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Bubonic Plague Found in Oregon Teenager
The New York Times ^ | 10/30/15 | CHRISTINE HAUSER

Posted on 10/30/2015 8:05:27 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts

The authorities in Oregon have confirmed a case of the bubonic plague in a teenage girl who was believed to have contracted the disease from a flea bite.

Plague is rare and treatable with antibiotics if caught early, but federal authorities have been puzzled by an increase in cases this year.

In a statement, state and local health officials in Oregon said they thought the girl was infected during a hunting trip on Oct. 16 near Heppner, a city located at the foothills of the Blue Mountains in the northeastern region of the state.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: bubonic; bubonicplague; flea; fleas; oregon; plague
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To: Uncle Miltie

21 posted on 10/30/2015 8:24:07 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
What else has been increasing in the US this year?

I have no idea what the real answer is. But I'll bet the lib's will blame at least some of it on Global Warming.

Oh, I'm sorry. I meant Climate Change. It's so hard to keep up with "settled science" these days.

22 posted on 10/30/2015 8:26:17 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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To: cripplecreek
Talk about OBTUSE! Plague is carried by live mammals, who die, and the fleas jump to a new host. SPREAD by fleas. Fleas are the vector. Gee, what matches those criteria?

Hmmm, thinking, thinking, thinking... Just suppose some illegal, from some disease ridden Third World toilet, heads north, fleas and all, and shares those fleas with something else with warm blood?

This isn't rocket science.

23 posted on 10/30/2015 8:27:14 AM PDT by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
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To: ought-six
TB has been here much longer than plague. Centuries as it came along with influenza, small pox and a host of other things during the Columbian Exchange. That being said a large increase in TB has been seen in recent years for two very separate reasons.

The first is the resistance TB has gained since the increase of AIDS cases has lead to the massive increase in Anti n biotics especially among the homosexuals infected with the HIV retrovirus. Antibiotic resistant TB has flourished among active homosexuals and Aids patients.

Second LOTS of TB with the immigrant populations. Remember, these are not immigrants from Sweden and Germany they are from the most impoverished countries in the Western Hemisphere, for sure. We have also imported millions of refugees from Somalia, Syria, Western Africa, Asia. May have never had even the most basic immunizations and they are often infected or open to infection from disease long though of as extinct in this country.

Also, we have to use every weapon against unrestricted immigrant invasion, including fear of possible infection from the filthy hoards.

24 posted on 10/30/2015 8:31:33 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Jim from C-Town
Most recent examples of Plague have been seen in the immigrants entering from the Southern border. Several of the children that showed up in this country over the last two years have had plague.

According to the CDC, there have been 14 cases over the last three years (2012, 2013, 2014, no data for 2015, yet). Of those 14, there has been one death. It's easily treatable with antibiotics if discovered soon enough.

Note, don't get me wrong, I know there are more diseases coming across our border from the south, but the Plague is simply not one of them.

25 posted on 10/30/2015 8:31:35 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (I got nothin'.)
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To: jonascord

I have heard that plague has always been found in some rural parts of New Mexico in the rodent population. Has this kid traveled there recently?


26 posted on 10/30/2015 8:32:08 AM PDT by Ditter (God Bless Texas!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I did not mean to infer that YOU thought bubonic plague was brought here by immigrants. I was just making a comment that it wasn’t. I just commented on the opening post, and it just so happens it was yours.


27 posted on 10/30/2015 8:34:44 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Yeah! Convince me again about ‘Open Borders”.


28 posted on 10/30/2015 8:36:39 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: Jim from C-Town

We had pretty much eradicated TB here in the US. However, with the hordes of un-vetted third-worlders flowing in here TB has once again reared its ugly head, along with some other diseases, some of which we’ve never seen here before.


29 posted on 10/30/2015 8:37:10 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

IIRC, FR had an article about a teenaged boy having in back in the summer.

