Lady Lee thanks for posting the definition.clrealy for everyones knowldege and benefit
Are JW"S coerced to refuse blood transfusions?
by fearnotruth22 35 Replies latest watchtower medical
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Lady Lee
a lot of people seem to think the word coerce means something more physical. But from the definition is doesn't have to be physical at all.
BTW I didn't add what is in the << >> Those were part of the definition - I thought it was rather interesting though
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fearnotruth22
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LONDON, England (AP) -- The British government reported on Wednesday a patient died of the human form of mad cow disease after a blood transfusion from an infected donor -- the first time such a connection has been reported.Blood donor, recipient die of mad cow disease
Wednesday, December 17, 2003 Posted: 1836 GMT ( 2:36 AM HKT)
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? Health Library YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Blood transfusion Mad cow disease Great Britain United States or Create your own Manage alerts | What is this? THE HUMAN LINK - Mad cow disease was first reported in the United Kingdom in 1986, peaking in 1993 with almost 1,000 new cases per week.
- In 1996, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) was detected in humans and linked to the mad cow epidemic. Eating contaminated meat and cattle products is presumed to be the cause.
- Both are fatal brain diseases with unusually long incubation periods, often lasting years.
- To date, no case of mad cow disease has been identified in the United States.
Source: CDCHealth Secretary John Reid told Parliament it was not possible to determine whether the transfusion recipient contracted the fatal brain-wasting illness through the blood transfer or whether the two people were independently infected. He said, however, it was the first report supporting the idea that the disease might be transmitted through blood transfusions.
Experts have long suspected that the disease might be spread through blood transfusions and have put in place additional precautions should that prove true.
The transfusion reported Wednesday occurred in 1996, one year before Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) safeguards were applied to the blood supply in Britain, where nearly all variant CJD cases have developed. All blood products for use in operations in Britain are now imported from the United States, where there have been no reported cases of human mad cow disease.
The donor had shown no signs of variant CJD when giving blood in March 1996, but developed the disease three years later, dying the same year from the condition, Reid said.
The recipient of the blood transfusion died this autumn and a post mortem confirmed variant CJD.
"It is therefore possible that the disease was transmitted from donor to recipient by blood transfusion in circumstances where the blood of the donor was infectious, three years before the donor developed variant CJD, and where the recipient developed variant CJD after a 61/2-year incubation period," Reid told lawmakers. "This is a possibility, not a proven causal connection."
The link between the blood donor and the recipient was first reported to officials in the health department last week, at which time doctors had yet to confirm that the recipient had the disease.
"I was first alerted to the developments on Friday, December 12, and was briefed by the Chief Medical Officer on Monday and Tuesday this week," Reid said.
Reid said 15 people in Britain have received blood donations from people who have gone on to develop variant CJD. All of them were being contacted by officials and offered counseling, he said.
There is no blood test to screen for variant CJD, which scientists believe comes from eating products from cows infected with a similar illness, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, also known as BSE or mad cow disease.
Cattle were infected in the late 1980s and early 1990s in Britain after they were fed meat and bone meal from infected animals. Since then, cases have been reported in many other countries, from Europe to Asia. Experts believe the disease was spread through exports of infected animals and meat products.
The human form of mad cow disease so far has claimed 143 victims in Britain and 10 elsewhere.
Three cases of variant CJD -- one each in Ireland, Canada and the United States -- occurred in people who had lived in or visited Britain at the height of the BSE epidemic. The other seven -- six in France and one in Italy -- occurred in people who had not been to Britain.
Got this from the POpe. Thansk pope
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Alana
I remember hearing a very, very informative talk by Peter Gregerson at a past BRCI conference regarding the topic of Blood. I wish that I had the transcript of that talk, because it was so informative. He had discussed this matter and the ancient law with a Jewish rabbi. The basic logic that I received from it, was that even though there was the Jewish law, there were exceptions to these laws, such as when it was a life or death matter. Even Jesus broke the sabbath law in order to heal people. He even gave an example from the rabbi of an exception to the law on these grounds (which I can't remember). It made such sense. yes, the eating of blood may have been forbidden, but in this day and age, it is not for eating, but it is for the saving of a sacred life, so I see where it would not be the same. I just wish I had more definite details from his talk, because it was exceptional.
'Alana'
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fearnotruth22
I agree alana>< my fear about blood is medical
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Singing Man
Are JW"S coerced to refuse blood transfusions?
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