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Plague that’s killed scores is blamed on dances with corpses (madagascar)
New York Post ^
| 10-26-17
| Ruth Brown
Posted on 10/26/2017 7:01:26 PM PDT by dynachrome
The deadly plague sweeping Madagascar may have a particularly gruesome cause a local tradition of dancing with dead bodies.
SEE ALSO Madagascar's plague outbreak is spreading at an alarming rate Madagascar's plague outbreak is spreading at an alarming rate Health officials suspect its no coincidence that the outbreak which has infected more than 1,100 people and killed 124 since August coincides with the time of year when families customarily exhume the remains of dead relatives, wrap them in a sheet, and dance with them through the streets in a sacred ritual, AFP reports.
If a person dies of pneumonic plague and is then interred in a tomb that is subsequently opened for [the ritual], the bacteria can still be transmitted and contaminate whoever handles the body, said Willy Randriamarotia, Madagascars health ministry chief of staff.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3rdworld; bringoutyourdead; bubonic; celebratediversity; madagascar; plague
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To: dynachrome; Chode; All
Send x42 and hitlary over there, it may be our only hope to rid Us of them.
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posted on
10/27/2017 9:00:35 AM PDT
by
mabarker1
(Progress- the opposite of congress)
To: Popman
"people dig up their family corpses and then dance with them....?"Only on the day before election day.
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posted on
10/27/2017 9:13:03 AM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(Charlottesville PD Motto- When things get rough, we get gone!)
To: matthew fuller
What an ignorant “culture”.
83
posted on
10/27/2017 9:23:04 AM PDT
by
hal ogen
(First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
To: 21twelve
84
posted on
10/27/2017 9:47:11 AM PDT
by
matthew fuller
(Charlottesville PD Motto- When things get rough, we get gone!)
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
Dancing with rotted corpses? What could go wrong? Anyone?" AND it's creepy...
85
posted on
10/27/2017 10:26:26 AM PDT
by
GOPJ
(The moment that a story starts hurting the Democrats the media loses interest in it. George Neumayr)
To: matthew fuller
Hey - maybe a TV contest show in the making!? Although perhaps not do it in front of a live audience?
86
posted on
10/27/2017 12:03:01 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts FDR's New Deal = obama)
To: mabarker1
WTH is wrong wi these people...
87
posted on
10/27/2017 2:31:55 PM PDT
by
Chode
(You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
To: null and void
JUST THE START Madagascar plague outbreak set to last another SIX MONTHS as health officials warn Black Death pandemic could explode
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posted on
11/01/2017 12:43:45 PM PDT
by
GregNH
(If you can't fight, please find a good place to hide!)
To: dynachrome
89
posted on
11/01/2017 12:46:57 PM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: FirstFlaBn
Who do you suppose leads?The dead person, of corpse!
To: null and void
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posted on
11/01/2017 1:56:28 PM PDT
by
GregNH
(If you can't fight, please find a good place to hide!)
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