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Saudi MERS infections soar ahead of hajj pilgrimage
AFP ^ | August 20, 2015 | No Attribution

Posted on 08/20/2015 11:20:17 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey

Riyadh (AFP) - MERS coronavirus infections have soared in Saudi Arabia ahead of the hajj pilgrimage, killing three people and forcing a Riyadh hospital to close its emergency ward, officials and newspapers said Thursday.

Its symptoms can include fever, coughing and shortness of breath. There are no approved vaccines against MERS, which is believed to originate in camels.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: camels; mers; saudiarabia
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The hajj will make the perfect environment for the spread of this disease.
1 posted on 08/20/2015 11:20:17 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey
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It would be a gift to civilization if the hajj became a death march around their meteorite. Here’s hoping they have the largest pilgrimage in history.


2 posted on 08/20/2015 11:22:37 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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3 posted on 08/20/2015 11:23:57 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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4 posted on 08/20/2015 11:24:39 AM PDT by DannyTN
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It originates in camels? So how does it spread to humans? Not that I am implying anything... /sarc


5 posted on 08/20/2015 11:26:02 AM PDT by Marko413
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To: RJS1950

allihu Gag....gag...choke......!

there are always deaths for a stampede.....at the “hajj” as crazed muslims race cpinterclockwise around the kaba stone...

this promises to be even more problematic...as all the “pilgrims” need to inspire panic....is to hear someone start a coughing fit..and race towards the exits!!


6 posted on 08/20/2015 11:26:06 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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sharing spit??

well,..one never knows


7 posted on 08/20/2015 11:26:35 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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...which is believed to originate in camels.

This is a discrete way of saying that the Saudis drink camel urine.

8 posted on 08/20/2015 11:26:58 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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GMTA too much alike...


9 posted on 08/20/2015 11:26:58 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Sucking down camel pee and having sex with camels appears to have downsides.


10 posted on 08/20/2015 11:27:13 AM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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Whoda thunk it?


11 posted on 08/20/2015 11:27:55 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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Camel Whizz!? a spin off from Panther Whizz.

that might sell in Saudi Arabia...come to think of it!!


12 posted on 08/20/2015 11:28:14 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Got a long way to go to beat the record of 1,426 folks trampled in 1990.


13 posted on 08/20/2015 11:28:14 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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I wonder what the average low info American would “think” if they knew the grim facts about the hajj??


14 posted on 08/20/2015 11:29:05 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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Reminds me of that old joke,

“Why are camels called ‘ships of the desert’?

Because they’re full of Arab semen.”


15 posted on 08/20/2015 11:37:31 AM PDT by zipper (In their heart of hearts, all Democrats are communists)
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A plague on these genetic and mental defectives.


16 posted on 08/20/2015 11:55:45 AM PDT by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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The practice of drinking camel urine facilitates a faster spread of this disease as its passed through urine. MERS is far more dangerous than is Ebola as MERS is transmitted through respiratory droplets.


17 posted on 08/20/2015 12:02:07 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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What a habit. Camel Whizz aholics


18 posted on 08/20/2015 12:16:32 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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something very very wrong is going on over there


19 posted on 08/20/2015 12:17:13 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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I understand that strong radiation has good antiseptic qualities.


20 posted on 08/20/2015 12:52:51 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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