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epidemic ahead? cholera in Haiti
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this has frightening implications. it's an island thankfully, but people get on planes. this could have devastating consequences for those people.


(CNN) -- Chaos reigned north of Haiti's capital Friday as hospitals overflowed with people rushing to get help from a fast-moving cholera break that has killed at least 138 people.

Terry Snow, Haiti director for the non-profit Youth With a Mission, saw people lined up outside hospitals and clinics, many in stretchers, waiting 24 hours or more to get care.

Snow said he tried to take one man with cholera to various clinics, only to end up at St. Nicolas hospital in the city of Saint Marc to learn that it was full. The man died soon thereafter in the back of his truck, he said.

"This is totally unprecedented," said Snow, who has lived in Haiti for about 20 years. "We have never had an outbreak like this.

Sandrellie Seraphin, who works for Partners in Health and the Clinton Foundation, visited the hospital Wednesday.

"It's terrible," she told CNN by phone, describing the crowds of people trying to get help. "There's a great fear among the people" about the disease.

In addition to the at least 138 people who have died, 1,526 people have been sickened in the outbreak, said Imogen Wall, the U.N. humanitarian spokeswoman in Haiti.

This comes after recent heavy rains spurred the banks of the Artibonite River to overflow and flood the area. Dammed in 1956 to create Lac de Peligre, the Artibonite River is Haiti's dominant drainage system, according to the U.S. Library of Congress. All the cholera cases have been reported in the Lower Artibonite region, north of the capital, Port-au-Prince.

"It's very chaotic," Snow said of the scene in the city of Saint Marc and more rural agricultural areas nearby. "People are trying to figure out what to do. People are lost."

Snow said that "constant miscommunication and confusion" have hindered aid efforts, though he expressed hope things may improve Friday as more help comes in.

On Friday, Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive confirmed the cholera outbreak began Tuesday and said authorities were working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to understand what happened.

"We have to determine ... where (the cholera) came from," he said.

A dearth of clean, filtered water and a lack of qualified medical personnel were other pressing problems, Snow said. Government authorities and people from various non-profit groups also were working to install water filtration systems around the region, especially at hospitals and health clinics, he said.

Cholera is caused by a bacterial infection of the intestine and, in severe cases, is characterized by diarrhea, vomiting and leg cramps, according to the U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In such cases, rapid loss of body fluids can lead to dehydration and shock. "Without treatment, death can occur within hours," the agency says.

A person can get cholera by drinking water or eating food contaminated with the bacteria. During epidemics, the source of the contamination is often the feces of an infected person, and infections can spread rapidly in areas where there is poor sewage treatment and a lack of clean drinking water, according to the CDC.

All the reported cases in the Lower Artibonite involve severe diarrhea and vomiting, Wall said.

Dr. Michel Thieren of the Pan American Health Organization described the outbreak as "severe," and said officials are trying to track how far it has spread.

"The government needs a lot of support, and they need to be vigilant in how they respond," he said.

The impoverished island nation is still trying to bounce back from a catastrophic 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12 that destroyed much of the capital city. The U.N. mission in Haiti credited access to clean water and free medical facilities for preventing feared outbreaks of cholera and tuberculosis.

But Snow said he has noticed a rise in new illnesses -- from skin infections to flu-like viruses -- in the region since tens of thousands of people moved to the area following the earthquake and the opening of a new canal off the Artibonite River.


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#2
i couldn't help thinking about this good book and movie.
not a romantic scenario in Haiti however. they have suffered much since the quake.


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This is what happens when you make a pact with the devil.
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(CNN) -- A fast-moving cholera outbreak in Haiti has claimed at least 194 lives, according to a U.N. spokeswoman.

The country's health ministry is reporting another 2,364 cases from the recent outbreak, said Imogen Wall, spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Health officials are fearful about the outbreak spreading into the capital, where thousands and thousands of people are living in unsanitary conditions in refugee camps.

"It will be very, very dangerous," said Claude Surena, president of the Haitian Medical Association. "Port-au-Prince already has more than 2.4 million people, and the way they are living is dangerous enough already." clearly a lot more needs to be done."


more and more of these poor desperate people will get on broken-down boats and head for florida. carrying diseases. Haitians are always sent back to the island if they are caught. but the Krome detention center in Miami could be infected as a result.


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video here:

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2...cnn?hpt=T1

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Nigeria also. poor and third-world= disease and death.

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- A cholera outbreak in Nigeria has killed more than 1,500 people, the United Nations said Tuesday.

It is the worst cholera outbreak in Nigeria in recent years. The number of cases is three times higher than last year and seven times higher than in 2008, the United Nations Children's Fund said.

