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HCVets Letter to Veterans Affairs Committees
Please take your time and use whatever resources necessary to answer. The right answer would be presumed connection, due to having the vaccinations. There is already a section of the code 38CFR3.309, which states "Resultant disorders or diseases originating because of therapy administered in connection with such diseases or as a preventative thereof. " that is appropriate for use here. The question is; PERCUTANEOUS VERSES OSMOSIS EXPOSURE
After
looking at an enormous amount of information and the risks
of infection of Hepatitis C, Percutaneous exposure, is
mentioned in every case. Some examples of this range from,
accidental needle sticks, tattoos, piercing, blood exposure
to skin, etc.
This brings me to the question at hand. If you can get HCV through all these examples of breaks in the skin. Why is there nowhere that list, inoculations with the multiple-use nozzle jet injectors (i.e., also know as MUNJIs because the fluid path is used more than once)? On August 9, 2005, I gave a presentation to the, General Hospital and Personal Use Devices Panel, of the FDA. The topic of discussion was the ability of the MUNJIs to transmit pathogens, to include HCV. The result, of a very informative meeting, was that the guns were only safe if there was NO DETECTABLE BLOOD on the nozzle area. It was
also brought up between a WHO representative and a member of
the panel, that HCV is the hardier virus compared to other
bloodborne pathogens like Hepatitis B and HIV. It was also
determined during the panel meeting that the 10ppl of blood
idea is bogus. The amount of blood really has nothing to do
with the ability to infect. It is the viral load of the
blood that sets the precedence for infection.
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