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Anthrax Case Linked to Drumming Circle, New Hampshire Officials Say
New York Times ^ | December 30, 2009 | Amy Goodnough

Posted on 12/30/2009 11:13:57 AM PST by La Lydia

BOSTON — A New Hampshire woman who is critically ill with gastrointestinal anthrax most likely swallowed spores while participating in a community drumming circle, state health officials said Tuesday...The woman was among some 60 people who attended the drumming session on Dec. 4 at the United Campus Ministry near the University of New Hampshire in Durham...Investigators found traces of anthrax on two African drums and an electrical outlet in the room where the event took place, Dr. Talbot said, and are theorizing that the woman swallowed spores that were aerosolized by the drumming. The state has not identified the woman because of privacy concerns.

Dr. Talbot said the anthrax detected on the drums was a naturally occurring strain that frequently appears in soil. Animals that ingest contaminated soil can pass the disease to people who handle their hides. Most of the drums at the session were made with animal hides, she said...

The ministry advertised the Dec. 4 event on its Web site as a drum circle and pasta supper. Julie Corey, a drumming teacher who led the session, said the victim had danced that night instead of drumming. “She was the first to get up and dance,” Ms. Corey recalled, adding that she thought the woman was a graduate student at another college. “She’s a vital young woman, from what I’ve seen of her — a strong-spirited person.”...

In 2007, two people in Connecticut were treated for cutaneous anthrax traced to animal hides used to make African drums. And in 2006, a drum maker in New York contracted inhalation anthrax. All three survived...

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Anthrax Scare; Culture/Society; US: Massachusetts; US: New Hampshire
KEYWORDS: anthrax; circle; culturalequivalency; drum; drummer; drummers; drumming; drums; napl; nativecustoms; newhampshire; officials; thirdworld
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To: Yollopoliuhqui

I googled a hippie drum circle photo I wanted to use but the link wouldn’t share the photo.


41 posted on 12/30/2009 12:53:32 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Beware the Green Menace, the socialists warning you of global warming under your bed are hysteric.)
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To: fr_freak

And just post all this in the box and it will show up??


42 posted on 12/30/2009 12:58:30 PM PST by Married with Children
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To: a fool in paradise

In such cases you can use a screen capture program and lift the image straight from the monitor display cache. I like IrfanView, a freeware image viewing program with an excellent thumbnail album function.


43 posted on 12/30/2009 12:58:39 PM PST by Yollopoliuhqui (consciousness is a heads up display)
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To: fr_freak

44 posted on 12/30/2009 1:02:59 PM PST by Married with Children
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To: fr_freak

Hot Damn! Thanks!!!!!!!!!


45 posted on 12/30/2009 1:03:40 PM PST by Married with Children
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To: Slings and Arrows; La Lydia

DRUM LICKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!


46 posted on 12/30/2009 1:05:47 PM PST by Lady Jag (Double your income. Fire the government)
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To: La Lydia
Who knew anthrax was an occupations hazard for those who participate in African "drum circles."

This is not the first report of someone getting anthrax from African-style drums. Here are a few other cases:

UK drum maker dies after inhaling anthrax spores

Conn. Man Contracts Anthrax From African Drum

Man dies from 'rare anthrax bug'

47 posted on 12/30/2009 1:14:02 PM PST by wideminded
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To: Lady Jag

I’m not quite sure what a drum licker is, but I’ll bet that Rosie O’Donuts qualifies.


48 posted on 12/30/2009 1:45:19 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("The solution to every ill is a cat." --TheOldLady)
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To: Velveeta

Thanks for the ping Vel.


49 posted on 12/30/2009 2:51:48 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Married with Children

Excellent work, grasshopper!


50 posted on 12/30/2009 2:55:12 PM PST by fr_freak
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To: fr_freak

I bow to you Sensei


51 posted on 12/30/2009 3:09:56 PM PST by Married with Children
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To: Velveeta
>>>> "Drummers and anthrax...again." <<<<

OMG, not again.

52 posted on 12/30/2009 4:15:22 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: NewRomeTacitus; cripplecreek; creeping death; JeffreyH; RandallFlagg; cschroe; rollo tomasi; ...

Heavy Metal Ping List — sort of.


53 posted on 12/30/2009 4:48:42 PM PST by Grizzled Bear (Does not play well with others.)
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To: NativeNewYorker; Shermy; Battle Axe; Mitchell
Memories


54 posted on 12/30/2009 5:27:25 PM PST by Vidocq
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To: NativeNewYorker; Shermy; Battle Axe; Mitchell; TrebleRebel

http://anthraxmuseum.tripod.com/theanthraxmysterymuseumtm/index.html


55 posted on 12/30/2009 5:34:21 PM PST by Vidocq
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To: La Lydia

http://anthraxmuseum.tripod.com/theanthraxmysterymuseumtm/index.html


56 posted on 12/30/2009 5:37:36 PM PST by Vidocq
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To: Cicero
Oh, my! Fortunately, I hadn't had my shower yet, tonight.

Vegan-sustainability “Peace & Justice” Christian drummers, practicing Buddhist meditation techniques for “Mildfulness”, among all members of “The Abrahamic Tradition”; all while teaching classes on “Social Justice for immigrants and refugees”.

Who also just happen to leave the, “...and of His vengeance...,” sub-clause out of the middle of their ‘quotation’ of Isaiah 61:1-2.

57 posted on 12/30/2009 7:54:16 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (I think not, therefore I don't exist!)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Sounds like New Age Christianity, with stress on the first two words. Or maybe “The Church of Christ without Christ,” the rival church in Flannery O’Connor’s Wise Blood.


58 posted on 12/30/2009 8:04:18 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: La Lydia
I am trying to recall Christ's teachings regarding "drumming circles" in the New Testament,

I'll probably have to ask a Catholic to be certain; but it might have something to do with the Rhythm Method. *<];-')

THUD-thud, thud, thud! (pause and repeat) is not my idea of sacred/spiritual music.

59 posted on 12/30/2009 8:05:02 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (I think not, therefore I don't exist!)
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To: Cicero

Maybe we should email their page link to the White House; sounds perfect for the Obama’s new “spiritual home”, though the pictures did look “mighty white”.


60 posted on 12/30/2009 8:36:19 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (I think not, therefore I don't exist!)
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