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Bubonic plague hits LA
Herald Sun ^
| 19 April 2006
Posted on 04/18/2006 4:34:55 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
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To: 4U2OUI
Sorry 'bout the formatting. Looks perfect to me...
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posted on
04/18/2006 4:52:45 PM PDT
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: bert
LOL
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posted on
04/18/2006 4:54:24 PM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Property must be secured or liberty cannot exist. John Adams)
To: Redcloak
it'd be the 1st time many pubbies have seen something with nuts there
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posted on
04/18/2006 4:54:27 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(they love you in Mexico until you pay in pesos.)
To: djf
Anybody know what the antibiotic of choice is here?
colloidal silver
24
posted on
04/18/2006 4:54:33 PM PDT
by
Jaysun
(If anything is possible, then it's possible that nothing is possible.)
To: Hoplite
What do you use to ward off bird flu? :)
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posted on
04/18/2006 4:55:06 PM PDT
by
Politicalmom
(Must I use a sarcasm tag?)
To: michigander
We're DOOMED!No bird flue for me.
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posted on
04/18/2006 4:57:12 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: Aussie Dasher
"Bubonic plague is not usually transmissible from person to person," Jonathan Fielding, head of Los Angeles County public health, said.Wrong! 25 million people didn't die in Europe from fleas.
Fleas spread it from rodents to humans and then humans spread it like wildfire.
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posted on
04/18/2006 4:57:16 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: Aussie Dasher
Bubonic plague? Isn't that caused by too many 'Rats?Or too many illegals.
Whether they are from Mexico (most likely) or Asia, it is certain to be an illegal.
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posted on
04/18/2006 4:57:42 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Multiculturalism is the white flag of a dying country)
To: blam
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posted on
04/18/2006 4:59:06 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: 4U2OUI
What's the antidote to that prescription? LOL
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posted on
04/18/2006 5:00:27 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: Tax-chick
Actually, there are theories that the Black Death may not have been just bubonic plaque, because some of the symptoms do not fit, and there are few rats in some of the areas where the pandemic struck, such as Iceland. Other candidates are pulmonary anthrax and some Ebola like virus.
To: TheLion
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posted on
04/18/2006 5:10:02 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
("Although You're invisible, I trust the Unseen.")
To: Publius6961
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posted on
04/18/2006 5:10:54 PM PDT
by
michigander
(The Constitution only guarantees the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.)
To: Politicalmom
"What do you use to ward off bird flu? :)" Isolation.
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posted on
04/18/2006 5:15:08 PM PDT
by
blam
To: Aussie Dasher
Bubonic plague? Isn't that caused by too many 'Rats?
Nope. It's caused by too many illegal aliens illegally aliening from places with too many rats.
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posted on
04/18/2006 5:16:54 PM PDT
by
Old_Mil
(http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
To: SoCal Pubbie
"Actually, there are theories that the Black Death may not have been just bubonic plaque, because some of the symptoms do not fit, and there are few rats in some of the areas where the pandemic struck, such as Iceland. Other candidates are pulmonary anthrax and some Ebola like virus." I've seen some 'experts' say recently that they believe at least two agents were at work during the Black Death.
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posted on
04/18/2006 5:17:27 PM PDT
by
blam
To: Tax-chick
Heh, they call prairie dogs "plague bunnies".
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posted on
04/18/2006 5:20:18 PM PDT
by
coydog
(Cowardice does not make you safe. It makes you a safe target. - - Dale Amon)
To: Aussie Dasher; TheLion
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posted on
04/18/2006 5:21:43 PM PDT
by
blam
To: Tax-chick
"Once a human is infected, a progressive illness generally results unless specific antibiotic therapy is given. Progression leads to blood infection and, finally, to lung infection. The infection of the lung is termed plague pneumonia, and it can be transmitted to others through the expulsion of droplets by coughing."
The high death rates were human to human.
Btw, the rat flea was the carrier, not the human flea.
http://www.nps.gov/public_health/inter/info/factsheets/fs_plague.htm
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posted on
04/18/2006 5:23:09 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: Jaysun
I make a couple gallons a day and keep all my friends supplied.
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posted on
04/18/2006 5:26:23 PM PDT
by
DocRock
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