out of a population of over 23 million hardly constitutes an epidemic.
There is a vaccine available for Q fever, as with childhood immunization, some at risk people simply refuse to use it.
Some people want to blame the government for everything from climate change to whooping cough.
The unfortunate thing was that prior to going to the property he asked a local Dr. about immunisation and was told it's too complicated a process as blood tests are needed prior to immunisation and that he was unlikely to contract it.
My son Stephen contracted Q Fever quite a few years ago. As a truck driver, at the time he was carting offal, blood and guts. Ended up in Echuca hospital very sick.