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CDC says mutated cold virus is a killer
WTHITV ^ | 11/15/2007 | AP

Posted on 11/15/2007 5:08:58 PM PST by djf

ATLANTA (AP) - There's a mutated version of the common cold and it can be deadly. It's killed 10 people in the U.S. in the last 18 months.

And infectious diseases investigator with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a new variant of an adenovirus has caused at least 140 illnesses in New York, Oregon, Washington and Texas.

It was called boot camp flu when hundreds of Air Force recruits got sick earlier this year at Lackland Air Force base in Texas. One 19-year-old trainee died. The recruits were infected with a variety of cold viruses but at least 100 had been infected by the more virulent mutated virus.

In the CDC report, the earliest case of the mutated virus was found in an infant girl in New York City, who died 12 days after she was born last year.


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To: Fairview
"Wash your hands. Wash your hands. Wash your hands some more. Wash them again later."

I wash my hands probably 10+ times per day, and haven't gotten 'sick' in years. Now that I've said this, I'll probably be half dead with the flu next week...

41 posted on 11/15/2007 8:59:51 PM PST by KoRn
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To: PA Engineer

Does zinc type products such as Zicam help stop or minimize this mutated cold virus? I haven’t had a cold in 3 years and I swear by Zicam.


42 posted on 11/15/2007 9:10:22 PM PST by Vicki (Washington State where anyone can vote .... illegals, non-residents, dead people, dogs, felons)
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To: djf

There’s a mutated version of the common cold and it can be deadly.


Captain Tripps?


43 posted on 11/15/2007 9:11:38 PM PST by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: Vicki
Does zinc type products such as Zicam help stop or minimize this mutated cold virus? I haven’t had a cold in 3 years and I swear by Zicam.

Neither did I until this. In my situation my wife was on call so I could not escape exposure, especially with the "telephone". I have never experienced anything like it. My advice is the same as others. Wash your hands often and do not touch your face in between hand washings.

We have been married for almost 21 years and I can count the days my wife has missed from illness on one hand. She missed and entire week (and weekend) with this one.
44 posted on 11/15/2007 9:20:27 PM PST by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the occupation media.)
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To: djf
Most kids love to play in water.

Make a game of it, and wash hands with them.

I did this with my grandkids (we are raising two of them), showing them how to do it properly, and they have the green light to wash their hands at almost any time.

It really cut down on sick kids in our house.

Water (and soap) is cheap compared to having sick kids/adults.

45 posted on 11/16/2007 5:11:08 AM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

True. And I admit I was being a bit facetious in my post.

But if you think about it, how many people are totally prepared to NOT go to the store for say two weeks at a time? How many are prepared to NOT handle what will be one of the prime culprits in any pandemic, a dollar bill?

I would, at the first sign of any serious outbreak, get the kids out of school asap. No matter what it takes.

Kids hands are constantly on the move - more often than not, back and forth from the things they touch, straight into their mouths. So beware. Have a good supply of childrens aspirin. I also recommend folks have tincture of iodine, because a small swab of iodine on the skin stimulates the thyroid, which in turn stimulates the immune system.

I’m pretty much a homebody hermit type so I try not to get to scared about stuff like this. But if a pandemic did happen, it would spread so fast that people would be astounded. You wouldn’t even be able to open your mail without gloves. (I have a supply of those too!)

And stock up on soap. You can buy like a cubic foot of soap for ten bucks. Nobody knows how to make it anymore.
During some type of unforseen event, plain old ordinary soap could be worth it’s weight in gold.


46 posted on 11/16/2007 5:24:49 AM PST by djf (Send Fred some bread! Not a whole loaf, a slice or two will do!)
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To: djf
Kids out of school and no daycare. (imho, the two most effective pathogen exchange programs going).

Preps are pretty basic, if people just think about what they use and buy a couple of extra and stock the shelves. If they consider what they would not want to be without, they might do OK.

Handling currency will be dangerous, but it probably already is (you never know where that stuff has been).

47 posted on 11/16/2007 1:08:20 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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To: djf

The YECs will never get this since evolution is impossible for them.


48 posted on 11/16/2007 1:10:45 PM PST by RightWhale (anti-razors are pro-life)
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To: PA Engineer
This bug is very insidious with a low fever but very severe upper respiratory impact. At times I felt as if I was going to drown in my own fluids. My wife (physician) diagnosed it based on a type of facial glandular swelling. The worst part of the infection is that it can lead to Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), which has a fatality rate of over 50%. This is not a bug to be joking about.

Very accurate description of what I just went through. Do not mess or toy with this one. If I was 20 to 30 years older, might not have made it. I picked it up on a trip to Dallas. Mine was all respiratory very close to pneumonia. From what I understand, the flu shots will not prevent this one. The elderly are especially vulnerable. Told my parents to disinfect me on their door stop when I show up on Thanksgiving. The virus can survive for weeks on surfaces. Anyone who is still within 2 weeks of infection should not mingle on Thanksgiving. Have someone bring the food to your house. IMHO.

49 posted on 11/16/2007 9:35:43 PM PST by justa-hairyape
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