I read recently that an elderly gentleman, WWII vet,  sued the VA
Hospital system, having been one of many victims of shabby treatment. 
He won.   It seems the poor treatment of vets goes back quite some time.
 I think this gentleman had set up a class-action suit;  seems to be he
was a retired lawyer.   Enough;  this is off-topic, I know. . . . 



Jan wrote:
> 
> Don't get me started on the whole Viet Nam thing but here I go. It seems that
> the virus originated in the Orient and he was probably transfused with local
> blood there although I'm not sure of that, and there was IV drug use in Viet
> Nam which was how many GI's coped with such a war. Viet Nam Vets unknowingly
> brought this disease home and our government knew there was a blood born
> unidentified  pathegen causing Non A Non B hep, but there was no public
> education or reasearch or anything. Our Blood banks paid for blood and didn't
> screen for high risk behavior until the AIDS epedemic surfaced  AFTER the hep 
> c
> thing has been going on for years. Dentists  never used to sterilize their
> equipment in such a way that would kill hep C. Alcohol doesn't do it. So
> everyone older than 20 is at risk for having contracted this. Our government
> should help everybody with this No matter how it was contracted. I just get so
> mad.....
> 
> Take care,
> Jan
> 
>  Acmeair wrote:
> 
> > trem,   i have a buddy, viet nam medivac helicopter guy that got blown out
> > of the air by mortar, and has hep c from blood transfusions. the VA is
> > stonewalling him cause "he can't prove he wasn't a IV  user before he went
> > in."  give the poor sucker a break, totally disabled, with hep c, and they
> > won't help.
> >
> > could you contact me, off  line if you prefer, but i would like to get this
> > guy going on the path. he, and my buddies, give me a bad time about jingling
> > like dimes with all the silver, but they are receptive. i'd sure appreciate
> > the help.
> >
> > jim
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Trem" <t...@silvergen.com>
> > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:16 PM
> > Subject: Re: CS>3r batch of cs
> >
> > > Hi Serita,
> > >
> > > We have a couple of customers that had Hepatitis C go into remission using
> > > CS of less than 15 PPM.
> > >
> > > For measuring strength use a PWT meter for a relatively close idea of what
> > > you have.   See   http://www.silvergen.com/ppm.htm
> > >
> > > Hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Trem
> > > www.silvergen.com
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <seri...@webtv.net>
> > > To: <silver-list@eskimo.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:53 PM
> > > Subject: Re: CS>3r batch of cs
> >
> > >
> >
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