[neverdem]

Emerging infections: a perpetual challenge.

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[Fiji Hill]

When it hit the US in 1832, Asiatic cholera, a waterborne disease, was thought to be airborne, so piles of coal and sulfur were set up around cities and then burned so as to create huge clouds of acrid smoke that would hinder the spread of the disease. Asiatic cholera was spread throughout the Midwest by soldiers sent to fight the Blackhawk War in 1832.

[JasonC]

They done extensive research and have concluded that plagues are contagious.

Sigh...

[irv]

Here's the link to the PDF of the actual article. NIH is pretty good about that, unlike a lot of "journals" that charge an arm and a leg for every scrap.

http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/about/directors/pdf/EmergingInfectionsLancetID.pdf

[Alia]

Informative, thought-provoking read. Thank you for the ping.

[MrPiper]

Hint, stay out of public Baths and Brothels.

[Cheburashka]

Stupid example. As the article says, the plague hit Athens 430-427 B.C. Athens finally lost the Peloponnesian War in 404 B.C., twenty three years later. As for the Golden Age of Greece, Philip II and the Macedonians didn't move in and shut down the party for another century.

Little iffy on the cause and effect here guys.

[mewzilla]

I wanted to read the article, but the journal wants over 30 bucks for it :(

[AliVeritas]

I must get this full report.

[SunkenCiv]

thanks neverdem:

Garlic Chemical Tablet Treats Diabetes I And II, Study Suggests
Science Daily | Nov. 19, 2008 | Science Daily
Posted on 11/21/2008 11:11:34 PM PST by FocusNexus
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2136425/posts

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[Styria]

The authors are stretching. Athens kept fighting that war for 27? years after the plague, getting back on its feet each time it had a downturn. It was hubris that beat them, as well as trying to conquer Sicily. Try tried twice! It's like losing the Normandy invasion force, and then turning around and having the common resolve to send in a second expeditionary force of equal size by popular vote. Hubris, but there's nothing quite like the Greeks.