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Kissing bug disease infects OVER 300,000 people in the US
The Dail Mail ^ | November 9, 2014 | Alexandra Klausner

Posted on 11/09/2014 9:42:12 AM PST by pepsi_junkie

Over 300,000 Americans have already been infected with the potentially fatal 'kissing bug disease' called Chagas but U.S. healthcare workers lack of knowledge about the illness is letting many cases of the parasite unnoticed. Some doctors are calling it the 'new AIDS' because of the way it develops.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chagas; disease; importeddisease; kissingbugdisease; parasite
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To: Steve_Seattle
Steve_Seattle:" Once again, we have to consult a British newspaper to find out what is happening in the United States."

Worthy of repeating , since it speaks volumes about our press !

Once again, we have to consult a British newspaper
to find out what is happening in the United States."


21 posted on 11/09/2014 12:02:21 PM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: C210N

Maybe freezing in winter isn’t so bad.


22 posted on 11/09/2014 12:13:37 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: discostu
Dysphemism: Changas is like AIDS
Euphemism: AIDS is similar to Changas

AIDS is primarily spread through Sodomite activity and not an innocent bite by a bug!?!
23 posted on 11/09/2014 12:24:44 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: C210N

Gee, it skipped New York. Our blood probably poisons the thing.


24 posted on 11/09/2014 12:36:18 PM PST by firebrand
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To: pepsi_junkie
'kissing bug disease'


25 posted on 11/09/2014 12:45:57 PM PST by PLMerite (Why did my tagline disappear? I didn't delete it.)
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To: pepsi_junkie

I don’t think the article says whether the bug itself is being found in the US?


26 posted on 11/09/2014 1:13:29 PM PST by Will88
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

That fact does reveal how Pravda (not true/official truth only) the Main Stream Media is.


27 posted on 11/09/2014 2:14:01 PM PST by tbw2
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To: pepsi_junkie

Thanks for posting. Health/life BUMP!


28 posted on 11/09/2014 4:27:48 PM PST by PGalt
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To: CrazyIvan

I’ll be damned!

I didn’t know you Brits had any knowledge of Bart Simpson.

I suppose the rot has spread everywhere.


29 posted on 11/09/2014 6:04:16 PM PST by x1stcav (I was an Infantry Officer back in the 60's. I have no fear.)
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To: x1stcav
I’ll be damned!

I didn’t know you Brits had any knowledge of Bart Simpson.

I suppose the rot has spread everywhere.

Eat my shorts.

30 posted on 11/09/2014 7:54:55 PM PST by Rodamala
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


31 posted on 11/09/2014 9:29:15 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!


32 posted on 11/09/2014 10:16:50 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: x1stcav
“I didn’t know you Brits had any knowledge of Bart Simpson.”

I think you have me confused with MadIvan. I'm about as Midwest redneck as you can get.

33 posted on 11/10/2014 4:55:44 AM PST by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: pepsi_junkie; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; ...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.


Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......

(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

34 posted on 11/10/2014 6:50:18 AM PST by null and void (If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.)
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To: CrazyIvan

Yeah, I get confused after drinking wine all Sunday and engage in drunk-posting.


35 posted on 11/10/2014 7:08:57 AM PST by x1stcav (I was an Infantry Officer back in the 60's. I have no fear.)
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To: x1stcav

“It is spread by cooties which only girls have.”

Better than being made of, ‘Snips and snails, and puppy dog tails...!’ :)


36 posted on 11/10/2014 7:27:53 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: discostu
Ebola is not under control yet. And the more it spreads the number of people coming to America with it will increase.

The drop in deaths represents either a sudden surge in resurrections or problems in reporting.


37 posted on 11/10/2014 7:37:06 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: discostu
"It’s an annoying little illness that effects very few people"

Well, according to this report, it's potentially terminal which is more than "annoying". And it's affecting 300,000 people which is almost 1% of the population. Not sure if I believe their number. But it is concerning that it's going undetected.

38 posted on 11/10/2014 7:51:15 AM PST by DannyTN
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To: DannyTN

Lots of stuff is potentially terminal, including the common cold. And 300,000 people is 1/10 of 1% of the population, not almost. It’s going undetected because it remain asymptomatic for a prolonged time, not much reason to test people that aren’t sick.


39 posted on 11/10/2014 7:54:28 AM PST by discostu (YAHTZEE!)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I wholeheartedly agree with you.


40 posted on 11/10/2014 10:46:00 AM PST by x1stcav (I was an Infantry Officer back in the 60's. I have no fear.)
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