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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:08 AM Original message |
Man dies from plague in China, 11 others infected |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 02:23 AM Response to Original message |
1. OMG, Plague still around |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 03:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I know it's creepy, but Bubonic Plague is endemic in rodents in the American Southwest... |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 07:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. Is that plague |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 11:08 AM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Black Plague, complete with buboes. Rodent fleas are happy little disease-carriers, aren't they? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:04 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. It never left |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Yes. And it's never going away, lol. I live every day with the small but |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow. It takes a conserted effort to die of something like the plague in a modern society. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:27 AM Original message |
Well, all it really takes is a cat getting the wrong kind of fleas outside |
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Baclava (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
5. Pneumonic plague can be transmitted person to person. (cough, sneeze) |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. Chinese Town Quarantined as Man Dies From Plague |
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melm00se (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
7. Plague |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. is this where the Uighurs are? |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. No. Most Uighurs are in Xinjiang, though Qinghai also has a lot of ethnic minorities |
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FirstLight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
9. Interesting that many of these illnesses are originating in China... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #9 |
13. High population density |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 08:02 AM Response to Reply #13 |
46. Plus humans living in close contact with livestock |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Plague has nothing to do with pollution. It is endemic in wild rodents, |
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du_grad (122 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 12:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Plague is caused by a bacteria, not a virus. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
10. Uh oh. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
15. CDC backgrounder on plague, for those who want to learn more: |
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dugaresa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. to be honest I am surprised that there are not more cases of plague |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. It doesn't take much to create an environment unfriendly to it |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. BBC: Second plague death in west China |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. Scary stuff, easily transmittable human to human with a very high fatality rate. |
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steven johnson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 04:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Actually generic antibiotics cuts plague death rate to less than 15% |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 05:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Early diagnosis and treatment are keys to cutting the mortality rate. 15% is still quite lethal. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-03-09 06:17 AM Response to Original message |
22. Well then, a plague upon this plague! |
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BlueJessamine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
26. Plague kills 2nd man; China seals off entire town |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. oh no! someone is sick somewhere!! |
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GinaMaria (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. How many cases of plague are reported worldwide per year? |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Plague is endemic to China - they deal with cases of it every year. |
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glinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Have the Chinese brought it to Africa where they are making in roads and sending |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Pneumonic plague is not just 'some disease'. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I realize that, and, as I said, I find the story to be interesting |
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Xithras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. An antibiotic-resistant pneumonic plague is a scary thought. |
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kimmerspixelated (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #29 |
42. When religious nuts start killing off all the cats |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. It was also bad back then because of human excrement in the streets, |
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Moral Compass (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Pneumonic Plague is Extremely Serious |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. China seals off NW town as plague kills 2nd man |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. And so it begins... |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. How spread, symptoms, prevention |
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autorank (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Town sealed off: Ziketan |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. World War Z |
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pscot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. There are plage deaths every year |
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formercia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
41. Some background |
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KakistocracyHater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
44. natural birth control is terrible, but Asia in general is highly overpopulated |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-04-09 07:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
45. BBC: Plague death toll rises in China (third man dies of plague) |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 02:29 AM Response to Original message |
47. UPDATE: Dog suspected source of China plague |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-09-09 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
48. UPDATE | Reuters: China lifts blockade on plague-hit town |
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