[MeekOneGOP]

Breaking News on the Dallas Morning News. I'll post link/text when they put the article up...

[dirtboy]

Heck, they can get plague from any prairie dog town in New Mexico...

[Tijeras_Slim]

Why do this when they can catch some ground squirrels in New Mexico?

[Aracelis]

Some more "oh, that's just great" news.

[MeekOneGOP]

Plague samples reported taken from Texas Tech

01/15/2003

Associated Press

LUBBOCK, Texas - Authorities on Wednesday were looking into the apparent theft of samples of bubonic plague from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

A report was made late Tuesday to the Tech police and city officials in Lubbock were preparing a statement Wednesday morning, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported on its online edition.

Information on the precise number of vials reportedly taken was not available.

Bubonic plague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis. People usually get it from being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an infected animal.

The disease is treatable with antibiotics.

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Online at: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dallas/tsw/stories/011503dnnatplague.26317654.html

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[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

Let's hope this is unreliable as the 5 terrorists that were reported to sneak through Canada.

[mhking]

If you need me, I'll be in the shower...

[rs79bm]

I love this. We know they were stolen yet we cannot prevent them from being stolen in the first place. These things never cease to amaze me.

[freedomson]

This is vey series.

[mountaineer]

Wow, bubonic plague and cheese in the same story:

India, the world's second-leading source of imported Cheddar cheese and milk products entering the U.S., also has cases of bubonic plague, which killed 30 percent of the population of Europe in the 14th century.

Although transmitted mainly by the rat flea, a form of bubonic plague called septicemic plague infects the bloodstream and is spread through contact with contaminated hands and foods. Owners of water buffalo [Okay, so it's not a moose] who milk their animals often store milk overnight without refrigeration and combine it with the morning's milking before taking it to market. Workers often spit on their hands to keep them and the animals' teats moist while milking.

[MinuteGal]

It's so comforting to know that disease samples are under control of the marxist college and university network in this country. Research or not, you gotta wonder what else they've got stashed in security-lax labs and broom closets that we don't know about.

Leni

[Mat_Helm]

Breaking news..........california ground squirrels that carry bubonic plague have been kidnapped and others have been found with their fur and flees removed!

[Lion's Cub]

This strikes me as more of an attempt to scare people than to cause actual deaths. We'll tie up valuable investigative time looking for these instead of concentrating on finding the real killer stuff.

At least it will be more interesting to listen to the talking heads babble about this than listening to them interview a bunch of over-the-hill exhibitionists who lost all their brains with their looks.

[Diddle E. Squat]

RED RAIDERS RAIDED BY REDS

[kcvl]

Plague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis.

People usually get plague from being bitten by a rodent flea that is carrying the plague bacterium or by handling an infected animal.

During these outbreaks, hungry infected fleas that have lost their normal hosts seek other sources of blood, thus increasing the increased risk to humans and other animals frequenting the area.

Epidemics of plague in humans usually involve house rats and their fleas. Rat-borne epidemics continue to occur in some developing countries, particularly in rural areas.



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[TBall]

Strange how the networks are running with this story.

[CCWoody]

Zoiks! As a resident of Lubbock and a graduate of Texas Tech, I can testify to the large numbers of Middle Eastern students in our engineering & medical schools. I'm not suprised that there is a contigent of FBI here in town.

Of course, I'm leaning in the direction of these things being misplaced and not stolen to make weapons.

[EBUCK]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/823239/posts

More info here....

[Maelstrom]

Fox News has submarined the allegation.

Apparently it's a pre-cursor, and it was found.

[Pagey]

Any updates on this?Just wondering if California TV will cover this tonight.