Lepromatous leprosy in a 54-year-old man in central Florida (CDC)
Posted on 08/01/2023 9:43:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Move over, COVID-19, and say hello to leprosy. Yes, that leprosy, the biblical plague from the Old and New Testaments.
That’s according to the CDC, which says that there is “rising evidence that leprosy has become endemic in the southeastern United States.”
Leprosy, also called Hanson’s Disease, is an infection caused by slow-growing bacteria called Mycobacterium leprae, according to the CDC. “It can affect the nerves, skin, eyes, and lining of the nose (nasal mucosa).” Up to 2 million people worldwide are permanently disabled from the disease, which can be transmitted by “prolonged, close contact with someone with untreated leprosy over many months.” It is thought to be spread via respiratory droplets—or even contact with armadillos. The CDC, which now apparently believes in natural immunity again, says, “more than 95% of all people have natural immunity to the disease.”
But in a Research Letter published in the August 2023 edition of the Emerging Infections Diseases journal, researchers from the Kansas City University–Graduate Medical Education/Advanced Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery Consortium raised concerns about the rise in the number of cases in the U.S.:
Leprosy has been historically uncommon in the United States; incidence peaked around 1983, and a drastic reduction in the annual number of documented cases occurred from the 1980s through 2000. However, since then, reports demonstrate a gradual increase in the incidence of leprosy in the United States. The number of reported cases has more than doubled in the southeastern states over the last decade. According to the National Hansen’s Disease Program, 159 new cases were reported in the United States in 2020; Florida was among the top reporting states.
Central Florida accounted for 81% of cases in the Sunshine State—nearly 20% of cases reported nationally.
(Excerpt) Read more at pjmedia.com ...
leprosy is easily cured with antibotics.
Yes, Thank God for modern medicine.
The letter in the journal described the case of a 54-year-old man who sought treatment in a Florida dermatology clinic. “He denied any domestic or foreign travel, exposure to armadillos, prolonged contact with immigrants from leprosy-endemic countries, or connections with someone known to have leprosy.” The man has been a central Florida resident for his entire life and “works in landscaping, and spends long periods of time outdoors” He was referred to an infectious disease program and was prescribed triple therapy with dapsone, rifampin, and clofazimine.
The Sun reports that a Texas man in his 20s was recently diagnosed with leprosy after months of battling a mysterious skin rash. “He was heavily tattooed and moved to the US from Samoa — where leprosy is still endemic — four years before he was diagnosed. After a course of antibiotics and surgery to repair damaged tendons in his hands, he is said to be improving.
According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, there are “about 200-250 newly diagnosed cases reported to the national registry each year. The largest number of cases in the U.S. live in California, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, New York, Hawaii and Puerto Rico.”
Now Leprosy, a Disease from Biblical Times, is Coming Over Our Unsecured Border.
Another glorious benefit of vigorously helping Nazi Ukraine enforce their border while abandoning all US Borders.
Notice how the government never mentions religion unless they need to push a scare narrative.
And the antibiotics are provided at no cost, around the world, by the WHO. I looked it up several years ago when I was teaching Sunday School. (Middle school kids are interested in diseases.)
coming to a town near you... leper colonies
Elsewhere in the excerpt, the denominator, cases reported nationally, is provided: 159. With a little rounding, that gives us
[[after months of battling a mysterious skin rash]]
And that is what will likely happen to most folks who go to their local small town health centers that have never seen leprosy before- they will not think to consider leprosy and the skin rash will remain a ‘mystery’ for a good long time
With a little rounding, that gives us 31 or fewer cases in Florida and 25 or fewer cases in central Floria.
(Part of my post disappeared because I tried to make a “less than or equal to” symbol.)
lol- i dont think till get that bad as meds can eradicate it fairly quickly-
It may be curable, but, as the article says, the severe scaring it leaves behind is irreversible.
So, now we are getting drug-resistant T.B., measles outbreaks, malaria, and other third world diseases that we spent millions eradicating generations ago. What’s next to wash up on our shores—polio, diphtheria? I saw one report that an illegal alien was infected with smallpox. He was apprehended, but what about others who weren’t caught as they violated our border?
The CDC hates Ron DeSantis......and Florida.
“It goes on Juda”
“Your mother and sister”
“Look for them in the Valley of the Lepers”
How about the African diseases that will surely begin to show up - again!
Like:
Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever. ...
Dengue Fever. ...
Ebola Virus Disease....
Yes, good point.
Paging Thomas Covenant.
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