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Oh Dear Tuberculosis Outbreak at Ferrari

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  1. cantsleepnk

    cantsleepnk Formula Junior

    Dec 29, 2005
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    Hope this doesn't effect the drivers.

    http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/080519104035.shtml

    Workers at Ferrari's Formula One factory in Italy have been told to keep working despite an outbreak of the infectious disease tuberculosis.

    The British newspaper The Sun reports that a staff member was rushed to hospital and diagnosed with TB, a common and deadly disease that - if untreated - kills up to half of its victims.

    The newspaper said the staff member was a carbon fibre specialist, and Ferrari confirmed that he has a 'mild form' of tuberculosis.

    It is reported that the 25 technicians whose job it is to build Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa's cars for each Grand Prix are currently undergoing blood tests to see if they have also been infected.

    Ferrari said Raikkonen and Massa will not need tests.

    "We're not happy," a British employee is quoted as saying from Maranello.

    "We think the lab should be shut down until we get an all-clear. It feels as if Ferrari are putting cars before people."
     
  2. jk0001

    jk0001 F1 Veteran

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    I understand that the bug originally came from the UK!
     
  3. GrndLkNatv

    GrndLkNatv Formula Junior

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    It's either that or sit at home on your arse.... Take your anti-biotics, get your check ups and continue on... It's not like people with TB are bed ridden. I would imagine that Ferrari have scrubbed the plant from one end to the other with bleach and then it's fine for others to work as long as you have had your antibiotics in your system for 24hrs... If you feel like working, then go for it...
     
  4. rmani

    rmani F1 Veteran
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    Ron Dennis must've unleashed a pathogen to try and sabotage the factory. :)
     
  5. ferraridude615

    ferraridude615 F1 Veteran

    May 4, 2006
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    I would not be surprised if this was true.
     

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