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Mystery illness claims 4 lives in Montgomery County (Texas)
KHOU 11 News Houston ^ | December 17, 2013 at 11:09 AM | DREW KAREDES

Posted on 12/18/2013 6:45:25 AM PST by BenLurkin

According to the health department, all of the patients have had flu-like and/or pneumonia like symptoms. However, all of them have tested negative for the flu.

There have been eight confirmed patients ranging in age from 41 to 68. Four of those patients have died.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: claims; health; illness; lives; montgomerycounty; mystery; mysteryillness; texas
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To: Smokin' Joe; Marcella

Should have pinged you two to my added comments.


81 posted on 12/18/2013 4:20:27 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Smokin' Joe; Marcella; null and void

Thread on Niman’s site discussing this:

http://fluboard.rhizalabs.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10839


82 posted on 12/18/2013 4:20:59 PM PST by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Marcella

Thank you for your example.


83 posted on 12/18/2013 4:23:20 PM PST by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: TEXOKIE

Too bad Timmy’s name wasn’t Doug...


84 posted on 12/18/2013 5:27:33 PM PST by null and void (I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
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To: Valpal1

My daughter take a low dosage of doxy for acne. I guess she’d have a leg up on this. (:


85 posted on 12/18/2013 5:31:52 PM PST by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: Marcella
This is a reason for having stored food - perhaps this is a mini pandemic affecting only this county, or maybe it isn't and it spreads.

By definition, it is not a pandemic. It is an outbreak. It doesn't become pandemic until it starts traveling around the world and affecting large numbers of people (the movie, Contagion, was a pandemic scenario).

If you are really worried, you can wear surgical masks when you go outside. That will help protect you from a disease that spreads through aerosols. Remember not to touch your face, and wash your hands frequently. The little hand sanitizers will help in a pinch, but should not substitute for hand washing. Some diseases lurk on surfaces, and you can catch them by touching the surface, then your face.

The kidney involvement sounds like hanta virus to me, which is spread through rodent urine, and spreads through aerosol. Bleach surfaces you suspect are contaminated, and if you must pick up a dead rodent, wear a surgical mask and latex or nitrile gloves, and wash exposed skin thoroughly with soap and warm water afterwards. You should lather your hands for about 15 seconds, rinse, and use a paper towel to turn off the faucet.

Hope this helps.

86 posted on 12/18/2013 6:02:58 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: RadiationRomeo

The plague in Madagascar is the bubonic plague, caused by Yersinia pestis, which is already present in the US. It is treatable with antibiotics.


87 posted on 12/18/2013 6:06:17 PM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: null and void
The flu H1N-whatever flu scare three years ago had everyone running out to get Oscillococcinum. The company was sued for $30 million because it had no active ingredients and did nothing for the flu. A kids' flu med, Kids Relief, is also a scam.

http://wallstcheatsheet.com/stocks/10-scam-homeopathic-cures-that-made-millions-anyway.html/?a=viewall

88 posted on 12/18/2013 6:20:56 PM PST by bgill
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To: Gamecock
I don't know why we have hundreds of channels. We only watch about 5 or 6 shows.

NCIS is one of them.

Here's a link to the song that played at the end of the most recent episode.

It's called "Nothing More" by The Alternate Routes

89 posted on 12/18/2013 6:23:24 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: exDemMom
I called it a mini-pandemic just in this county to suggest it wasn't out of this county - yet.

I have a box of good masks, not the cheapies, and gloves and even eye shields, and bottles of sanitizer and antibacterial soap, but I don't have to leave my house for anything as long as I want, so I'm not. I can't take the vaccine and I'm 80 so I'll be chillin’ out in my own country where I am President for Life.

90 posted on 12/18/2013 7:17:51 PM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: WayneS
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Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

91 posted on 12/18/2013 8:06:12 PM PST by wku man (It's almost deer season, got your DEERGOGGLES on yet? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jexrnFq2fXY)
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To: Marcella

“Montgomery County officials say none of those who died had received a flu shot. Here in Houston, we reported last week that Texas Children’s Hospital is full and many of the children there have the flu or the RSV virus. Public health officials say people who are sick should stay home and everyone should insist their family wash their hands and use hand sanitizers.”

