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She takes 17 tablets a day, can manage only two four-hour shifts a week at work and is so tired some mornings she can barely lift her head off the pillow.

The Brisbane veterinary nurse is one of three known survivors of Hendra virus. Three years after contracting the illness and losing her friend and workmate, vet Ben Cunneen, to it, she is grappling with a debilitating legacy.

"People just can't understand how this changes you," she says quietly. "I know I'm lucky to still be here . . . people tell me that all the time. But, to be honest, if I knew how sick I was going to be, I think I would have just rolled over and let it take me."

Ms Boehm is speaking from the home in Logan City, on Brisbane's western outskirts, she shares with her parents. The horse country that rolls out towards Beaudesert is on their doorstep and so, too, is the Hendra virus. In nearby Park Ridge, a horse is dead and five properties have been quarantined, as biosecurity agencies scramble to contain the biggest eruption of the bat-borne disease on record.

Four other horses have died in outbreaks southwest of Brisbane, and 17 people exposed to the virus are undergoing health checks.

In NSW, hit for the first time by dual Hendra emergencies near Lismore and south of Coffs Harbour, another two horses are confirmed dead and 15 people are being monitored.

Among those sweating on blood test results is veterinary surgeon Kylie Schaaf, who tended the dying Park Ridge horse on acreage on Brisbane's southern suburban fringe.

She worked with Cunneen and Ms Boehm before their encounter with Hendra virus in June 2008. The world of large animal veterinary medicine is a tight one, and this week it reached deep to comfort its own.

Cunneen was the first of two Queensland vets to be killed by Hendra. Ms Schaaf's travails take to three the number of vets around Brisbane who are waiting anxiously for what everyone hopes will be the all-clear on infection. Another of them, Peter Prenzler, a former One Nation state MP, put down a sick horse on June 20 without knowing it had Hendra.

He was not wearing the personal protection equipment recommended because he thought the dying animal had colic.

"It's a bit of a cloud hanging over me, but after I got those first tests back and they were clear I felt a lot more confident," he told The Weekend Australian.

A fourth vet in NSW is in the same predicament, and Ms Boehm says her heart goes out to them all. "I sometimes wish I could go in instead of them because I've had the virus," she says. "I might get sick again, but I can't catch it again. When I hear there's another sick horse I feel like saying: 'Don't go in there'. I've got to live with this, and I can't stand the thought of anyone else getting sick.

Kiss FM beg Warner Bros. to bring HyunA's “Bubble Pop!” to America

Honestly, nobody loves “Bubble Pop!” more than I do, but this whole thing is pretty sad. HyunA has to be one of the least talented stars in K-Pop, who relies more on the American style of spreading her legs and taking off her clothes to garner attention rather than displaying the real talent that the K-Pop industry has been built on. HyunA couldn’t even manage to lipsync properly to f(x)’s “Pinocchio (Danger)” recently when 4minute performed it recently, while her bandmates Jiyoon and Gayoon were singing their asses off next to her. You’ve got some of the most talented entertainers in the world in K-Pop being ignored, yet HyunA tears off her clothes and shakes her ass to a shameless Britney knock-off, and suddenly American DJs are begging major record labels to sign the girl and bring her to the States.

I guess it’s hardly surprising in an industry where you’ve got the likes of Rihanna and Britney Spears at the Billboard Music Awards lazily twirling around a stripper pole and having a Valium induced pillow fight and selling millions of records because of it.

Admittedly, even HyunA could show up the likes of Britney, Rihanna, and Katy Perry on stage with her eyes closed, and I’m definitely not against her as a solo artist in America or Korea, but before people start gagging to make her an international superstar, it’d be nice to see artists like 2NE1 and Wonder Girls get some Stadeside shine — two groups that have been able to excel and exude charisma on stage without having to take their clothes off to do it.

In other news, “Bubble Pop!” was the most watched video of the week on Youtube during its release week, and it was just named Popjustice’s ‘Song of the Day’ . K-Pop fighting!

Hyuna schedule is packed over in Korea plus arent 4minute heading back over to Japan for the next round of promotions (I think Jap versions of Mirror Mirror and the cutesy one)? Hyuna herself still has TV commitments and with the upcoming Cube concerts, practice and rehearsals for everything it would be too much to ask of her.

4Minutes English is still not that good either. Its understandable but its one thing any of those girls will get slammed for if they ever went out to the US.

Maybe just record it in English, send it to radio and let it do its thing on its own without promotion.

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