Re: colonized as it refers to bacteria

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n,

What a great way to describe it! Thanks, Christy

> My father, when I was a small child, explained the meaning of my

being

> " colonized " with staphylococcus in this manner: (He actually said

this:

> " O.K., kid, remember the Puritans and the Pilgrims? Well, they

left what was

> then called England and came across the Atlantic to see what

> they could see. Only they did not just visit; they never left--

just settled

> in,

> and accept for a few local wars (infections and exacerbations),

just be

> came residents. Well, that's what some germs do, and if they do

not

> get out of control, things are okay. " I have never forgotten that

one, al

> though it probably gave me a slightly skewed view of American

History.

> Anyway, that's me on " colonized " --at least for Sunday afternoon

here in

> Berkeley, California.

> Love to all at cfparents,

> n Rojas

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