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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a report stating the HIV in the United States has increased quite a lot:

There are more new cases of Americans infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, than previously believed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday.

About 56,000 people became infected with HIV in the past year, which translates to about 40 percent more cases than officials had estimated, said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention.

I am not at all surprised. When you look at how many celebrities, professional athletes, and even politicians are having children outside of wedlock, it’s obvious that quite a few people are having unprotected sex.

CDC: More Americans HIV-positive than previously believed [CNN]

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I should have known something was going on when I couldn’t get tomatoes on my wholewheat turkey sub this morning at Sheetz. It looks like someone has been defecating — taking a poo — in the tomato fields again. Once again there is a problem with salmonella bacteria in tomatoes. Here is the blurb the AP included with the above photo:

Mark Roh, U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s acting regional director holds a bag of tomatoes being tested for salmonella bacteria at FDA’s southwest regional research lab, in Irvine, Calif., Monday June 9, 2008, where microbiologists are working to trace the source of the outbreak. McDonald’s, Wal-Mart and other U.S. chains have halted sales of some raw tomatoes as federal health officials work to trace the source of a multistate salmonella food poisoning outbreak.

What are they storing these tomatoes in? Looking at this photo, I never want to eat tomatoes again.

This is such a staged photo. The Abe Vigoda looking guy is U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s acting regional director Mark Roh. That spiffy white lab coat he is wearing says “B. Fox” over the left breast. I’m guessing Roh stole the lab coat from one of the real microbiologists trying to solve this nasty salmonella problem just so he could pose for the photo.

What a douche.

(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

I woke up yesterday morning with an eye infection. My right eye is red and very itchy. I called my doctor’s office to make an appointment. He’s all booked up this week. Same with the PA (physicians assistant) he has in the office. She too is all booked up. I asked if he could then call my pharmacy with a prescription for some eye drops. The woman I spoke to said she would have to ask and that she would get back with me.

I tried calling again today. I explained my predicament and that I needed a prescription for antibiotic eye drops. After telling them my date of birth, I was placed on hold. After 6 minutes, I hung up.

Why do they constantly ask my date of birth? Don’t they have it somewhere in my file? I’m always afraid I’m going to get it wrong.

Health care in this county is ridiculous. If you get sick and need to be seen by a physician, you pretty much have to just go to the emergency room. If you try to actually go to your doctor, you will have to compete with all the people that want the latest cholesterol drug advertised on the evening news. They all made appointments weeks ago. Want to lower your cholesterol?

Stop eating fried animals.

I don’t even really need to see a physician. I just need some eye drops. Being that we Americans are not trusted with purchasing antibiotic eye drops on our own, we have to go through a doctor and get his or her permission. It’s a stupid system. Why can’t I just buy antibiotic eye drops? Is there some weird recreational use for the stuff that I’m not aware of? I can buy antibiotic soap. Why not antibiotic eye drops?