LAB TECH PURPOSEFULLY infected THOUSANDS with HEPATITIS C

Did the media make this front page/top of the hour news?

Nope.

This is some scary shiitake.


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Testing has already been recommended for about 4700 people in New Hampshire alone. Officials are still determining who should be tested elsewhere.

He worked at four hospitals in Maryland including Johns Hopkins, Maryland General, Baltimore Veterans, and Southern Maryland.

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Man accused in hepatitis C outbreak was fired from Arizona hospital

Kwiatkowski, 33, also worked as a traveling medical technician on a contract basis for hospitals in Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania in the past five years, hospitals and health officials in those states said.

They are trying to get the hundreds or thousands of patients who may have come in contact with him to be tested for the disease.

Hepatitis C is considered to be among the most serious of hepatitis viruses. It is typically asymptomatic, going undetected until liver damage shows up, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Institutions say they are calling former patients and offering free testing, and that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is helping state health officers and hospitals tackle the problem.

[link to www.cnn.com]