Are their backs ... wet?
Posted on 07/03/2021 3:13:22 AM PDT by nickcarraway
The Centers for Disease Control is investigating three mysterious cases of a bacterial disease that is typically found in tropical climates — yet the infected people have not left the United States.
In a health alert posted Wednesday, the CDC said that they are working with the health departments of Kansas, Texas and Minnesota to determine how three people — two adults and one child — contracted melioidosis disease, an infection caused by the Burkholderia pseudomallei bacteria.
The first patient to be diagnosed with the disease, in March, died 10 days after being hospitalized, though they had two preexisting conditions, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and liver scarring, that put them at high risk of serious illness. The other two patients were diagnosed in May, and one is still in the hospital while the other has been discharged and sent to a transitional care unit, the CDC said.
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The CDC knows full well they need to check in with their counterparts in Mexico.
Are their backs ... wet?
Wouldn’t be “mysterious” if they’d health screen people entering the United States.\\
EXACTLY.
Golly. It is a mystery.
“Bioterrorism
Melioidosis is a disease caused by germs that occur naturally in certain parts of the world, such as Southeast Asia and northern Australia. The only places these germs, called Burkholderia pseudomallei, occur naturally in the United States is Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands. One reason public health authorities study the disease is because it is possible that the germs that cause melioidosis might be used in a biological attack. A biological attack is the intentional release of germs that can sicken or kill people, livestock, or crops.”
https://www.cdc.gov/melioidosis/bioterrorism/index.html
I am afraid there is very little of the CDC that is anything but political. Not only do I not believe anything they say, but I am afraid they are also totally incompetent.
“Illegal aliens”
In 2010, “U.S. scientists” warned that this tropical disease could be the next major bioterrorism threat after anthrax.
Reportedly it is being traced to an aromatherapy product sold by Wal-Mart.
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