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/health&id=9365327&rss=rss-ktrk-article-9365327

I suppose they’ll play this up to get people to get the shot. Just yesterday, the news was saying hand sanitizers don’t work. And sick people rarely stay home. Our local news just now says there’s been at least 5 deaths from this flu. The other a 30 year old otherwise healthy man: http://www.kvue.com/home/236487611.html


92 posted on 12/18/2013 8:10:41 PM PST by bgill
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To: bgill
The flu H1N-whatever flu scare three years ago had everyone running out to get Oscillococcinum. The company was sued for $30 million because it had no active ingredients and did nothing for the flu. A kids' flu med, Kids Relief, is also a scam.

Your best bet against the flu is to receive the flu vaccine (this year, it contains the 2009 pandemic H1N1 strain, seasonal H3N2 strain, and one of the B lineages, Yamagata IIRC). If you start showing symptoms of flu, you should optimally start taking an antiviral within 48 hours.

Anything "homeopathic" is a scam. Those "homeopathic remedies" are so diluted that the chance of finding a molecule of active ingredient is orders of magnitude less than the chance of winning the Mega Millions or Powerball. People buying those are basically paying premium prices for a small bottle of water or buffer.

93 posted on 12/19/2013 3:43:43 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Marcella
I can't take the vaccine and I'm 80 so I'll be chillin’ out in my own country where I am President for Life.

Ah. Newer vaccines are not made with eggs, so can be an option for some people.

At your age, the chance for complications from flu is high. So it is good to take precautions.

94 posted on 12/19/2013 3:48:54 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: sneakers

“Flu-like” is usually a bad indicator, because it implies a pulmonary disease, spread by coughing and sneezing. It can include:

Coronaviruses. Four to five different currently known strains of coronaviruses infect humans. They are not only responsible for most common colds, but also SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome). There are kinds, some of which can infect people, that are uniquely hard on dogs, cats, chickens, pigs, and a variety that causes a form of multiple sclerosis in mice.

Human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and Human parainfluenza viruses. They are major causes of lower respiratory tract infections and hospital visits during infancy and childhood, as well as juvenile pneumonia. Symptoms among adults are *usually* minor.

Adenoviruses. In humans, 57 distinct adenoviral serotypes have been found to cause a wide range of illnesses, from mild respiratory infections in young children to life-threatening multi-organ disease in people with a weakened immune system.

Human metapneumovirus (hMPV). It may be the second most common cause (after RSV) of lower respiratory infection in young children.

SARS. Still considered rare, but will likely become more common at some point.

The viruses responsible for Measles, Mumps, etc.


95 posted on 12/19/2013 6:34:26 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Last Obamacare Promise: "If You Like Your Eternal Soul, You Can Keep It.")
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To: Marcella

I’d second your call to stay put, Marcella. Your food storage can be replenished; if you or your family get sick your options would be limited.


96 posted on 12/19/2013 8:28:30 AM PST by yorkiemom
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To: exDemMom

“Ah. Newer vaccines are not made with eggs, so can be an option for some people.”

It isn’t the egg. I am also terribly allergic to iodine, that one can kill me. I was given an iodine test by putting iodine just under my skin and the iodine ate my skin and down into flesh and it had to heal from the bottom up - I have no pigment in that spot. It’s on my medical chart never to put it on me or in me. Whatever carrier or whatever that is in vaccines is very bad for me. I had a tetanus shot some years ago and my arm swelled, turned red, had fever, etc. I was told never to take one again. Same thing for penicillin - whole body broke out in bumps, told never to have it again.


97 posted on 12/19/2013 9:22:19 AM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Marcella

http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/north-texas-man-dies-from-progressive-type-of-swine-flu/


98 posted on 12/19/2013 12:14:48 PM PST by Myrddin
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To: Myrddin; JRandomFreeper
Johnny, this man in your county died with H1N1 swine flu just like one in Montgomery County. They are rechecking test results on those in Montgomery County to be sure that one was the only one with swine flu.

The one with for sure swine flu here also had his kidneys fail and so did this man in Tarrant County.

Maybe you should stay at your house and out of beer halls until this is past. I'm not leaving my house for sure.

99 posted on 12/19/2013 3:38:08 PM PST by Marcella ((Prepping can save your life today. I am a Christian, not a Muslim.))
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To: Marcella
Maybe you should stay at your house and out of beer halls until this is past

A man's gotta die of something.

/johnny

100 posted on 12/19/2013 3:40:13 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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