New patch could protect travelers from diarrhea (Christi Meyers, KTRK-13 News)
“This band aid looking thing goes on your arm,” explained Dr. Herbert DuPont, Director of the UT Center for Infectious Diseases.
Dr. DuPont is a world expert on diarrhea. He has tested 20 medicines and vaccines against diarrhea. His international study showed the vaccine patch prevented diarrhea 75% of the time. And the 25% who still got sick, had a much shorter and milder illness. Here’s how it works.
I think that is the first time I have ever seen anyone described as a “world expert on diarrhea.”
It’s good to know there are experts, though.
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I dunno, Ethan. I might need a few more reasons. Who doesn’t like being doubled over with cramps? It’s fun.
I’m having a little bit of trouble with the rubbing-skin-with-steel-wool aspect of the prevention.
Eat MREs (the military "Meals-Ready to Eat", not "Meals Rejected by Ethiopians") for three meals a day for a couple of days, and your diarrhea will cease.
The R Man
My favorite line from that story:
"Here’s one more reason avoid diarrhea."
Does anybody need more than one?
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