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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Is Sweeping Europe – And There's No Vaccine
2016-09-09
Goody.
[Gateway] FIRST there was Zika, and now it's Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever - but how much do you know about the disease sweeping across Europe?

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a virus primarily transmitted to people from ticks and animals. While it might not be a commonly-discussed disease, CCHF outbreaks - which causes severe viral haemorrhagic fever outbreaks - have a fatality rate of up to 40 per cent, according to the World Health Organisation.

Worryingly the virus is primarily transmitted to people from ticks and livestock animals - but human-to-human transmission can occur after close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected persons.

There is no vaccine available for either people or animals.

The panic around CCHF is spreading fast after a man died in Spain from the disease.
Posted by:Besoeker

#7  Cultural enrichment?
Posted by: gorb   2016-09-09 17:08  

#6  human-to-human transmission can occur after close contact with the blood, secretions, organs or other bodily fluids of infected persons.

Another STD.
Posted by: Skidmark   2016-09-09 16:26  

#5  Here's four fellas who won't have to worry about the Congo fever. Can you believe this is actually happening in America ?

Posted by: Besoeker   2016-09-09 12:21  

#4  Well, it's O.K., we can all retreat to our "safe spaces."
Posted by: JohnQC   2016-09-09 10:48  

#3  Well, I'm sure that CDC stands ready to defend us here...except that there's global warming to be concerned about...and guns...and people eat too much salt...and people are too mean to each other...and you know...the CDC is *busy* working on those things and those must take priority.
Posted by: Crusader   2016-09-09 10:45  

#2  Does the spread of third-world "refugees" have anything to do with this, hmmmmm?

Ellis Island required a physical for all immigrants. Seems like a proper cautionary move to me.
Posted by: AlanC   2016-09-09 09:24  

#1  There is also a new report of leprosy involving two pre-schoolers in California.
Posted by: Percy McCoy7690   2016-09-09 00:10  

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