Both Uses of
virulent
in
Mountains Beyond Mountains
- Farmer knew that a lot of his audience didn't believe one should treat mdr in an impoverished locale: treatment was too expensive and difficult in such a setting, and treating it was probably unnecessary, because mdr wasn't as contagious or virulent as regular tb and would likely die out in the face of a good dots program.†
Chpt 3.16
- What about the belief that mdr was less virulent and contagious than regular tb?
Chpt 3.16 *virulent = dangerous (bad)
Definition:
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(virulent) of disease: very bad -- perhaps very contagious
or
harsh or hateful