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Frightening Skin Disease Invades L.A
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_139151348.html ^ | May 19, 2006 12:11 pm US/Pacific

Posted on 05/19/2006 12:58:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 05/19/2006 12:58:11 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
I have seen this posted several times lately, but many people seem to think it is a hoax? However, it looks like the story is gaining more steam.

Disturbing to say the least.

2 posted on 05/19/2006 1:02:47 PM PDT by yellowdoghunter (I sometimes only vote for Republicans because they are not Democrats....by Dr. Thomas Sowell)
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To: BenLurkin

So, THAT'S what happened to Michael Jackson's face...


3 posted on 05/19/2006 1:04:23 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks. Guilt does." Whittaker Chambers)
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To: BenLurkin

Wow..the video is frightening.


4 posted on 05/19/2006 1:04:57 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Illegal Aliens....STFU!)
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To: BenLurkin
Does not sound pleasant.

Bio terror? Or probably more likely brought to this country by some illegal immigrant, but of course that's just speculation on my part.

5 posted on 05/19/2006 1:07:25 PM PDT by b4its2late (If it's treason, there's no doubt a democrat is standing behind it.)
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Hopefully CDC is tracking the progress of this as it spreads.

Maybe it will be traced back to a point of origin.


6 posted on 05/19/2006 1:08:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: yellowdoghunter
I have seen this posted several times lately, but many people seem to think it is a hoax?

Whatever doctors don't understand, doesn't exist.

7 posted on 05/19/2006 1:09:43 PM PDT by aimhigh
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To: BenLurkin

The only cure for brain fog is to throw yourself into a volcano.


8 posted on 05/19/2006 1:10:01 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
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To: BenLurkin

It is pretty scary. But isn't it kind of strange that there are alot of disease/epidemics that we thought we had beaten making a comeback? Like mumps, TB, etc? Kind of makes me wonder.....


9 posted on 05/19/2006 1:11:37 PM PDT by b4its2late (If it's treason, there's no doubt a democrat is standing behind it.)
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To: mtbopfuyn

Heck . . . that cures just about anything.


10 posted on 05/19/2006 1:11:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
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To: aimhigh
Whatever doctors don't understand, doesn't exist.

Excellent point. That is the way most doctors are.

Those poor patients, the last thing anyone wants to hear when they go to the doctor is, "I have never seen anything like that before".

Hopefully the people at the Oklahoma University will figure something out to help these people.

11 posted on 05/19/2006 1:12:22 PM PDT by yellowdoghunter (I sometimes only vote for Republicans because they are not Democrats....by Dr. Thomas Sowell)
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But isn't it kind of strange that there are alot of disease/epidemics that we thought we had beaten making a comeback? Like mumps, TB, etc? Kind of makes me wonder.....

Yeah, third-world diseases seem to be making a comeback in areas where illegal immigrants congregate. Weird...

12 posted on 05/19/2006 1:19:32 PM PDT by randog (What the...?!)
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To: BenLurkin
I hate it when strange diseases like this arrive in this country from places like Norway,Sweden and Finland.
13 posted on 05/19/2006 1:24:58 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative
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To: BenLurkin

I guess I'll cancel that trip to LA.


14 posted on 05/19/2006 1:38:12 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: aimhigh
"Whatever doctors don't understand, doesn't exist."

You are so right, their pride is amazing.

There was a Catholic priest from Italy, called Padre Pio, (now Saint Pio). A modern Saint, he died in 1968. Long story short, he healed many people through the power of Jesus Christ, one of those being a blind girl named Gemma. She was born without pupils. After a visit from Padre Pio she could see as well as anybody, even though she was still without pupils.

The doctors came to investigate her case. The head of the medical crew, an optometrist, put her though a series of eye exams, and she passed them all with flying colors. Frustrated, because she had no pupils and therefore was not supposed to be able to see, he asked her which hand he had raised, how many fingers am I holding up, where did I put my coat, what color is it, etc? She continued to answer all his questions with the precision that only the sighted could have answered. His official diagnosis? "The girl is without pupils, therefore she is blind".

15 posted on 05/19/2006 1:38:46 PM PDT by TheCrusader
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To: BenLurkin
I'd say it's a hoax:

Nurse practitioner Ginger Savely treats Morgellons patients from all over the country at her San Francisco Medical Center.

Compared with:

Ginger Savely is a nurse practitioner in Austin, Texas, who has documented over 100 incidents of Morgellons.

Border Mystery Disease

16 posted on 05/19/2006 1:49:49 PM PDT by ravingnutter
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To: randog

Yeah, third-world diseases seem to be making a comeback in areas where illegal immigrants congregate.

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My thoughts, exactly.


17 posted on 05/19/2006 1:53:01 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Never trust Democrats with national security.)
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To: BenLurkin

I wonder.. if the fibers were tested to see what they were made of?
There are funny bacteria that were lab cultured to produce nylon fibers.
What would happen if somehow they infected the skin?
Or if that is even possible?
*shrugs*
Sounds freaky to me at any rate, hopefully they figure out what teh cause is.


18 posted on 05/19/2006 2:12:09 PM PDT by Darksheare ("Oh No! Zombies!" Actually, they aren't. They just haven't had their coffee yet.)
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To: ravingnutter

Yes, last week it was south Texas.


19 posted on 05/19/2006 2:13:00 PM PDT by Concho
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To: BenLurkin

makes me feel pretty good about living in "the sticks".


20 posted on 05/19/2006 2:14:05 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana (Don't fall for the soft bigotry of assuming all Hispanics are pro-amnesty. www.dontspeakforme.org)
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