Wow! Scary stuff, those damn infections. When something like that gets in due
to a
abrasion or wound, it can be scary stuff.
But, I'm compelled to note something of significance in his post, something
that
isn't true:
Aluminum doesn't rust. Only ferrous metals rust.
Aluminum may corrode with oxidization, but actually that corrosion hardens and
actually protects the metal. This is particularly true of aluminum 5052
alloys. The
actual oxide is hard to chip off.
Ok, how do I know this? Well, I did work at Kaiser Aluminum and at the time,
there
was a big controversy about aluminum wiring that was featured on 20/20. They
claimed
that the aluminum wiring was causing house fires.
The President of Kaiser, Steve Hutchcraft went on to refute that. It turns out
that
the aluminum wiring wasn't at fault itself -- what was at fault was people who
wired
the houses because they joined the aluminum to a regular electrical box with
different metals. It was that bond that broke down and caused the fires. When
junctioned properly, the aluminum was entirely safe.
Steve
Class of '72
----- Original Message -----
From: Vickie
To: MSB Alumni
Sent: Friday, October 04, 2019 12:42 PM
Subject: [msb-alumni] Jeff Dickeson from facebook
Just saw this on facebook.
Jeff Dickeson
Hello! After an injury sustained from falling against a piece of rusty aluminum
resulting
in a serious bacterial infection I spent from Sept. 22 through Oct. 1 in the
hospital!
It did NOT get any better and underwent surgery on my arm and continued on heavy
duty antibiotics. I have since been released and in a convalescent center in
Loudonville,
OH. for further treatment of antibiotics and various therapies......
.hopefully only for another week after staples come out from surgeon and then
home
health care nurses so that I can be back "home". Please let any friends that
would
want to know or be interested as this is the only post I will make on my own
computer
while here for just an hour of leave and no access to on at the nursing home.
Love
and best to all. Jeff
