Posted on 02/15/2024 7:38:42 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
The first reported fatality of the Alaskapox virus was recently revealed by Alaska public health officials after an elderly man in Alaska succumbed to it in January.
According to a bulletin released by the state’s public health officials, the elderly man lived in the Kenai Peninsula of Alaska before being hospitalized in November and dying from the virus toward the end of January.
While health officials could not make a final determination regarding how the elderly man contracted the Alaskapox virus, health officials suggested that he could have contracted the virus from a stray cat that he was taking care of prior to his hospitalization.
The bulletin noted that the elderly man had a “history of drug-induced immunosuppression” due to cancer treatment and suggested that his suppressed immune system could have caused his illness to be more severe.
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He was old, and his immune system was already destroyed.
The odds of anyone else getting it are vanishing close to zero.
I never heard of that virus.
“the stray cat had the virus on its claws”
By owning a pet, you are doing more damage to the environment than you might realise
“Hi, I’m here from the government and you must hand over your land, your guns, your wife, your house, your kids, your dog and your cat.”
Alaskapox virus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskapox
Orthopoxvirus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopoxvirus
Is it racist that it’s called “ALASKApox”?
Something is always going to kill someone somewhere, for some odd reason.
It’s NO reason at all to start the fear porn machine up again.
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