Rainbow
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Post by Rainbow on Jul 12, 2014 1:10:39 GMT
LINK A Colorado man is infected with the rarest and most fatal form of plague, an airborne version that can be spread through coughing and sneezing.
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Post by lucyg on Jul 12, 2014 1:51:01 GMT
Okay, you know plague is here, has always been here, and there are always occasional cases of people getting it from wild animals? No one knows why it was such an epidemic in medieval times, and then subsided.
There is no evidence that it is rampant in Central America, as far as I know. I don't think it's rampant ANYwhere anymore.
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Post by M~ on Jul 12, 2014 1:58:35 GMT
It's those immigrant kids.........................  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 2:03:59 GMT
Were you the pea who was obsessed with the flu epidemic a few years back? H1N1 (had to go look it up)
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Post by cindyupnorth on Jul 12, 2014 2:10:41 GMT
HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...breathe..HAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
you really need to get out more and get a life.
seriously.
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marianne
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Post by marianne on Jul 12, 2014 2:28:18 GMT
Good grief... is she always such a debbie downer??  |
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Post by scrapaddie on Jul 12, 2014 2:40:29 GMT
And so.....  ? What is the point? |
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Post by sisterbdsq on Jul 12, 2014 2:45:38 GMT
That pesky plague better not taint my weed!
Teehee, I said taint!
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 12, 2014 2:49:57 GMT
Up north we also had a case of Tularemia. I think all Coloradoans should stay in and not go out. It will give us an excuse to take Dick Monfort's advice.
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Post by kristalina on Jul 12, 2014 2:50:19 GMT
taint. hehe
and I like the black rain cloud up there. Is it ok if I snag that one?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 2:56:46 GMT
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Post by marianne on Jul 12, 2014 3:03:42 GMT
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 12, 2014 3:04:06 GMT
I am thinking that I am glad I live in Florida and not in Colorado? Or more specifically Denver? (I think that is what I read.) Now, don't get me wrong, I am not an alarmist by any stretch of the imagination. When the zombie apocalypse comes, I am screwed when it comes to food prep-once I go through the hurricane kit, I'm out. And I also know that that for the most part, this stuff is not difficult to treat if caught early enough. Still...after all that, don't it still give you just a teeny bit of a shiver? I know it was a gazillion years ago, and way before antibiotics...but those damn fleas. You know?? Please feel free to laugh. I read way too many end of the world, apocalyptic books.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 3:06:33 GMT
So no more immigrant prairie dogs, right?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2014 3:07:36 GMT
The sky is falling; the sky is falling..... 
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Post by anonrefugee on Jul 12, 2014 3:08:14 GMT
Well now. Time for me to stop the wine and bow out.
I read title as deadly plaQue- as in a new dental problem.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 12, 2014 3:08:51 GMT
I am thinking that I am glad I live in Florida and not in Colorado? Or more specifically Denver? (I think that is what I read.) Now, don't get me wrong, I am not an alarmist by any stretch of the imagination. When the zombie apocalypse comes, I am screwed when it comes to food prep-once I go through the hurricane kit, I'm out. And I also know that that for the most part, this stuff is not difficult to treat if caught early enough. Still...after all that, don't it still give you just a teeny bit of a shiver? I know it was a gazillion years ago, and way before antibiotics...but those damn fleas. You know?? Please feel free to laugh. I read way too many end of the world, apocalyptic books. If multiple people or animals had tested positive and it was shown to be contagious through the air, I might be freaking out. |
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smginaz Suzy
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Post by smginaz Suzy on Jul 12, 2014 3:11:48 GMT
And, headed to downtown Denver next week. Maybe I should avoid the 16th St tram.
