Re: "Opportunistic"

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I would think the mere fact that so many members of a 
forum for a profession that is based on the usage and 
meaning of words have so many negative reactions to 
a word is in itself sufficient reason to avoid it.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boudreaux, Madelyn (GE Healthcare,consultant)" <MadelynBoudreaux -at- ge -dot- com>


> As a child of the 80s, I think my first introduction to the word was via
> "opportunistic infection" a la HIV AIDS. I'm not sure I can ever hear it
> without that connotation. 
> 
> I don't say this is true of everyone, but as I've watched the
> discussion, nothing has really dissuaded me from this. 
> 
> It wouldn't be the first (or the last) thing ruined by that epidemic. 

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