If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
OT Fats Domino found (kind 0f)
|
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Thank God!
For that matter, thank God for EVERY missing person who is found to be alive, regardless of whether they're famous or not. Though I'm certainly to see this good news come out about a person whose work I admire greatly. I can't look at the stories about New Orleans and the entire Gulf region without thinking of Stephen King's novel _The Stand_. ( It's heartwrenching. Every bit of good news from there is very welcome. Donna, Captain, and Stanley |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Gabey8 wrote:
Thank God! For that matter, thank God for EVERY missing person who is found to be alive, regardless of whether they're famous or not. Though I'm certainly to see this good news come out about a person whose work I admire greatly. I can't look at the stories about New Orleans and the entire Gulf region without thinking of Stephen King's novel _The Stand_. ( It's heartwrenching. Every bit of good news from there is very welcome. Donna, Captain, and Stanley Know what I thought of after reading 'The Stand' in the 1970's? The discovery of AIDS in the 1980's. It was almost like he foretold the future with his Captain Trips analogy and people getting sick with flu-like symptoms all over the place. Back on this topic (anyway), bubonic plague is a real threat what with dead bodies, floating water, rats and and all that. In TN they are asking for donations of rubber surgical gloves for the National Guard troops who are deployed down there dealing with the ones who didn't make it. Jill |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
In article , "jmcquown"
wrote: Gabey8 wrote: Thank God! For that matter, thank God for EVERY missing person who is found to be alive, regardless of whether they're famous or not. Though I'm certainly to see this good news come out about a person whose work I admire greatly. I can't look at the stories about New Orleans and the entire Gulf region without thinking of Stephen King's novel _The Stand_. ( It's heartwrenching. Every bit of good news from there is very welcome. Donna, Captain, and Stanley Know what I thought of after reading 'The Stand' in the 1970's? The discovery of AIDS in the 1980's. It was almost like he foretold the future with his Captain Trips analogy and people getting sick with flu-like symptoms all over the place. Back on this topic (anyway), bubonic plague is a real threat what with dead bodies, floating water, rats and and all that. Plague is simply not a risk in that area; I'll give reasons below but I try to stop rumors that can lead to panic. In TN they are asking for donations of rubber surgical gloves for the National Guard troops who are deployed down there dealing with the ones who didn't make it. Again, the CDC recommendations to rescuers do not even consider plague an issue: - Interim Immunization Recommendations for Emergency Responders: Hurricane Katrina Required immunizations: 1. Tetanus and diphtheria toxoid (receipt of primary series, and Td booster within 10 years) 2. Hepatitis B vaccine series for persons who will be performing direct patient care or otherwise expected to have contact with bodily fluids There is no indication for the following vaccines given the anticipated conditions in the region: 1. Hepatitis A 2. Typhoid vaccine 3. Cholera vaccine 4. Meningococcal vaccine 5. Rabies vaccine http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurr...onderimmun.asp Plague is caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, and is principally transmitted by flea bite. For general information, see http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvbid/plague/qa.htm. If you look at that page, you'll see that plague occurs in the US in the Southwest, no farther east than the West Texas border. To cause an epidemic, a significant number of people in the population have to be infected. There is no reason to believe that there's any incidence of plague in the Gulf Coast. The most dangerous form of plague, pneumonic, cannot be acquired from a dead body because, other than if used as a biological weapon, must be exhaled and then inhaled. As you can see, there is a concern about Hepatitis B. Emergency medical personnel should already be immunized against it, but less so for general rescuers since it's primarily spread by blood exposure. While it's unpleasant, dead bodies generally do not produce nearly as much of an infection risk as fecal contamination. The situation in the Superdome, where the toilets completely failed, is hazardous. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Update: Brother has been FOUND!!!!!!! | Mischief | Cat anecdotes | 44 | November 21st 04 01:52 AM |
How I found my hoomins | Mischief | Cat anecdotes | 6 | September 3rd 04 04:16 AM |
How Did You Know You'd Found the Right Cat? | Melissa Houle | Cat anecdotes | 126 | June 18th 04 06:31 AM |
Barn kittens found | Annie Wxill | Cat anecdotes | 99 | June 13th 04 09:48 PM |
Cat finally found (airline) | MaryL | Cat health & behaviour | 6 | January 6th 04 01:53 PM |