Posted on 10/04/2018 6:35:45 PM PDT by jeannineinsd
A flea-borne typhus outbreak among homeless in downtown Los Angeles triggered an investigation by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health after several cases were reported, the agency said Thursday. NBC sources say the number may be upwards of at least a dozen.
Typhus can cause fever, chills, body aches, nausea and vomiting, cough, and rash, but can be treated with antibiotics. If not treated however, it can be fatal.
Flea-borne typhus is a bacteria that spreads to humans when they come in contact with infected fleas or rat feces. Animals such as cats, rodents and opossums all attract fleas. Piles of garbage may also attract fleas, leading them to humans through these means. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has not been informed by the city or county, NBC sources say.
The scope of the outbreak is hard to assess because it could take one to two weeks to detect, meaning the full extent of the number of infections is likely unknown at this time.
The outbreak follows a Tuberculosis outbreak in the same area along numerous staph infections reported.
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What is wrong with us as a country that we can’t take freedom away from our mentally ill who can’t function? Even with drug addicts among them. We need to keep them somewhere safe, NOT ON OUR STREETS! it isn’t good for us or them. This is really a poor way to care for our mentally ill. They need to have their freedom curtailed the way ad adult with special needs or a parent with severe Alzheimer’s is. We can’t let this keep happening.
Ideas on why it is so prevalent now?
It’s probaly just another group leftists can use to control the rest of us. Man are we stupid or what.
the US Army eliminated a typhus epidemic in Naples in 1945 by spraying everthing in site with DDT... they even sprayed the powerder beneath the clothing of people who didn’t have a change of clothing.
but of course, the environmentalists have eliminated DDT, so people will die.
The public health laws do allow the camps to be shut down and people to be isolated in hospitals if they suspect infetions. Alas the ACLU has nixed this...
Tilted Irish Kilt,
Thanks for the ping.
We will see more of this, I fear.
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