Nah.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 12, 2014 3:13:27 GMT
I am thinking that I am glad I live in Florida and not in Colorado? Or more specifically Denver? (I think that is what I read.) Now, don't get me wrong, I am not an alarmist by any stretch of the imagination. When the zombie apocalypse comes, I am screwed when it comes to food prep-once I go through the hurricane kit, I'm out. And I also know that that for the most part, this stuff is not difficult to treat if caught early enough. Still...after all that, don't it still give you just a teeny bit of a shiver? I know it was a gazillion years ago, and way before antibiotics...but those damn fleas. You know?? Please feel free to laugh. I read way too many end of the world, apocalyptic books. If multiple people or animals had tested positive and it was shown to be contagious through the air, I might be freaking out. Oh, I totally understand. One case of the plague does not the end of the world mean. Doesn't mean that I won't dream about it though. The day after reading the thread about getting rid of facial hair I dreamed I had a full face beard. I suspect tonight it will be rabid prairie dogs and bulbous pustules. |
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Post by Nink on Jul 12, 2014 3:24:35 GMT
Well now. Time for me to stop the wine and bow out. I read title as deadly plaQue- as in a new dental problem. Same here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by BeckyTech on Jul 12, 2014 3:26:15 GMT
Okay, you know plague is here, has always been here, and there are always occasional cases of people getting it from wild animals? No one knows why it was such an epidemic in medieval times, and then subsided. There is no evidence that it is rampant in Central America, as far as I know. I don't think it's rampant ANYwhere anymore. Where did she or the article say anything about Central America?  Being a Colorado resident, I found it interesting, but those darned prairie dogs carry a lot of diseases. Hate 'em. They are rodents and are very destructive. People with horses and cows especially hate them because their animals can step in a hole and break a leg so easily. |
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 12, 2014 3:28:06 GMT
They are cute though.
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Post by BeckyTech on Jul 12, 2014 3:33:36 GMT
Kind of, in a rodent-y type of way. I used to work at a place that bordered an area that had a colony. They were kind of interesting to watch. |
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Post by tidegirl on Jul 12, 2014 3:37:57 GMT
They are cute until they destroy all of your landscaping around your house. I have lost 2 pine trees, several small plants, all my veggies/herbs and a lawn to those suckers. Not Cute! (well cute but...not iykwim.) They do carry yucky stuff and spread it. The rodents carrying the hantavirus scare me more though
eta I hope the person who has contacted it gets well quickly.
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Post by BeckyTech on Jul 12, 2014 3:39:45 GMT
If multiple people or animals had tested positive and it was shown to be contagious through the air, I might be freaking out. Well then start freaking out because the first paragraph says: But the plague is pretty rare, so I'm not going to freak out just yet. (But I'll keep my distance from coughing people.) |
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 12, 2014 3:43:03 GMT
But it wasn't spread through the air. I'm talking infected guy coughs in a restaurant and all the people around him and who sat in that table contracted it.
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Post by panda on Jul 12, 2014 3:46:15 GMT
I also read it as "plaque" and was so intrigued...
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Post by lucyg on Jul 12, 2014 3:47:18 GMT
There's a garden/outdoor store in Santa Fe that keeps a colony of the little buggers. I just love watching them. So cute. i do get that they are terrible pests in the wild, though. |
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Post by lucyg on Jul 12, 2014 3:52:27 GMT
Okay, you know plague is here, has always been here, and there are always occasional cases of people getting it from wild animals? No one knows why it was such an epidemic in medieval times, and then subsided. There is no evidence that it is rampant in Central America, as far as I know. I don't think it's rampant ANYwhere anymore. Where did she or the article say anything about Central America? She didn't. But she's been posting scare stuff lately about diseases being brought over the border by those children. This seems in line with the rest of it. I may give Rainbow a hard time but I think I'm fairly friendly about it. |
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Post by elaine on Jul 12, 2014 4:38:34 GMT
Okay, you know plague is here, has always been here, and there are always occasional cases of people getting it from wild animals? No one knows why it was such an epidemic in medieval times, and then subsided. There is no evidence that it is rampant in Central America, as far as I know. I don't think it's rampant ANYwhere anymore. Where did she or the article say anything about Central America? Being a Colorado resident, I found it interesting, but those darned prairie dogs carry a lot of diseases. Hate 'em. They are rodents and are very destructive. People with horses and cows especially hate them because their animals can step in a hole and break a leg so easily. When I lived in Colorado, there were several cases in the state of the Hantavirus caused by mice. I think it is those Colorado rodents that we should look into deporting. |
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