Blood-sucking ‘kissing bug’ sees 300k Americans infected with deadly disease

Russia Today ^ | November 11, 2014 | Tomas Bravo

[exDemMom]

A disease with a low fatality rate that infects large numbers of people is a more serious public health threat than a disease that has a high fatality rate and infects only a few.

A 5% death rate for Chagas and 300,000 infected leads to 15,000 deaths.

Ebola has a way to go before it reaches that death count. And the outbreak is slowing down.

[null and void]

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...

[vetvetdoug]

I gave an hour lecture 35 years ago on the danger that Chaga’s Disease presents to man and animals in an epidemiology seminar of which I was a part. Its finally came true.

[Kackikat]

Agreed.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Smokin' Joe]

You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!

[MarMema]

No. It’s a parasite, not a virus.