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Oregon man suffering from the plague is in critical condition
New York Daily News ^ | June 13, 2012 | Philip Caulfield

Posted on 06/13/2012 7:57:29 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

An Oregon man is at death's door in a hospital battling a rare case of the infamous “Black Death” plague, health officials said.

The unidentified man, who is in his 50s, was bitten on the hand while trying to pull a mouse away from a stray cat on June 2 and got sick several days later, doctors at St. Charles Medical Center-Bend told The Oregonian newspaper.

The man was thought to be suffering from septicemic plague — meaning the ruthless bacteria was spreading in his bloodstream — and was in critical condition on Tuesday, doctors said.

Karen Yeargain, the county health department's communicable disease coordinator, told The Oregonian that officials were working to confirm that the man had the plague, but that all the symptoms were there, including stomach pain, bleeding mouth, nose and anus and dying tissue.

He's just the fifth person to catch the plague in the state since 1995.

Only about 10 to 15 people in the United States catch the frightening illness each year, typically in western states.

Globally, health officials report about 1,000 to 3,000 cases per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control.

(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: blackdeath; condition; critical; oregon; plague; suffering
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1 posted on 06/13/2012 7:57:32 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

What an idiot. Sounds just like some Gaia worshiping liberal who tried to take the mouse away from Snookums because it wasn’t ‘green’ organic cat food.


2 posted on 06/13/2012 8:01:29 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"...was bitten on the hand while trying to pull a mouse away from a stray cat..."

My heart goes out to the guy and I sincerely hope he gets well, but what on earth would possess somebody to try to take a mouse from a stray cat?!?!?

3 posted on 06/13/2012 8:03:36 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Windflier

Only a freeper could turn a story about a guy dying of the plague into a left-right political issue. Sigh...


4 posted on 06/13/2012 8:03:48 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Plague is (still) endemic on the West Coast. I was camping at some BLM sites in the San Gabriels (or maybe Mt Pinos) and there were warning signs saying do not mess with the ground squirrels, they carry bubonic plague.

Unlike this guy I did not mess with the rodents, any rodents.


5 posted on 06/13/2012 8:03:48 PM PDT by DBrow
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who is in his 50s, was bitten on the hand while trying to pull a mouse away from a stray cat

His 401K must be with my broker.
6 posted on 06/13/2012 8:05:17 PM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: miss marmelstein

We are in agreement here.

Even before I clicked on the post I expected some comments along those lines. And I was not disappointed.


7 posted on 06/13/2012 8:07:49 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: miss marmelstein
Only a freeper could turn a story about a guy dying of the plague into a left-right political issue. Sigh...

The guy tried to remove a live mouse from his cat's mouth with his bare hand, which is stupid on three or four levels. Not your typical right-winger behavior.

Conservatives don't simply have a certain political bent. They also bear a lot of common sense attributes.

8 posted on 06/13/2012 8:09:33 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I’d like some more details on this but I know we’ll never get them. Why was he messing with a danged rodent and a stray cat?!?


9 posted on 06/13/2012 8:09:41 PM PDT by Caipirabob (I say we take off and Newt the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...)
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To: Thrownatbirth
His 401K must be with my broker.

Is he not living up to his name?

10 posted on 06/13/2012 8:13:41 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: Windflier

“The guy tried to remove a live mouse from his cat’s mouth “

Worse, a stray cat. He may get rabies too!

Not the brightest crayon in the drawer.


11 posted on 06/13/2012 8:13:46 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: miss marmelstein

This actually isn’t as bad as the blog post here by some guy ranting that plague in the US comes from dirty Mexican illegal immigrants and is Obama’s fault.


12 posted on 06/13/2012 8:16:01 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: miss marmelstein

This actually isn’t as bad as the blog post here by some guy ranting that plague in the US comes from dirty Mexican illegal immigrants and is Obama’s fault.


13 posted on 06/13/2012 8:16:05 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Free ThinkerNY

That’s scary! I thought that the plague was wiped out a century or so ago.


14 posted on 06/13/2012 8:20:07 PM PDT by Noob1999 (Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

So who bit him...the cat or the mouse?


15 posted on 06/13/2012 8:23:26 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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To: Noob1999
No. Plague is still around but people usually don't die of it.

Of course what is called Plague nowadays is a pale shadow of the "Black Death" version of Plague.

Sort of like what is called flu is small potatoes compared to the Spanish Flu which was the last great pandemic.

16 posted on 06/13/2012 8:27:41 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Migrating elephant herds react badly to flaming motor homes and dry ice doesn't repel killer bees)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; abcraghead; aimhigh; Archie Bunker on steroids; bicycle thug; blackie; ...
If you aren't on this ping list and are interested
in articles about Oregon, please FReepmail me.

17 posted on 06/13/2012 8:30:26 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Windflier

LOL. I own 3 cats at this point and have often taken away birds and mice from them - and lived to fight another day. After this story, though, I’ll make sure to wear my gardening gloves. What this has to do with politics, though, is behind me.


18 posted on 06/13/2012 8:33:12 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: miss marmelstein
Are you related to the obama girl?
Usually only a senseless left wing earth mom would take a post with as much humor/life lesson potential and turn it into a way to try to spank fellow freepers.
It was NOT a left/right thing until you threw that card in the pile.
Let's analyze this. Someone tried to take a WILD mouse from a STRAY cat.
Most conservatives have learn enough from life to NOT MAKE SUCH a STUPID move.
Most probably feel bad for the guy but.. a wild mouse from a stray cat...rescue attempt?
This guy stepped directly onto the Darwin list conveyor. That is generally not something a conservative would do. Most respect nature, but are not stupid enough to mess with TWO wild animals in a predator/prey situation.
This guy had to be a lefty, moon bat, and the sheer stupidity demands comment and any humor that can be drawn from this situation. Only a lefty would throw a lefty/righty card in this mix.
Sigh... is right and a spanking for your impertinence.
19 posted on 06/13/2012 8:36:10 PM PDT by JSteff ((((It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.))))
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To: Free ThinkerNY
1/4 of the earth's population of humans die between 1346 and 1352, and they get a paragraph in the history books.

One poor guy in Oregon, God bless him, and prayers up... is very sick, and it makes national news.

Whattabunchapussies....

/johnny

20 posted on 06/13/2012 8:36:37 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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