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Virus closes US army bases in Germany
Exatica.com ^ | Feb. 20, 2004 | DPA

Posted on 02/23/2004 2:47:02 PM PST by FairOpinion

MARBURG - A mysterious viral infection has forced military authorities in Germany to close four bases, ordering nearly 4,000 personnel and their dependents to stay home, authorities said Friday.

The bases Schwalmstadt, Schwarzenborn, Stadtallendorf and Neustadt will be closed for three weeks while the premises are disinfected.

"This is the worst single such infectious situation we've ever had," a Defence Ministry spokesman said Friday.

The viral epidemic began in Schwalmstadt in the central German state of Hesse, when 150 of the 800 personnel stationed there complained of inflamed and itching eyes.

The Bundeswehr closed that base last week. Just four days later, the same symptoms cropped up at nearby Neustadt, where all 800 service personnel were told to go home until further notice.

With some 14,000 troops stationed in Hesse, German military authorities became alarmed as two more bases were ordered closed.

"Something is being transmitted between these bases - food, laundry, books - something that people touch with their hands and then inadvertently transfer to their eyes," a spokesman said.

At the one base in the area that is still open, in Frankenberg, the base commander is confident the epidemic is waning.

"We have had just a dozen reported cases of eye infection out of a base population of 1,200," said Colonel Peter Richard, Frankenberg base commander. "We have launched hygiene drills and cleaning campaigns aimed at ensuring that this does not spread any further."

Bundeswehr medical officials note that infectious diseases are common at military bases due to the close confines of 1,000 or more men and women living and working together.

"This infection, however, is a definitely more stubborn than any we have seen in recent years," one military doctor told Deutsche Presse-Agentur

DPA Subject: German news


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Germany; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bases; germany; healthcare; illness; infection; marburg; military; militarybases; mobytrolls; mystery; neustadt; schwalmstadt; schwarzenborn; stadtallendorf; virus
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To: Neets
This guy made me think he was German Leftest.
21 posted on 02/23/2004 3:14:06 PM PST by cmsgop ( HAS ANYONE SEEN Spalding Grey ??)
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To: FairOpinion
Well at least the virus doesnt seem to be the "marburg" virus despite the dateline of the article. That would be very bad....
22 posted on 02/23/2004 3:14:26 PM PST by lurker214
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To: Neets
They come out of piles of dog vomit too. I forgot about that source.

Prairie
23 posted on 02/23/2004 3:14:39 PM PST by prairiebreeze (The hope that danger has passed is comforting, is understandable, and it is FALSE! ~GWBush)
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To: onyx
Just got it and thought it strange.My reply(without clicking the link).When you own the forum,you can run it like you wish.
24 posted on 02/23/2004 3:15:59 PM PST by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: cmsgop
What is up with the FReepmail lately? Seems like very strange stuff. Pointless, illogical, almost like spam.
25 posted on 02/23/2004 3:16:30 PM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: RightWhale
automated?
26 posted on 02/23/2004 3:17:52 PM PST by longtermmemmory (Vote!)
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To: cmsgop; Neets; MEG33; yall

Do NOT ever open the links. Hell I don't even read their damn mail.
27 posted on 02/23/2004 3:18:29 PM PST by onyx (Your secrets are safe with me and all my friends.)
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To: prairiebreeze

Don't ever open the link.
28 posted on 02/23/2004 3:19:06 PM PST by onyx (Your secrets are safe with me and all my friends.)
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To: FairOpinion
Hope the infection is brought under control soon.
29 posted on 02/23/2004 3:19:58 PM PST by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: RightWhale
It is spam.
30 posted on 02/23/2004 3:21:38 PM PST by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: longtermmemmory
< tinfoil >

Don't know, but they have links. Do not click on strange links. Don't know what virus you might pick up. At the least they will zero in on your coordinates.

< /tinfoil >

31 posted on 02/23/2004 3:21:40 PM PST by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: MEG33
It has been quite some time since we've had an active disruptor hereabouts.

Who was the guy a couple years ago who wouldn't go away?

32 posted on 02/23/2004 3:23:22 PM PST by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: RightWhale
It's not tinfoil thinking to never click a link in mail from an unknown.
33 posted on 02/23/2004 3:24:11 PM PST by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: longjack
German Ping..

Can anyone ping Michael8dus?...

Thanks...
34 posted on 02/23/2004 3:24:25 PM PST by STFrancis
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To: RightWhale
Yes very SPAMY, and the amount of disruptor's is amazing, I've never seen anything like it.
35 posted on 02/23/2004 3:26:35 PM PST by cmsgop ( HAS ANYONE SEEN Spalding Grey ??)
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To: RightWhale
They have found out they can't survive in the open here so they are attacking in freepmail.
36 posted on 02/23/2004 3:27:03 PM PST by Dog (Bin Laden your account to America is past due......time to pay up.)
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To: billorites
I wasn't here.I know one of them now is probably German.
37 posted on 02/23/2004 3:27:19 PM PST by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: Admin Moderator
Anyway to get rid of these pictures? I have three of them now...I assume this guy is a spammer
38 posted on 02/23/2004 3:29:40 PM PST by PeteFromMontana (It's only news if it puts a Conservative in a bad light.)
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To: PeteFromMontana
OOps..you clicked on the link??
39 posted on 02/23/2004 3:32:33 PM PST by MEG33 (John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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To: RightWhale
trolls
40 posted on 02/23/2004 3:35:27 PM PST by Jim Robinson (I don't belong to no organized political party. I'm a Republycan.)
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