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irisblue

(35,953 posts) Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:17 PM Aug 26

Yes the parent massively f-ed up.
Enlarge the image & read the 1984 article.

Link to tweet

://x.com/jtrebach/status/1960451407691309283

I am very very sure transportation of cultures have been changed

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Kids do dumb stuff or how a kid got throat gonorrhea-from twitter (Original Post) irisblue Aug 26 OP

Article is from New England Journal of Medicine BTW irisblue Aug 26 #1

Yikes! ProfessorGAC Aug 26 #2

It was the 80s. irisblue Aug 26 #3

I Worked With Microbiologists In The 80s ProfessorGAC Aug 26 #4

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1. Article is from New England Journal of Medicine BTW

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:19 PM

Aug 26

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2. Yikes!

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:24 PM

Aug 26

What the heck is mom doing leaving plated pathogens where a 3 year old can get to it?

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3. It was the 80s.

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:39 PM

Aug 26

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4. I Worked With Microbiologists In The 80s

Tue Aug 26, 2025, 06:43 PM

Aug 26

The time-frame has nothing to do with my question.
People knew what not to do with pathogens in the 80s.