Contaminated Colonoscopies Exposes Vets

CNN is reporting a possible contamination at VA - thats our Veterans - facilities!

Contaminated colonoscopy gear may have exposed THOUSANDS of Florida veterans to hepatitis, and HIV!

Florida lawmakers are seeking inquiry, and are raising concerns about other facilities.

The VA sent letters to people who may have had colonoscopies May 2004 to this month. Five YEARS, this has been going on!

Officials say tubing was rinsed but not disinfected, but say the risk of infection minimal.

This is how we treat our veterans?

You hosed it off a little?

"President Obama has listened to the concerns expressed by veterans' leaders and veterans' service organizations," Nancy Pelosi said. "We will leave no veteran behind."

But apparently we'll leave hepatitis and HIV IN our veterans behinds?

This is unacceptable!

I have always looked at how a society treats its soldiers and veterans as a reflection of that society. Too much emphasis or none at all tells a story. God help those men and women who are getting such unspeakable treatment.

Also, I will be tossing this story around to share with you my thoughts on Socialized Medicine -- the practice of medicine run by the state. THIS is exactly how I expect "care" to be administered once the profit is taken away - you get goddamn idiots who reuse the colonoscopy gear on people who served our country.

(okay, I took the Nancy Pelosi quote out of context, that was in reference to the Obama Administration trying to charge insurance companies for Veteran care - trying to pass the buck... but it just worked too damned well there)