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George Clooney contracts malaria following trip to Sudan; fully recovered with help of medication
The New York Daily News ^
| January 20, 2011
| Cristina Everett
Posted on 01/20/2011 1:41:19 PM PST by Bon mots
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To: righttackle44
“I dont care for George Clooneys politics, and I dont respect him as a person. But I wouldnt wish malaria on anyone. My dad had it growing up in the Deep Fork bottom of Okfuskee County, Oklahoma.”
My dad (82nd Airborne) got malaria in north Africa; lost weight; almost died; recovered; returned to the front...
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posted on
01/20/2011 2:16:34 PM PST
by
choctaw man
(Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
To: Bon mots
Memo to Clooney: Next time have the goats tested before dating them.
To: Borges
Did Carson actually advocate banning DDT? I thought that was from her overzealous followers? No more than Ralph Nader was responsible for GM dropping the Corvair.
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posted on
01/20/2011 2:20:17 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
To: righttackle44
I don’t respect Clooney for his ignorant and divisive political stances, but in terms of Sudan, he is actually putting a lot of money (and time) where his mouth is. He talks a lot about Sudan, and he backs it up by funding programs for the people there. Where he loses me is when he talks about the federal government needing to spend more money there. Not. Our. Problem. I wouldn’t mind sending some money directly to a family in need, but funneling it through the government is the most inefficient type of aid I can imagine.
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posted on
01/20/2011 2:20:49 PM PST
by
Carling
(Remember November)
To: Borges
Perhaps - but it was her stupid book based on faulty research. I think it is estimated that 1 million people, mainly children, die of Malaria each year.
“See - if they used DDT the earth would be even MORE overpopulated.”
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posted on
01/20/2011 2:21:42 PM PST
by
21twelve
( You can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust ... another lost generation.)
To: dfwgator
He was outspoken in condemning the Sudanese regime for their
perpetration of atrocities against the non muslim south sudanese.
But anti-malarials are common and available. He should have
been taking the big tan tablets.
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posted on
01/20/2011 2:21:52 PM PST
by
rahbert
To: Bon mots
We all know the negatives about George Clooney, but he does walk the walk when it comes to his humanitarian work in the Sudan. He’s been doing more than anyone I’ve heard of to try to get the Darfur conflict stopped.
To: Candor7
If the UN would allow DDT to be used ocassionally, they would have no malaria in the Sudan. This is a clear case of the left caused enviro non-feasance resulting in a leftists getting malaria.
Yep. DDT and the U.S. had malaria in Africa on the ropes...until the U.N. snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
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posted on
01/20/2011 2:30:01 PM PST
by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country.----------In the same way Rush is balance, I am consensus.)
To: Bon mots
Sara Palin must have given him the disease, then Obammy must have visited Looney to cure him./s
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posted on
01/20/2011 2:30:18 PM PST
by
Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2013)
To: La Lydia
Way back in WWII we were given Atabrine, a vile tasting, little yellow pill. It prevented an “attack” of Malaria. However the parasite, if you had been infected, was alive and well in your Liver, and would remain there. I was told that if I remained in good health I would be OK, ????????
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posted on
01/20/2011 2:36:31 PM PST
by
ANGGAPO
(Layte Gulf Beach Club)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Rachel Carson caused malaria to return. William Ruckelshaus played a key role in the travesty, in addition to all of the other environmental wackos who believed the lies of Rachel Carson. They're all scum and share in the responsibility for the deaths of tens of millions (mostly children).
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posted on
01/20/2011 2:37:26 PM PST
by
Mase
(Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
To: Bon mots
I hate to tell George but you never get over it. It just lies dormant and crops up every 5-6 years for another go round. My father in law caught it in WWII and he was still getting attacks of it when he was 95 years old. Its like luggage you carry it around forever. I’m sorry to hear Clooney got it.
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posted on
01/20/2011 3:07:20 PM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: ANGGAPO
The drugs are better now than they were in WWII, but still not 100 percent effective. That said, if you follow the directions, you are fairly safe.
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posted on
01/20/2011 3:20:58 PM PST
by
La Lydia
To: Jedidah
I was wondering as I don’t think you are ever cured.
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posted on
01/20/2011 3:22:51 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: dfwgator
“I give Clooney credit for at least going there and trying to do something, rather than just preaching from Hollywood.”
I don’t care for his politics but you’re right. I think he means well in his efforts. More than we can say for most. Sudan is in terrible shape. I know people that went to help in Haiti and I give them credit for getting their hands dirty.
To: Ramius
Respectfully ask you to name one good role he played?
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posted on
01/21/2011 6:36:30 AM PST
by
Guenevere
(....)
To: Guenevere
He did a great job in both Oh Brother Where Art Thou, and Burn After Reading.
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:47:24 AM PST
by
Ramius
(Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
To: La Lydia
You start with one pill a week two weeks before you travel, one pill per week while travelling and one pill per week for two weeks after you return. I do work in Haiti and I never miss a dosage.
The meds are not a vaccine, they just inhibit the symptoms, in most cases.
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:51:57 AM PST
by
wtc911
("How you gonna get down that hill?")
To: Cementjungle; prairiebreeze; albie; Candor7
clooney has the world in the palm of his hand. He could live like a raja anywhere he wanted to. Instead he puts his own safety and welfare on the line to highlight a struggle for freedom from a totalitarian muslim government. And all you brave souls can do is criticize him...and you do it without any apparent sense of how small it makes you.
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posted on
01/21/2011 7:59:34 AM PST
by
wtc911
("How you gonna get down that hill?")
To: Ramius
As soon as I typed that, I remembered 'Oh Brother Where Art Thou'..
...but for me, one well made movie doesn't make up for all the twisted, liberal bad movies & ridiculous quotes attributed to him.
My opinion.
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posted on
01/21/2011 9:16:11 AM PST
by
Guenevere
(....)
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