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2004-08-08 Central Asia

Plague Spreads Within Turkmenistan, Threatens Neighbors

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Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-08-08 10:20:26 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

The Turkmen government has responded, predictably, by declaring the word "plague" illegal.

Sounds like the old bastard would be right at home with our "free speech for me but not for thee" moonbats.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut 2004-08-08 11:04:36 AM|| 2004-08-08 11:04:36 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Bubonic plague, the disease responsible for the infamous "Black Death" of the Middle Ages, is still with us today and occurs in some areas of west and north central Texas. Isolated cases have been documented in areas of south and east Texas. It is caused by the bacterium Yersenia pestis and can be found in wild rodent and rabbit populations. Fleas transmit plague from animal to animal.

Though human cases of plague are rare, people may be exposed to the disease if they handle infect ed animals or are bitten by an infected flea. Early symptoms of bubonic plague include fever and swollen lymph nodes, progressing to high fever, confusion and fatigue. Untreated bubonic plague has a relatively high fatality rate, but prompt treatment with tetracycline or other drugs can be effective.

People living in areas where plague occurs can protect themselves by controlling fleas with insecticides and by controlling commensal rodent populations. It is also wise to use insect repellent when outdoors and avoid contact with wild rodents and rabbits.

Posted by Mike 2004-08-08 3:07:03 PM|| [http://www.entm.purdue.edu/wildlife/Wildlife%20Diseases.pdf] 2004-08-08 3:07:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 plague's widespread - squirrels and other rodents carry it as well. San Diego mountains to Sierras, every summer there's plague warnings about handling sick or dead rodents. Hantavirus is also a concern. I guess the giant gerbils haven't heard Turdmenkashi's "illegal" decree?

Posted by Frank G 2004-08-08 3:38:15 PM|| 2004-08-08 3:38:15 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 The "Plague" is pretty common here in my county in Califorina as well. Ground Squirels carry it here mostly. People do get it every so often and the county health dept tries to make sure people are aware of it's danger. Cats keep the rodent population down but can carry the fleas as well.

Posted by FlameBait93268 2004-08-08 3:43:28 PM|| 2004-08-08 3:43:28 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 The startling eruption of a new, dangerous respiratory illness, SARS, in Guangdong, China, in the autumn of 2002 was kept a close secret by the Chinese government for months. The mainland Chinese outbreak eventually seeded nine other major outbreaks around the world; more than 8,000 people were infected and almost 800 died. Had the Chinese government asked for help from the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, those outbreaks need never have happened, and hundreds of lives â not to mention billions of dollars â could have been saved.

Yeah, and China got spanked hard for that one didn't they? So, who's willing to be that anything gets done about this monster raving looney? Nigerian imams facilitate the world's worst outbreak of polio in decades. This Turkman wingnut is spreading the black death while China continues to conceal the extent of the world's largest medically caused AIDS epidemic and downplays their SARS crisis.

Still, no one has the stones to take these tinpot dictators and thugs to task for draining the world of untold BILLIONS used to fight these preventable scourges.

Posted by Zenster 2004-08-08 5:41:12 PM|| 2004-08-08 5:41:12 PM|| Front Page Top

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