It's the dreaded Smurfrax Toxin!
Posted on 08/30/2008 4:17:42 PM PDT by Alter Kaker
Hazmat crews are investigating separate incidents at two area hospitals. Sources say several people came into contact with a chemical and drove themselves to DePaul and St. Anthony’s hospitals. Both emergency rooms were placed on lockdown and ER patients were quarantined.
There is no word yet on the origin of the chemical or the incident that sent the victims to the hospital.
FOX 2 has crews at St. Anthony’s and at DePaul and will have more information as it develops.
Lockdown, indeed.
The latest I have heard on Fox was the patients skin was blue and they were having trouble breathing. Hazmat is being sent to other hospitals just in case.
It's the dreaded Smurfrax Toxin!
The people came in contact with it at then went to the ER. It could be almost anything.
You know that won’t be funny if this turns out to be serious. You might want to reconsider posting this by asking it to be pulled.
Chlorine gas?
Exposure to higher levels could cause burning of the eyes and skin, rapid breathing, narrowing of the bronchi, wheezing, blue coloring of the skin, accumulation of fluid in the lungs, and pain in the lung region.
Yes , I Agree with you & the other thread has the same disgusting attempts of so-called warped humor too ... :(
Prayers for the people who are most obviously in some kind of medical distress. And prayers for the doctors and hospital staff as well, who may have been exposed to whatever chemical caused this.
Turning blue indicates a SERIOUS respiratory problem. Not exactly something to joke about, or assume that it’s an overreaction to send in HAZMAT. I hope to God this isn’t some sort of terrorist-related event.
Could be an infection of liberalism.
Reopublican infections turn you red.
WHatever it is, it prevents Oxygen from getting to the blood. Many poisons have this effect.
There was a cyanide "suicide " in Denver recently just before the convention.Muslim from Canada. Had a pound of sodium cyanide. A pinch will kill ya.
I hope its not that, but you know, it COULD be.
Bad taste, man. I’m pretty insensitive, but that’s a bit offside .......
There was a guy on TV not to long ago who had blue skin. It turned that way from drinking some kind of mineral for years. I can't think of what it was now. It didn't hurt him, but his skin will always be blue now.
Don’t waste your time on that smart-a$$.
Which are nowhere near each other. St. Anthony's is in far south St. Louis County--about two miles from me--and De Paul is in far north St. Louis County. Weird.
There is a medication called Silvadine that has silver in it. Marvelous stuff. I burned my had severely and it healed it up real well. No scars. When you rub the silvadine on it turns black, but doesn't leave your skin blue.
UPDATE:
Two St. Louis Hospitals on Lock Down After Reports of Unidentified White Powder
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,414041,00.html
“Three people turned up at DePaul Health Center claiming they were exposed to white powder they could ndecontamination unit to the hospitalot identify. Two of the patients were in critical condition.
Another three patients were admitted to St. Anthony’s Medical Center with blue skin, according to unconfirmed reports relayed by KMOV.com.”
(More at the link above)
The guy is a moron. Honest to God, just take a two minute read of his post history. A nasty piece of work.
A source close to the situation said it appeared the affected people were searching inside a dumpster when they came into contact with the chemical.
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