The Terrorist in Chief is importing more bad stuff every day.


30 posted on 10/30/2015 8:38:01 AM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: IYAS9YAS; Bloody Sam Roberts

“The plague exists in the U.S. without the help of “diseased illegal aliens”. While it did come here from elsewhere, it’s been here for over 100 years.”

AND it’s not super-rare in Colorado; we nearly always get a few cases every summer, usually (but not always) from idiots that let their dogs romp around chasing prairie dogs in infected colonies.

Even most of the the idiot libs trying to “save” these vermin know better than to touch the damn things.


31 posted on 10/30/2015 8:40:52 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

I live about 30 miles north of Heppner. Not much there but a town and a whole lot of hills, valleys, and some forests. Probably picked it up from a flea or tick. Lots of mice, rats, and rabbits in that area.


32 posted on 10/30/2015 8:41:18 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: cripplecreek

More likely it is a result of the drought and heat over the left coast recently. Conditions which seem to favor the rodent/flea vector interacting to a greater extent with people.


33 posted on 10/30/2015 8:41:57 AM PDT by outofsalt ( If history teaches us anything it's that history rarely teaches us anything.)
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To: cripplecreek

Every other year in Oregon. :-)

I was quite near this case when hunting for deer this fall.


34 posted on 10/30/2015 8:44:35 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("The bipartisan project is to destroy conservatism" .. "Cruz is a thoroughbred conservative." - Rush)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Geez, all this for a case of plague? Take a look at the map in #21. New Mexico is ground zero and commonly has several cases a year in humans. The news is usually in the local news section of the ABQ Journal and not on the front page.

Some common sense precautions are all that are needed to protect yourselves — make sure pets have flea protection, treat burrows with flea powder and never pick up dead or dying rodents (e.g. ground squirrels, rabbits, etc.). Plague, if caught early, can be treated with antibiotics.

A much more dangerous and deadly disease is the hantavirus which is present in urine and feces droppings from small rodents like mice. It has no cure and death comes from respiratory failure. Local hospitals can provide supportive care but even then there is a 50% or greater chance of death.


35 posted on 10/30/2015 8:47:36 AM PDT by CedarDave (Hillary for incarceration not inauguration)
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To: cripplecreek

I think that Chicago plague moved to Washington, D.C. about seven years ago.


36 posted on 10/30/2015 8:48:30 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Ignore the GOP-e. Cruz to victory in 2016.)
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To: ought-six

NP. Understood.


37 posted on 10/30/2015 8:49:01 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is simply majoritarianism. It is incompatible with real freedom.)
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To: CedarDave

Les Stroud did an episode of Survivorman in the southwest and was talking about the disease. He even ate a rodent he caught but made a point of not touching it and making sure it was well cooked.


38 posted on 10/30/2015 8:52:11 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Outbreaks are common on Native American reservations, I’ve read. Reservation doctors are familiar with it and it’s treated quickly.
Problem is when big city doctors aren’t familiar with it and don’t know what they’re dealing with.
In The Agony and the Ecstasy, author Irving Stone notes that Michelangelo contracted plague, but recovered from it, even as others were dying all around him.


39 posted on 10/30/2015 9:22:39 AM PDT by mumblypeg (I've seen the future; brother it is murder. -L. Cohen)
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To: cripplecreek

yeah, the rodent that was ‘caught’ very likely was bought at a pet store just for this episode- Les isn’t an idiot- he wouldn’t risk his life for a show- He also woukldn’t know if a wild rodent had hunta virus- which is very deadly as well, and is an airbourne virus that can be stirred up easily into the air=- I just can’t see him taking the risk- I think a lot of these ‘reality’ shows are actually carefully orchestrated to appear real, but aren’t-

It’s claimed the Bear Grills was booted from the show when they discovered he and crew were staying in hotels during the night-


40 posted on 10/30/2015 9:27:27 AM PDT by Bob434
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