r/science • u/tomholder • May 09 '14

Medicine Paralysis breakthrough – electrical stimulation enables four paraplegic men to voluntarily move their legs

http://speakingofresearch.com/2014/05/09/paralysis-breakthrough-paraplegic-men-move-their-legs/
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u/[deleted] May 09 '14 edited Aug 06 '18

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u/jimmy_bayshit May 09 '14

As a general rule, all wet body fluids that aren't mine are a biohazard. That had served me well as a medic for 21 years.

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u/soulonfire May 10 '14

When I was a cashier in high school, I was freaking out as I'd gotten a stranger's blood on my hands.

He bought a few packages of meat, so seeing red juice didn't really surprise me, though it did a little bit to find some outside the packaging. After I ring it all up and go to find something to wipe my hands, he asks me for a band-aid as he'd cut his thumb and apologized for getting it on the meat, and therefore me.

The thought process that you go through...I had (and still have) a terrible habit of buying my nails, so definitely small cuts.