Man dies from plague in China, 11 others infected, page 2

reply to post by grantbeed

---

Yup. I was just saying it wasn't all that extraordinary. The World seems to be very jumpy in regards to illnesses anymore.

reply to post by grantbeed

---

They were from Oregon lol.. they were on the news last night.

But I suppose when you have over a billion people living on top of each other, one nasty virus can put a big dent in your population.

Originally posted by Rockpuck
reply to post by grantbeed

---

It only made news because of China's over reaction.

We have cures for the Bubonic Plague.

In fact, many people all over the World die from it every year .. it was never eradicated.

amen.. informaiton and FEAR are more infectious...

-

reply to post by Rockpuck

---

yes. it should be contained in this case i hope, but imagine if this was in a huge city. It could easy get out of control.

reply to post by grantbeed

---

Well it sounds like the nice thing about the plague is that it can be combated with antibiotics, and since it is a bacterial infection, it doesn't spread the same way that a viral one does. That doesn't mean you can't catch it from someone else, but I believe you must have very close contact with an infected plague victim, while the flu can spread to individuals in proximity to a sick person with a cough.

Silver lining?

reply to post by Zenic

---

the fact it is in a remote town hopefully should see this contained. Will be worth keeping a watch on over the next few days.

The mainstream news in Canada (CBC) has an article about it now.

Herdsman dies from plague in northwest China, 11 others infected, town quarantined

Thousands of people have been placed under quarantine in a town in northwest China after a man died of pneumonic plague and 11 others were confirmed infected with the deadly lung infection, health authorities said.

www.cbc.ca/cp/health/090731/x073115A.html

on BBC news now too,

news.bbc.co.uk...

interesting how it says -

This is not the only contagious disease that China is grappling with at the moment

Calm down herd, calm down! The plague has been in the U.S. for quite awhile and I'm sure the NWO didn't put it here. It is established in western rodent populations. It may be nasty and potentially fatal, but can treated with antibiotics.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov..." target="_blank" class="postlink">Initiation and spread of traveling waves of plague, Yersinia pestis, in the western United States.

www.cehs.siu.edu..." target="_blank" class="postlink">Yersinia

Read up on Hantavirus for a scary organism you could get while going out for a nice relaxing hike in nature. earthobservatory.nasa.gov..." target="_blank" class="postlink">Hantavirus Risk Maps

Heres another one to worry about. Aids has a new strain out there in Africa now.

African woman carries new HIV strain

Washington - A new strain of the virus that causes Aids has been discovered in a woman from the West African nation of Cameroon.

It differs from the three known strains of the human immunodeficiency virus and appears to be closely related to a form of simian virus recently discovered in wild gorillas, researchers report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Medicine.

The finding "highlights the continuing need to watch closely for the emergence for new HIV variants, particularly in western central Africa", said the researchers, led by Jean-Christophe Plantier of the University of Rouen, France.

The three previously known HIV strains are related to the simian virus that occurs in chimpanzees.

reply to post by grantbeed

---

40 Al-Qaeda Terrorists Dead After Failed Experiment With Plague Weapon

Posted GMT 2-6-2009

40 al-Qaeda members died after being exposed to the plague during a biological weapons test; test took place in cave hideouts in Tizi Ouzou province, 150 kilometres east of the Algerian capital Algiers. The newspaper said they apparently became infected while experimenting with biological weapons. Algerian security forces discovered the body of a dead terrorist alongside a road near the abandoned hideout. U.S. intelligence officials, speaking anonymously with Eli Lake of the Washington Times on Tuesday, could only confirm the sudden base closure after an unconventional weapons test went wrong. The officials said they intercepted an urgent communication in early January between the AQLIM leadership and al-Qaeda's top leaders in the tribal region of Pakistan. The Algerian terrorists said they were abandoning and sealing off a training area after a leak of a chemical or biological substance.

www.aina.org...

This happened in February. Here it is August and we hear of a whole town in China being quarantined. Could they have gotten that plague out and struck China? I don't know.

[edit on 2-8-2009 by jackflap]

www.foxnews.com...

2nd man has died now.

pneumonic plague is one of the deadliest infectious diseases. According to the WHO, humans can die within 24 hours of infection

Another Bug, Worse than the Last Bug - Flesh Eater Spreading
  Posted 10 days ago with 20 member flags

Superbugs spied off the Antarctic coast
  Posted 10 days ago with 14 member flags

Deadly new superbug heading for Britain!
  Posted 0 days ago with 8 member flags

NYC Employers Now REQUIRE Yearly H1N1 Shot - Or you\'re FIRED!
  Posted 8 days ago with 6 member flags

Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in 37 U.S. States
  Posted 6 days ago with 6 member flags

Bird flu \'censorship\' decision
  Posted 12 days ago with 5 member flags

No way of stopping leak of deadly new flu, says terror chief
  Posted 5 days ago with 5 member flags

Schmallenberg Virus affects European Livestock
  Posted 5 days ago with 5 member flags

Newest topics, updated in real-time:

Newest topics getting flags, in real-time:

Newest topics getting replies, in real-time: