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September 14, 2005

Many Katrina victims may never be identified

MSNBCDr. Wecht joined 'The Situation with Tucker Carlson' on Tuesday to discuss the difficult task of identifying the dead in the wake of Katrina.

"These bodies, for the most part, have been decomposing now for about, what, two weeks. Temperatures above 90 degrees, very high humidity. Many of the bodies floating in water, which, of course, then, adds to the decomposition, particularly that kind of warm, brackish water. The bodies become bloated, gaseous distension, as a result of the bacterial infestation. The discoloration is very, very intense, mottled. It's impossible to differentiate between Caucasian, African-American and Asian, with bodies like this, as strange as that may seem."

Here's the transcript.

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September 12, 2005

Look what we found on Google Video

Wecht on Rivera At-Large

We've discovered a new means for tracking Dr. Wecht's appearances on the major news networks: Google Video. MSNBC does a decent job of putting transcripts of their TV programs on their Web site, but others like Fox and CNN do not, which makes it difficult to find out when and where Dr. Wecht was on TV. Not anymore, we found some useful things on Google Video we couldn't find anywhere else. The transcripts are not complete as it's pretty clear they're computer-generated, but they're still interesting, nonetheless. Check it out.

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September 07, 2005

Katrina: A Public Health Tragedy

Dr. Wecht told Pittsburgh's KDKA TV Hurricane Katrina is a disaster that has the potential to develop into a public health tragedy. "I predict some of these disease processes will play out for months and even years ahead," explains Dr. Wecht, "because some of these diseases -- for example hepatitis, they can affect the liver and produce cirrhosis, scarring of the liver, and you may not even know about it for years." Here's the complete story.

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