Microsoft Infected by Virus 494
Vicissidude writes "It appears that a Microsoft worker returning from overseas brought back a case of Measles with them. In fact, they had been back, working, and spreading the disease at Microsoft and other places in Redmond for at least four days prior to being discovered. Somehow I do not think that Microsoft included in their cost-benefit analysis of offshoring the potential wide-spread infection of their company. Perhaps they should include that risk in the future."
Measles outbreak, five dead. (Score:4, Informative)
There's a measles outbreak there. [theage.com.au]
So far, five people have died.
Re:Seems an interesting risk to me (Score:5, Informative)
Viruses were jumping continents since mass transit systems were in place. People were travelling for business purposes for good many years, often got sick and infected entire offices with a flu strain, but somehow i dont see that as worthy of a frontpage.
Although that brings another matter to the focus: Vaccinate before you travel! (yeah i know, none for measles yet... our lab is working on it right now)
Re:What a ridiculous beatup (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Health care conspiracies at work (Score:2, Informative)
If the chance of the diseases is so low, why do I need the vaccine?
It is true that vaccination has enabled us to reduce measles and most other vaccine-preventable diseases to very low levels in the United States. However, measles is still very common -- even epidemic -- in other parts of the world. Visitors to our country and U.S. travelers returning from other countries can unknowingly bring this disease into the United States, and if we were not protected by vaccinations, it will quickly spread causing an epidemics here. The disease is very contagious. We should be vaccinated protect ourselves and our children. Even if we think our chances of getting measles is small, the disease still exists and can still infect anyone who is not protected.
And circumcision? Man, that's sick. God/Evolution (delete as applicable) put it there for a reason. But I think it's common in the US. Everywhere else in the world it's only done for medical or religious reasons.
For those who live/work in Redmond, (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Am I the only one to think (Score:1, Informative)
Bill Gates is a major funder of Measles research. (Score:5, Informative)
Also worth noting, Bill Gates is one of the world's biggest funders of measles research [jhsph.edu] programs.
Re:I hate offshoring as much as the next guy . . . (Score:2, Informative)
You must be new here . . .
Lameness filter encountered. Post aborted!
Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
Re:Measles outbreak, five dead. (Score:5, Informative)
He might have travelled to Indonesia, but he was in France [nwsource.com] when he contracted measles.
I don't think that Microsoft off-shores many jobs to France.
Re:What a ridiculous beatup (Score:4, Informative)
Re:What a ridiculous beatup (Score:1, Informative)
http://news.google.com/news?q=utah%20rave&num=50&h l=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=wn [google.com]
statement from the promoters
http://www.music-versus-guns.org/versuspress.html [music-versus-guns.org]
a video here as well
http://homepage.mac.com/apexgrin/FileSharing2.html [mac.com]
Re:What a ridiculous beatup (Score:5, Informative)
Freedom Country not Indonesia (Score:4, Informative)
Check here [nwsource.com].
Re:Bill Gates is a major funder of Measles researc (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/national/21evol
Re:Bill Gates is a major funder of Measles researc (Score:3, Informative)
Re:What a ridiculous beatup (Score:3, Informative)
From the slashdot FAQ, it says they post what they think is interesting.
Also, it's spelled ludicrous, rap groups notwithstanding.
Based on the comments by our own Cowboy Neal, I'd peg him to be an ignorant coward (i.e. racist).
CowboyNeal didn't comment on this article, he just posted it.
Also, being a racist isn't the same thing as being an ignorant coward. (Ignorant, yes, but I don't see where "coward" comes into play.)
I'm a white american that has worked with a number of Indian s.w. developers, and I find this entire article to be flame bait'able.
I'm a white American that has not worked with many non-whites, and I still find this article to be a waste of time. Flame-baitable? meh
I will obviouslly get modded way down for this, but I hope those of you that browse at 0+ see this and realize how bigotted this submission really is.
How is it bigotted to recognize the reality that many overseas countries do not have a handle on many diseases that are not a problem in the US?
If I said Microsoft ought to invest in a lot of Yellow Fever medication if they hire workers from Peru, would that be a cowardly ignorant racist flamebaitable thing to say? No, because Peru has a problem with Yellow Fever.