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CDC Announces First Case of MERS in U.S.
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Posted on 05/02/2014 12:32:13 PM PDT by chessplayer

DC, Indiana State Dept of Health conducting investigation into first case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in U.S., agency says in statement.

CDC to hold 3pm press briefing

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KEYWORDS: cdc; cdcpresser; cds; cov; mers

1 posted on 05/02/2014 12:32:13 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: chessplayer

Fifty percent mortality rate even if caught early.


2 posted on 05/02/2014 12:33:02 PM PDT by chessplayer
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Quarantine the middle east.

Yeah I know we’re 1400 years too late, but better late than never.


3 posted on 05/02/2014 12:33:12 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Quarantine the middle east.

Yeah I know we’re 1400 years too late, but better late than never.


4 posted on 05/02/2014 12:33:12 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: chessplayer

oh oh...


5 posted on 05/02/2014 12:36:28 PM PDT by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
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There was a reason why our fathers and their fathers didn’t like foreigners freely coming and going to our country. Contrary to “academic” beliefs and teaching, “racism” wasn’t it.


6 posted on 05/02/2014 12:37:04 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Obama's smidgens are coming home to roost.)
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MERS, it’s SARS with hummus. Are we really going to go through this idiocy again? Oh wait, I already know the answer to that.


7 posted on 05/02/2014 12:37:46 PM PDT by discostu (Seriously, do we no longer do "phrasing"?!)
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8 posted on 05/02/2014 12:38:24 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: chessplayer

Just got back from a nice enclosed plane trip with 300 other passengers? This should be interesting if that’s the case.


9 posted on 05/02/2014 12:41:13 PM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

So what the hell we gonna do? Build a big dome over the entire country to keep everything out,,,including furriner infected rain and air?


10 posted on 05/02/2014 12:46:42 PM PDT by chessplayer
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Might be a way to stop it, but it will be years from now.

“Scientists find MERS virus antibodies that may lead to treatments”

http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-mers-virus-antibodies-may-lead-treatments-205636194.html;_ylt=AwrBJR5O8mNTxEIAwQjQtDMD


11 posted on 05/02/2014 12:53:06 PM PDT by chessplayer
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"NOTE: 371 cases of virus have been reported in Saudi Arabia since Sept. 2012, Saudi Health Ministry said yesterday"

Are we to believe those numbers?

12 posted on 05/02/2014 12:55:07 PM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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Stay the hell out of third world hellholes. Quarantine the cesspools-allow no one from them here.


13 posted on 05/02/2014 1:38:06 PM PDT by ClearBlueSky (When anyone says its not about Islam...it's about Islam. That death cult must be eradicated.)
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Well. This isn’t good. It’s not a cause for running around like the sky is falling yet, but I may just stop by at the local surgical supply store for a few masks this weekend...


14 posted on 05/02/2014 2:08:26 PM PDT by alphadoggie
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To: 1_Rain_Drop
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15 posted on 05/02/2014 2:15:23 PM PDT by mabarker1 (Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!!)
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