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Kissing bug disease infects OVER 300,000 people in the US
The Dail Mail ^
| November 9, 2014
| Alexandra Klausner
Posted on 11/09/2014 9:42:12 AM PST by pepsi_junkie
Over 300,000 Americans have already been infected with the potentially fatal 'kissing bug disease' called Chagas but U.S. healthcare workers lack of knowledge about the illness is letting many cases of the parasite unnoticed. Some doctors are calling it the 'new AIDS' because of the way it develops.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: chagas; disease; importeddisease; kissingbugdisease; parasite
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To: Steve_Seattle
Steve_Seattle:" Once again, we have to consult a British newspaper to find out what is happening in the United States."
Worthy of repeating , since it speaks volumes about our press !
Once again, we have to consult a British newspaper
to find out what is happening in the United States."
To: C210N
Maybe freezing in winter isn’t so bad.
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posted on
11/09/2014 12:13:37 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: discostu
Dysphemism: Changas is like AIDS
Euphemism: AIDS is similar to Changas
AIDS is primarily spread through Sodomite activity and not an innocent bite by a bug!?!
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posted on
11/09/2014 12:24:44 PM PST
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: C210N
Gee, it skipped New York. Our blood probably poisons the thing.
To: pepsi_junkie
'kissing bug disease'
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posted on
11/09/2014 12:45:57 PM PST
by
PLMerite
(Why did my tagline disappear? I didn't delete it.)
To: pepsi_junkie
I don’t think the article says whether the bug itself is being found in the US?
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posted on
11/09/2014 1:13:29 PM PST
by
Will88
To: Tilted Irish Kilt
That fact does reveal how Pravda (not true/official truth only) the Main Stream Media is.
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posted on
11/09/2014 2:14:01 PM PST
by
tbw2
To: pepsi_junkie
Thanks for posting. Health/life BUMP!
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posted on
11/09/2014 4:27:48 PM PST
by
PGalt
To: CrazyIvan
I’ll be damned!
I didn’t know you Brits had any knowledge of Bart Simpson.
I suppose the rot has spread everywhere.
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posted on
11/09/2014 6:04:16 PM PST
by
x1stcav
(I was an Infantry Officer back in the 60's. I have no fear.)
To: x1stcav
Ill be damned! I didnt know you Brits had any knowledge of Bart Simpson.
I suppose the rot has spread everywhere.
Eat my shorts.
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posted on
11/09/2014 7:54:55 PM PST
by
Rodamala
To: Smokin' Joe
To: Alamo-Girl
Youre Welcome, Alamo-Girl!
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posted on
11/09/2014 10:16:50 PM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
To: x1stcav
“I didnt know you Brits had any knowledge of Bart Simpson.”
I think you have me confused with MadIvan. I'm about as Midwest redneck as you can get.
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posted on
11/10/2014 4:55:44 AM PST
by
CrazyIvan
(I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
To: pepsi_junkie; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; ...
If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.
Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your dead! The Dark Man cometh! Bring out your......
(Since all records of obama's past were lost in a tragic boating accident and fire, no one can be certain that the guy in the red circle isn't him...)
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the Bring Out Your Dead ping list (formerly the Ebola ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the Bring Out Your Dead threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
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posted on
11/10/2014 6:50:18 AM PST
by
null and void
(If a quarantine saves just one child's life, it's worth it.)
To: CrazyIvan
Yeah, I get confused after drinking wine all Sunday and engage in drunk-posting.
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posted on
11/10/2014 7:08:57 AM PST
by
x1stcav
(I was an Infantry Officer back in the 60's. I have no fear.)
To: x1stcav
“It is spread by cooties which only girls have.”
Better than being made of, ‘Snips and snails, and puppy dog tails...!’ :)
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posted on
11/10/2014 7:27:53 AM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: discostu
Ebola is not under control yet. And the more it spreads the number of people coming to America with it will increase.
The drop in deaths represents either a sudden surge in resurrections or problems in reporting.
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posted on
11/10/2014 7:37:06 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: discostu
"Its an annoying little illness that effects very few people"Well, according to this report, it's potentially terminal which is more than "annoying". And it's affecting 300,000 people which is almost 1% of the population. Not sure if I believe their number. But it is concerning that it's going undetected.
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posted on
11/10/2014 7:51:15 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: DannyTN
Lots of stuff is potentially terminal, including the common cold. And 300,000 people is 1/10 of 1% of the population, not almost. It’s going undetected because it remain asymptomatic for a prolonged time, not much reason to test people that aren’t sick.
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posted on
11/10/2014 7:54:28 AM PST
by
discostu
(YAHTZEE!)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I wholeheartedly agree with you.
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posted on
11/10/2014 10:46:00 AM PST
by
x1stcav
(I was an Infantry Officer back in the 60's. I have no fear.)
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