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5 dead of cholera, 300 cases of Norwalk Virus
me | 9/6/05

Posted on 09/06/2005 11:03:17 PM PDT by BurbankKarl

According to CNN....going to be more where that came from


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: astrodome; cholera; epidemics; incompetence; katrina; katrinafailures; norwalkvirus; outbreak; publichealth; refugees
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To: Howlin; Choose Ye This Day
Thank you.

(You're up late, Howlin. I am too and will be hurting in the morning)

21 posted on 09/06/2005 11:14:46 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Death to Islamo-Fascists ...)
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To: BunnySlippers

Yes, we will; and I have somewhere to be tomorrow......dang it.


22 posted on 09/06/2005 11:16:27 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: dila813
I would think it would be fatal in some cases as well ... although if treated ...

It would have to be brutal on children and the elderly. Dehydration.

23 posted on 09/06/2005 11:16:57 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Death to Islamo-Fascists ...)
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To: BearWash

Patients can be treated with oral rehydration solution, a prepackaged mixture of sugar and salts to be mixed with water and drunk in large amounts. This solution is used throughout the world to treat diarrhea. Severe cases also require intravenous fluid replacement. With prompt rehydration, fewer than 1% of cholera patients die.


24 posted on 09/06/2005 11:17:18 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
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To: Howlin

I get up to go to work in 4 hours. :-(


25 posted on 09/06/2005 11:17:28 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Death to Islamo-Fascists ...)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Clear Karo syrup in water is good too...


26 posted on 09/06/2005 11:19:50 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: Choose Ye This Day

"How do people get Norwalk virus infection?"

Cruise ships.


27 posted on 09/06/2005 11:20:29 PM PDT by Amish with an attitude (An armed society is a polite society)
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To: BunnySlippers

Go to bed; I am.


28 posted on 09/06/2005 11:21:13 PM PDT by Howlin (Have you check in on this thread: FYI: Hurricane Katrina Freeper SIGN IN Thread)
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To: Choose Ye This Day

well the posts are coming fast and furious.


29 posted on 09/06/2005 11:21:29 PM PDT by dila813
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To: mhking; Petronski

jd ping


30 posted on 09/06/2005 11:22:35 PM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: Howlin
If it isn't airborne they can control it. I am more worried about TB and even the kids diseases like measles, chickenpox, Whooping cough and so forth in the large open shelters like the dome.
31 posted on 09/06/2005 11:22:48 PM PDT by Texasforever
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To: Amish with an attitude

But these folk haven't been on any...?


32 posted on 09/06/2005 11:22:48 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
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To: Texasforever

The drug resistant TB that is prevalent from Mexico, is that common in NOLA?


33 posted on 09/06/2005 11:23:28 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
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To: Amish with an attitude; Choose Ye This Day

...or being packed into giant sports stadiums by the thousands with no sanitation.


34 posted on 09/06/2005 11:26:25 PM PDT by Sender (Team Infidel USA)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I don't know but it only takes one carrier to start a chain reaction in that environment.


35 posted on 09/06/2005 11:26:39 PM PDT by Texasforever
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To: BurbankKarl
If conditions are bad enough to cause Norwalk virus and cholera outbreaks, then aren't these people also at risk for Hepatitis? I thought it was spread by human waste as well. In the case of Hepatitis, the onset and symptoms won't occur immediately.

I have no medical training. Could someone please assess this? I have a daughter-in-law who is planning to take part in support operations in Alabama. I am concerned about what types of shots she should have before she goes.
36 posted on 09/06/2005 11:28:56 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: HiTech RedNeck
Low tech rehydration fluid: Two quarts Kool-aid, heavily sugared, with one tablespoon (heaping) of salt. Sea salt is best, iodized table salt will do.

Repeat frequently, drink what you can hold.

It got me through 5 days of a nasty bug like this. Gatorade or sports drinks are good if you have them.

37 posted on 09/06/2005 11:29:53 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Geez, the got Norwalk virus BEFORE stepping on a cruise ship.


38 posted on 09/06/2005 11:30:45 PM PDT by BurbankKarl (u)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

young coconut water


39 posted on 09/06/2005 11:32:18 PM PDT by cyborg (I'm having the best day ever.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

"haven't been on any." well, then, perhaps fear of going on cruise ships?


40 posted on 09/06/2005 11:32:51 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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