Re: Rising from the Valley Fever

July 1, 2005

> Golf

> Rising from the valley

> Greg Kraft battled and beat a serious disease, and now just wants

> his job back.

> By BOB HARIG, Times Staff Writer

> Published June 30, 2005

I think we all feel that way.

Valley Fever is endemic in the rock strata of the entire western part of the US,

and almost

everyone who lives in the west gets exposed to it sooner or later. Most people

get it as

little kids, as a flu type illness, and most get over it with no one the wiser.

Some get

asthma, some get worse once in a while. It is easier to get over when you are a

kid- like

chicken pox.

I seriously doubt that he will get anything out of sueing for damages, given the

ubiquitous

nature of the pathogen. It would be like suing because you got SARS or Lyme

disease or

something.

July 1, 2005

I forgot to mention that one of my classmates in CA died from this- she was

pregnant and

her son was born retarded; she was a horticulture student. Another colleague

caught it

working a paleontological dig in Utah, he and his buddy nearly died. But, the

docs knew

what it was right away, and there was no delay in treatment.

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