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CDC confirms first case of MERS infection in US
AP ^
| 5/2/14
| MIKE STOBBE
Posted on 05/02/2014 11:59:17 AM PDT by Kartographer
Health officials say a deadly virus from the Middle East has turned up for the first time in the U.S.
No details about the case have been released. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention planned a Friday afternoon briefing about the case.
The CDC says it is investigating along with health officials in Indiana.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: mers
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posted on
05/02/2014 11:59:51 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
Yikes! It’s a respiratory jihad.
(Yes, I know. That’s racist. Sue me.)
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:01:22 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: Kartographer
“The virus has been found in camels, but officials don’t know how it is spreading to humans.”
Actually you don’t want to know, XXX viewing.
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:02:08 PM PDT
by
Mouton
(The insurrection laws perpetuate what we have for a government now.)
To: Kartographer
To: Kartographer
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:02:37 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
To: BuckeyeTexan
Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is viral respiratory illness first reported in Saudi Arabia in 2012. It is caused by a coronavirus called MERS-CoV. Most people who have been confirmed to have MERS-CoV infection developed severe acute respiratory illness. They had fever, cough, and shortness of breath. About half of these people died.
So far, all the cases have been linked to six countries in or near the Arabian Peninsula. No cases have been identified in the U.S. This virus has spread from ill people to others through close contact. However, the virus has not shown to spread in a sustained way in communities. The situation is still evolving.
http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/MERS/
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:03:18 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
To: Kartographer
It’s a Coronavirus. Noooooooo! I drank some last night.
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:04:07 PM PDT
by
Starstruck
(If my reply offends, you probably don't understand sarcasm or criticism...or do.)
To: driftdiver
is this bad? Hell.....it's the Zombie Apocalypse!
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:05:15 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
To: Mouton
The virus has been found in camels, but officials dont know how it is spreading to humans.
As Jeb would say, it’s an act of love.
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:06:57 PM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: driftdiver
Q: Is CDC concerned?
A: Yes, CDC is concerned about MERS-CoV. Most people who have been confirmed to have MERS-CoV infection developed severe acute respiratory illness. They had fever, cough, and shortness of breath. About half of these people died. Also, the virus spreads from person to person and has spread between countries. CDC recognizes the potential for the virus to spread further and cause more cases and clusters globally, including in the United States.
http://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/mers/faq.html
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:07:32 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:10:21 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: Kartographer
I’m officially upping my family’s probiotic intake.
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:12:17 PM PDT
by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: Kartographer
The mostly likely vector between bats, camels and people are fleas or another blood sucking insect.
Bats, rodents and their fleas are still a vector for bubonic plague in the American west.
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:12:52 PM PDT
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Valpal1
(If the police can t solve a problem with violence, they ll find a way to fix it with brute force)
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:15:15 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: Valpal1
"another blood sucking insect"
You mean like blood sucking 'DemonRATS' and 'Gibmethats'?
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:15:35 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:19:44 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: BuckeyeTexan
"Yikes! Its a respiratory jihad.""Allah Akbar Achoo!!!"
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:23:14 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: Kartographer
It crossed my mind as I was sitting on an airplane this week listening to people hack and cough.
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posted on
05/02/2014 12:26:54 PM PDT
by
driftdiver
(I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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