[pct-l] poison oak in hiding?

[jeffmoorehead1 at cox.net (Jeff Moorehead)]

Well put! I also claim temporary immunity to poison oak-- solidly confirmed 
when I lost my footing on a steep chapparal hillside and began tumbling 
downward  only to arrest my fall by grabbing on to numerous poison oak 
vines. They literally dug into my hands-- I should have had a systemic 
injection of the stuff. Nary a rash, not even mild irritation. However, this 
can only be temporary as some day the build up of antigens will elicit a 
hyperimmune response. I'm still very careful around the stuff like everyone 
else who has chimed in on this thread....
 Tread carefully...



> I claim such immunity, since I have had numerous exposures and never 
> gotten
> it... when people next to me did.  That being said, even so I do not swim
> through it as if nothing mattered.  I understand  that immunity  is a gift 
> that
> nature is apt to revoke at any time and those immune find out  only after 
> the
> fact.
>
> "No Way" Ray  Echols
>
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