Posted on 04/18/2006 8:54:50 PM PDT by berilhertz
A woman was hospitalized earlier this month with bubonic plague, the first confirmed human case in Los Angeles County in more than two decades, health officials said Tuesday.
The woman, who was not identified, was admitted April 13 with a fever, swollen lymph nodes and other symptoms. A blood test confirmed she had contracted the bacterial disease. The woman was placed on antibiotics and is in stable condition, officials said.
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No wonder Jimmy Carter went after that "rabbit" with an oar.
She's from L.A., so I suppose there's a chance that she's a lesbian.
There have been at least a dozen plague alerts in Los Angeles in the past twenty years. Officials response? "It's the squirrels, man."
Before anyone worried about terrorism or illegal aliens, we had squirrels.
Its incredible how effective anti-biotics are. The hype is definately the media and governments doing I believe.
As an example on global warming, I heard a climate scientist who seemed very rational.. say that human carbon emissions will likely raise the average temperature .2 degrees higher then it would have been without those emissions. Over the course of the next 200 years.
Something to think about. But not something that makes you tune into the evening news. Or accept a dramatic loss of freedom to make way for a broad government intervention in our lives for the 'greater good'.
The same goes for public health, and the hype for things like Avian Flu.
Rofl!!!
And if you need rat glue traps, get the Victor ones at Orchard Supply....
Bought some lame ones at Home Depot and all the pests did was make it look like Grummans Chinese with all the footprints in the glue.
BurbankKarl wrote: "And if you need rat glue traps, get the Victor ones at Orchard Supply....
Bought some lame ones at Home Depot and all the pests did was make it look like Grummans Chinese with all the footprints in the glue."
"...all the pests did was make it look like Grummans Chinese with all the footprints in the glue.
ROFLOL! Thanks Karl. I really needed that. :-)
The glue traps work great if you can stand picking up the glue trap while the critter is still alive. The poison bait traps sometimes lead to odoriferous results when the rodents crawl away inside walls.
birbear wrote: "Is there anyway we can blame this on enviromental whackos?"
No, sorry. There have been no laws passed protecting ground squirrels, chipmunks or other rodents infested with plague bearing fleas.
As BurbankKarl said here, Southern California has had an increase in rainfall which resulted in an increased rat population.
Sometimes it rains when the clouds above have a volumetric increase in water concurrent with a decrease in atmospheric barometric pressure.
The rats carry the fleas who carry the bacteria...and fleas gravitate to any warm-blooded creature of opportunity. One set of foster parents I had owned the house next door and rented it to anyone willing to pay the rent. One family collected dogs without seeing to their hygiene. When the family moved out the fleas were so thick that I had to hop around in a Hefty sack while trying to repair the damage they left, unnerved by the constant sound of the fleas bouncing off the bag. Those sumbitches survived over two months without easy sources of blood ("dad" refused to pay for a bug bomb).
Is Burbank still the rat capital of the United States? I've read creepy articles about huge swarms of them in odd locations there and the continuing failure to reduce their numbers despite a wide range of tactics.
Fleas are California's State bird when it comes to owning outdoor pets.
The best, cheapest and least toxic method for getting rid of fleas is sprinklingall over the floor, leaving it in place for 24 hours, then vaccuuming it up and repeating the procedure several times a week until the fleas are completely gone. It is considered safe for carpet and most upholstery.
hoorah
Could that be because of a slightly higher than average population of bug-chasers? Not a nice way to kick the bucket.
NewRomeTacitus, I hope you don't mind my barging into your discussion with BurbankKarl.
There are date/palm tree rats which live in trees all over Los Angeles. Generally a date/palm tree rat's behavior is different than city rats which live everywhere else in L.A.
Date/palm tree rats usually enter homes in the winter or during rainy seasons. They come in through tiny openings, through a roof or vent, after climbing trees, crossing phone and electrical wires. They enter the home by chewing through plaster board and wood making the openings larger.
The date palm tree rats will run if you stamp your feet or make loud noises. They scurry like mice, showing much more fear of humans than typical city rats.
City rats are more aggressive. Even baby city rats will stand their ground staring at you with their beady eyes.
Both date/palm tree rats and city rats are dangerous because of the fleas. Still, if I had to encounter a rat, my preference would be the kind which live in trees.
Can you say, illegal immigration diseases? Nurses have been sounding that alarm for a while now. Will it enter the national debate on illegal immigration.
BJungNan wrote: "Can you say, illegal immigration diseases?
No. The story is not about an illegal immigration disease.
It is about a centuries old flea infested rodent borne disease.
BJungNan wrote: "...Will it enter the national debate on illegal immigration."
It will not enter the national debate as long as intelligent people are debating.
Nathan Zachary wrote: "That borax is also good along with formaldehyde if you want to preserve your outdoor dawg a while after it dies. :o)"
Your statement is unclear. I do not understand what you are referring to. Thanks.
The joys of open borders.
We won't bother about the bioterrorism aspect. Sweep that under the rug.
Hepatitis C, too.
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