Or..perhaps they would succumb to the Peoples Ale??
Posted on 02/02/2015 6:53:13 AM PST by wtd
CNN)An outbreak of the plague has killed dozens in Madagascar, and experts fear those numbers could go up.
At least 119 cases were confirmed by late last year, including 40 deaths, the World Health Organization said in a statement.
And the disease is taking an alarming turn.
"The outbreak that started last November has some disturbing dimensions," the WHO said this week. "The fleas that transmit this ancient disease from rats to humans have developed resistance to the first-line insecticide."
(Excerpt) Read more at edition.cnn.com ...
I have an idea! Let’s bring the victims HERE!
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So long as they don’t come here with their fleas.
Another blessing foisted upon us by human hating anti DDT fanatics.
Another blessing foisted upon us by human hating anti DDT fanatics.
The first-line insecticide is what?? Hot air??
Not to worry, plague is endemic in the SW U.S. The pneumonic form is highly contagious — coughing, sneezing, will spread it quickly in crowded conditions.
A young friend just arrived there for the Peace Corps. Told her a while back not to go because of all the deadly diseases.
We won’t have to bring them here. There will be Duncans charity workers bringing themselves here. Flights in and out of there 24/7. Then there’s the cargo ships.
the fleas will come in their luggage.
And what is that 'first-line insecticide'? The article doesn't say, nor do its links.
***the fleas will come in their luggage.***
In the plague years (1665-1666)a small plague free town in England took a consignment of clothing from plague ridden London. It was noticed some fleas jumped out of the clothing. Within a few weeks almost all of the town was dead of plague.
My military records show I have been vaccinated for plague.
We’ll provide our own fleas.
DDT, banned after Rachel Carson’s bogus book linking it to the death of several predatory bird species.
I know about the Rachel Carson (MSRIH) thing. Are they using DDT in Madagascar? The article and its sources don’t say. It would be a bit disturbing if bugs were growing resistant to DDT.
Update...kind of:
“The Black Death arrived in Britain from central Asia in the autumn of 1348 and by late spring the following year it had killed six out of every 10 people in London. Such a rate of destruction would kill five million now. By extracting the DNA of the disease bacterium, Yersinia pestis, from the largest teeth in some of the skulls retrieved from the square, the scientists were able to compare the strain of bubonic plague preserved there with that which was recently responsible for killing 60 people in Madagascar. To their surprise, the 14th-century strain, the cause of the most lethal catastrophe in recorded history, was no more virulent than today’s disease. The DNA codes were an almost perfect match.”
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/29/black-death-not-spread-rat-fleas-london-plague
Hey, we need to import some of those, ASAP!!
Re: LameCherry article.
Freeper bgill wrote:
"Plague in Madagascar:
"Just wait until the charity workers start bringing Plague back in their luggage or the infected fleas hop rides over on cargo ships."
Article and #18.
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