[Oorang]

interesting article ping

[Oorang]

Interesting article ping

[steve86]

Another site (which doesn't want to be referenced) has had posters contact the hospital where the woman was admitted (Hillingdon). The hospitals' press officer said it is true a woman was brought in and died, but the possibility of Ebola has been discounted (I would assume this would include other haemorrhagic fevers as well). The hospital is open for business as usual. Family of the victim and crew are being interviewed by the Health Protection Agency.

In a separate query, Virgin Atlantic Airlines says the aircraft has been "cleaned" (my parentheses) and put back in service.

Let's hope this is nothing, other than the death of an embassy worker. I don't know what to think

[blam]

Historical Review: Megadrought And Megadeath In 16th Century Mexico (Hemorraghic Fever)

"The epidemic of cocoliztli from 1545 to 1548 killed an estimated 5 million to 15 million people, or up to 80% of the native population of Mexico (Figure 1). In absolute and relative terms the 1545 epidemic was one of the worst demographic catastrophes in human history, approaching even the Black Death of bubonic plague, which killed approximately 25 million in western Europe from 1347 to 1351 or about 50% of the regional population."

"The cocoliztli epidemic from 1576 to 1578 cocoliztli epidemic killed an additional 2 to 2.5 million people, or about 50% of the remaining native population."