Forget Ebola. We have the Plague!

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www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/colorado-resident-is-2nd-to-die-of-plague-there-this-year/ar-BBlqKjh

Two Coloradans have now died from the disease.

[Virgil Showlion]

[Tennesseer]

It happens on occasion.  

[Jaguar]

The plague has never died out, but there's drugs to combat it now, so there's not as many deaths from it. But it's still with us.

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Colorado has not had a death from the Plague since 2004.
The last case was, I believe, 2013

[NomoreDramaQ1015]

Prarie dogs carry the plauge and I believe ground squirrels do as well. 

Colorado has been unnaturally wet/warm this year which has resulted in a lot of growth which attracts rodents who carry fleas who carry the plague.    It was the perfect set of conditions unfortunately.

Mother nature is a bitch.

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We've always had the plague.


www.cdc.gov/plague/maps/index.html

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And there's Legionare's disease in NYC if you want to be aware, or perhaps worry...

abcnews.go.com/Health/legionnaires-disease-stop-deadly-outbreak/story?id=32920144

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Aug 6, 2015 17:54:40 GMT -5 Opti said:

And there's Legionare's disease in NYC if you to be aware, or perhaps worry...

abcnews.go.com/Health/legionnaires-disease-stop-deadly-outbreak/story?id=32920144

Yes
Ten dead, 100 infected.

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Aug 6, 2015 17:57:14 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Aug 6, 2015 17:54:40 GMT -5 Opti said:

And there's Legionare's disease in NYC if you to be aware, or perhaps worry...

abcnews.go.com/Health/legionnaires-disease-stop-deadly-outbreak/story?id=32920144

Yes
Ten dead, 100 infected.

Yup. Haven't read much on it, I have stuff that needs doing, but what I have read is it was primarily people with compromised immune systems such as the elderly. FWIW, just worrying drops immune system response.

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Aug 6, 2015 17:59:22 GMT -5 Opti said:

Aug 6, 2015 17:57:14 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Yes
Ten dead, 100 infected.

Yup. Haven't read much on it, I have stuff that needs doing, but what I have read is it was primarily people with compromised immune systems such as the elderly. FWIW, just worrying drops immune system response.

Still a scary situation. It is supposedly from roof top condenser units that kick the bacteria out when the fans kick on to cool the units down, and the bacteria is sent airborne traveling up to seven miles. 

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Aug 6, 2015 16:58:22 GMT -5 NomoreDramaQ1015 said:

Prarie dogs carry the plauge and I believe ground squirrels do as well. 

Colorado has been unnaturally wet/warm this year which has resulted in a lot of growth which attracts rodents who carry fleas who carry the plague.    It was the perfect set of conditions unfortunately.

Mother nature is a bitch.

You ain't seen nothing yet - watch Zoo for a preview of what's to come.

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Aug 6, 2015 18:03:50 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Aug 6, 2015 17:59:22 GMT -5 Opti said:

Yup. Haven't read much on it, I have stuff that needs doing, but what I have read is it was primarily people with compromised immune systems such as the elderly. FWIW, just worrying drops immune system response.

Still a scary situation. It is supposedly from roof top condenser units that kick the bacteria out when the fans kick on to cool the units down, and the bacteria is sent airborne traveling up to seven miles. 

They don't really know yet. I generally look at stuff and say how is this OK or how did it happen. Its not great, but most exposed folks do not get sick according to the link I posted. From that URL:

"First of all, Legionnaires’ disease is not a predictable event; it occurs here, there and everywhere," Schaffner said. "Very few [outbreaks] are this large."

The source of the outbreak can also be hard to identify, Schaffner said, because of the difficulty of connecting bacteria found in cooling towers to the people affected by the disease.

ABC News' chief health and medical editor, Dr. Richard Besser, said he was concerned about statements made by city health officials saying they were confident that one or more of the five cooling towers was the source of the outbreak.

"Outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease can be very difficult to sort out. Most people who are exposed don't get sick and the bacteria can travel in mist through the air over large distances," Besser said. "They [health officials] say they are confident that one or more of those cooling towers is the source.

"However, I think it's pretty hard to be certain without matching bacteria from the cooling tower to a patient -- something that has not been possible, or seeing that the number of cases declines. Without that decline, it seems a bit premature to be confident that this is over."

Schaffner said the next few days to weeks will be key to determining whether the source of the outbreak had been stopped or whether people are still presenting with new cases.

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i just put on some popcorn for the new freakout.

[Artemis Windsong]

I read the symptoms.  Every start of illnesses that are ugly act like a bad cold or flu.

Plague, lyme disease, hanta virus.