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Strange new disease outbreaks
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| 06-09-03
| The Heavy Equipment Guy
Posted on 06/09/2003 3:32:01 PM PDT by backhoe
TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aids; bacteria; biology; bioterrorism; birdflu; disease; dutchbirdflu; flu; frlibrarians; genetics; hiv; influenza; madcow; monkeypox; outbreak; palehorse; pharmaceuticals; prion; reference; sars; superstrain; virus; westnile; wmd
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To: cake_crumb
The easiest way to not catch monkeypox in the US is not to consort with prairie dogsI just read in an article posted on the Drudge Report that a rabbit caught Monkeypox from a Prairie Dog.
To: backhoe
For those who are concerned about "wild diseases":
I am a maintenance engineer in a hospital laundry where we process about 40,000 pounds of soiled linen daily. In addition, my brother (who lives in the suite downstairs) is a household appliance technician for a major international retailer.
He is exposed daily to people who don't even realize they might be sick, or know it but don't think they're sick enough to see their "Quack" yet.
I just spent over 5 hours cleaning the sorting area (we call it the "poo zone") wearing nothing more than my coveralls, an N95 mask, and examination gloves.
I am only minimally concerned about what I had to deal with today, as is he.
Incidentally, there are 2 known SARS cases in the hospital across the street, and 3 others in our service area.
IF I or my brother become ill in the next 10 days, I will definitely let you know.
Chicken Littles, indeed.
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posted on
06/10/2003 12:54:14 AM PDT
by
Don W
(Lead, follow, or get outta the way!)
To: Judith Anne; flutters
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posted on
06/10/2003 2:13:46 AM PDT
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backhoe
To: Don W
(we call it the "poo zone") Your sense of humor is appreciated- 30 years ago I ran the Saint Simons Island sewage treatment plant... 5 million gallons a day...
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posted on
06/10/2003 2:17:02 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: All
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posted on
06/10/2003 4:53:35 AM PDT
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backhoe
To: All
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posted on
06/10/2003 4:55:07 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: ShadowDancer
I was flipping around channels when Keith Olbermann said they'd be interviewing people with monkeypox from Dorchester WI, so I watched the story (I said, "DORCHESTER? I know where that is"), wondering if my hubby's relatives knew them--and then I realized of course they knew them. Dorchester is not that big. In fact, it's really tiny. Towards the end of the interview (you could hear the kid playing during the interview), I heard this thump, then the kid screaming & wailing. They pulled out to a wide shot & there was the resin lawn chair tipped over into the grass, the kid howling, mom leaping up to comfort the kid....and Olbermann gave periodic reports about the condition of the kid for the next half hour. I mean it's bad enough the kid's got monkeypox, but to total out on a lawn chair on cable news TV....and I can tell you that being on cable tv was the biggest thing to hit Dorchester since...well, EVER.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/926167/posts? page=3#3
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posted on
06/10/2003 6:44:39 AM PDT
by
Catspaw
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posted on
06/10/2003 11:26:51 AM PDT
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backhoe
To: Amelia
If you don't breathe the air, you can flush the toilet as many times as you want. Well, you will still get the droplets on your skin.....
LOL. What would I ever do without you, Amelia? ;-)
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posted on
06/10/2003 12:06:23 PM PDT
by
Scenic Sounds
( "Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.")
To: Scenic Sounds
What would I ever do without you, Amelia? ;-)Live dangerously? ;-)
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posted on
06/10/2003 12:47:14 PM PDT
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Amelia
To: All
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posted on
06/10/2003 3:47:19 PM PDT
by
backhoe
To: Amelia
Live dangerously? ;-)LOL. Well, you know, I used to get accused of that all the time, but somehow it always made some sort of sense to me.
Most of the time, anyway. ;-)
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posted on
06/10/2003 4:21:58 PM PDT
by
Scenic Sounds
( "Friends help you move. Real friends help you move bodies.")
To: All
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posted on
06/10/2003 4:30:50 PM PDT
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backhoe
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posted on
06/10/2003 4:54:47 PM PDT
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backhoe
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posted on
06/11/2003 12:46:12 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Anyone recall "The Stand?")
To: All
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posted on
06/11/2003 12:49:18 AM PDT
by
backhoe
To: All
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posted on
06/11/2003 1:04:18 AM PDT
by
backhoe
(Just an old keyboard cowboy, ridin' the trackball into the sunset...)
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posted on
06/11/2003 2:15:31 AM PDT
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backhoe
To: backhoe
With your serious first responder aid kit, FReepers must add "N" and "P" 95 or 100 respirators and medical masks AND nitril gloves (much more durable than latex). Include some serious trash bags with "100 mph" tape for sealing and keep a few gallons of bleach around.
"Suit up" and promptly dispose of dead birds, mammals, and people, if it gets to that.
If these poxes "jump" (with or without bioweapons lab/terrorists help) to squirrels, cats, and dogs, we'll get some taget practice.
If anyone is naive enough to think these new diseases are by chance, think of the wierd deaths of 30 some world-class bio-scientists who died the last couple of years.
How can China have a SARS vaccine so soon, IF SARS was not a long researched case study?
To: SevenDaysInMay
Good points- thanks!
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06/11/2003 3:09:57 AM PDT
by
backhoe
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