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Bubonic plague? Isn't that caused by too many 'Rats?
1 posted on 04/18/2006 4:34:56 PM PDT by Aussie Dasher
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Can you believe Califoreignia infested with RATS? who'da thunkit?


68 posted on 04/18/2006 7:26:21 PM PDT by azhenfud (He who always is looking up seldom finds others' lost change.)
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An unidentified woman came down last week with symptoms of the disease, known as the Black Death, when it devastatingly swept across Europe in the 14th century. Health officials said they believed the infected woman, who remains in hospital, was exposed to fleas in the area around her house and stressed it was unlikely the rare disease would spread.

100 to one odds she is an illegal.

74 posted on 04/18/2006 8:19:35 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Every man must be tempted, sometimes,to hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.)
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A consequence of illegal immigration, I wonder?


78 posted on 04/18/2006 8:27:39 PM PDT by Theo
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Was she messing around with rodents, or something?


79 posted on 04/18/2006 8:27:50 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) !)
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Can never have too many rats if it's sage rats you're hunting.

I got the vaccination for plague. I've kept my shot cards just to keep track of all the weird things I was vaccinated for.

I have a vaccination with the seal of Thailand. I was third mate on a ship that was required for everyone on the ship to be vaccinated. I was told to gather the crew for the shots. I looked at the 10 new needles on the table and asked for my vaccination first. We were a crew of 43.


82 posted on 04/18/2006 9:01:21 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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the infected woman, who remains in hospital, was exposed to fleas in the area around her house and stressed it was unlikely the rare disease would spread.

So ... they're saying ... they killed every single last Bubonic-plague-laced flea before it jumped away?

84 posted on 04/18/2006 9:04:58 PM PDT by GretchenM (What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul? Please meet my friend, Jesus.)
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bfl


85 posted on 04/18/2006 9:09:34 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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A single case, but if you only read the headline you'd think it's an epidemic.


90 posted on 04/20/2006 3:34:09 AM PDT by kalee
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Not too surprising. Both Los Angeles and Albuquerque have large rodent populations in their surroundings. Plague is endemic in the wild rodent population. That's why New Mexico's slogan is:

Land of the Flea, Home of the Plague.


92 posted on 04/20/2006 6:28:51 AM PDT by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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ILLEGALS


95 posted on 04/20/2006 1:14:47 PM PDT by shield (A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand; but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc. 10:2)
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Bubonic plague hits LA

Jonathan Fielding, head of Los Angeles County public health, said.

Mr Fielding explained the disease is not uncommon among animals such as squirrels but seldom spreads to humans.

Except when the fleas arrive by "coyote" !

98 posted on 04/20/2006 1:28:47 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Hosea 6:6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings)
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