Ziggy is Patient Zero? Then COVID-19 should be called ZIGGY-19 the Ziggy Virus and we should be getting a Ziggy vaccination. That makes sense, it has been a comedy.
I heard that “patient zero” as the first person to have a disease that causes an epidemic or pandemic was the result of a misunderstanding.
Someone was researching the origins of the AIDS epidemic. In adhering to the patient privacy policy required of researchers, he assigned code names to the patients in his research. A lot of the code names he used consisted of the word “Patient” followed by a letter. Several patients described an airline worker who had been a partner. The researcher called that man “Patient O”. That’s the letter O, not the digit. But, it was misread as the digit for Zero.
allen@home almost 4 years ago
Poor Ziggy. Just like Rodney Dangerfield he gets no respect.
su43dipta almost 4 years ago
Maybe the doctor will give you the good news that “Ziggy’s syndrome” has been named after you!
AllishaDawn almost 4 years ago
At least he wasn’t #99999.
DamnHappyChappy almost 4 years ago
Poor old Ziggy. They had to find someone to blame and it was just not your day.
dcdete. almost 4 years ago
Ahh, so this explains why the late actor Zero Mostel of Fiddler on the Roof, always was first in line at the doctor’s office.
!!ǝlɐ⅁ almost 4 years ago
(whistles) They have a pre-COVID style waiting room? >8^0
(Okay, this strip wouldn’t at all work, if it didn’t have the waiting room, but still…!!) >8^D
carlosrivers almost 4 years ago
Where is the nurses’ mask? And the others aren’t wearing theirs properly…
blakerl almost 4 years ago
Ziggy is Patient Zero? Then COVID-19 should be called ZIGGY-19 the Ziggy Virus and we should be getting a Ziggy vaccination. That makes sense, it has been a comedy.
Bill The Nuke almost 4 years ago
Doesn’t Patient Zero refer to the first sick person in a pandemic?
Jogger2 almost 4 years ago
I heard that “patient zero” as the first person to have a disease that causes an epidemic or pandemic was the result of a misunderstanding.
Someone was researching the origins of the AIDS epidemic. In adhering to the patient privacy policy required of researchers, he assigned code names to the patients in his research. A lot of the code names he used consisted of the word “Patient” followed by a letter. Several patients described an airline worker who had been a partner. The researcher called that man “Patient O”. That’s the letter O, not the digit. But, it was misread as the digit for Zero.
The Reader Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I hope that’s the amount of his co-pay.
briangj2 almost 4 years ago
Patient Zero NOUN
Used to refer to the person identified as the first carrier of a communicable disease in an outbreak of related cases. Compare with index case.
Index Case NOUN
medicine
The first identified case in a group of related cases of a particular communicable or heritable disease.
dmalzahn almost 4 years ago
I got it. My question is, was this used before HIV? I only heard it when researchers figured out who Patient zero was.
cuzinron47 almost 4 years ago
That self-esteem isn’t gonna get any higher.
JesseLouisMartinez almost 4 years ago
At least he got called before the others