The outbreak has led to 40,000 cases in Nigeria and resulted in 1,555 deaths, UNICEF said. Women and children account for four of every five cases, the agency said.

The disease's spread seems to have been largely contained in Nigeria, where new cases are still being reported in parts of the country, particularly the northeast, the United Nations said.

Several hundred deaths also have been reported in Cameroon, which borders Nigeria.


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Modern humanoids started on the African continent and then moved around the world. We were among the last places to be settled. How is it we have managed to control most outbreaks of infectious disease and other places haven't? I'm not going to cite Darwin, but people really need to embrace education and improve their standard of living. You can cling to the old ways if you want, but you risk pestilence. I hate it for the children of the world born to parents who can't afford their children basic sanitary conidtions and medical care. Why have a bunch of kids in squalor? (I guess I could ask welfare moms the same thing.)

Not to be too ugly, but our economy can't support too much stupidity around the world. We are broke.
(03-15-2013, 07:12 PM)aussiefriend Wrote: You see Duchess, I have set up a thread to discuss something and this troll is behaving just like Riotgear did.
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With over 6.200 cases of pertussis (Whooping Cough) in California this year, it appears stupidity is not confined to distant shores, access to medical care, squalor or standard of living. Thoughts, Cracker?
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i've read about that too Tiki, 10 deaths in CA.
a little 5-day-old baby in SC died from pertussis because he had been too young to get his DPT vaccination.Signs_173
and i have noticed many parents don't agree with the usual childhood vaccinations for various reasons. i can see the return of diseases that we thought had been wiped out.


Carter Dube of SC dies at 5 days


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(10-27-2010, 10:20 AM)BlueTiki Wrote: With over 6.200 cases of pertussis (Whooping Cough) in California this year, it appears stupidity is not confined to distant shores, access to medical care, squalor or standard of living. Thoughts, Cracker?

I'm rich so I just had my kids vaccinated.

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(10-27-2010, 01:44 PM)username Wrote:
(10-27-2010, 10:20 AM)BlueTiki Wrote: With over 6,200 cases of pertussis (Whooping Cough) in California this year, it appears stupidity is not confined to distant shores, access to medical care, squalor or standard of living. Thoughts, Cracker?

I'm rich so I just had my kids vaccinated.

And now, Jenny McCarthy is weeping.
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(10-27-2010, 10:20 AM)BlueTiki Wrote: With over 6.200 cases of pertussis (Whooping Cough) in California this year, it appears stupidity is not confined to distant shores, access to medical care, squalor or standard of living. Thoughts, Cracker?

Shouldn't have kids if you can't keep them fed, housed, clothed, provided for medically, and educated.

Get off your ass, California. You live in one of the richest states in the union with the best free medical care for deadbeats. If you can't survive under those circumstances, it's time for your line to end.
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(10-27-2010, 10:35 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: i've read about that too Tiki, 10 deaths in CA.
a little 5-day-old baby in SC died from pertussis because he had been too young to get his DPT vaccination.Signs_173
and i have noticed many parents don't agree with the usual childhood vaccinations for various reasons. i can see the return of diseases that we thought had been wiped out.


Carter Dube of SC dies at 5 days

This is just sad and wrong. If all the people old enough to be vaccinated would be responsible and get the shots, little babies wouldn't have to catch their diseases and die.

I hate to tell people, not getting your child vaccinated for fear of autism is stupid. If you actually read the research, they have pretty much ruled vaccinations out as a cause. Autism and other similar disorders have a genetic component. Are you going to have your kids born without DNA? In fact, autism spectrum disorders are very closely linked to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (and don't forget to include ADD and ADHD, also now thought to be mild forms of FASD). Chances are people have something already brewing in their DNA or they were drunk that first month after they conceived.

Not vaccinating is child abuse and giving your disease to a little baby is murder.
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(10-27-2010, 06:03 PM)Cracker Wrote:
(10-27-2010, 10:20 AM)BlueTiki Wrote: With over 6.200 cases of pertussis (Whooping Cough) in California this year, it appears stupidity is not confined to distant shores, access to medical care, squalor or standard of living. Thoughts, Cracker?

Shouldn't have kids if you can't keep them fed, housed, clothed, provided for medically, and educated.

Get off your ass, California. You live in one of the richest states in the union with the best free medical care for deadbeats. If you can't survive under those circumstances, it's time for your line to end.

Helloooooooooo! SOME of us are taking care of our kids in California (see the above post regarding VACCINATION). I can't help it if there are stupid people living in my state. There are stupid people in every state. Witness Dick and his poor state, ffs.
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(10-27-2010, 06:28 PM)Cracker Wrote:
(10-27-2010, 10:35 AM)Lady Cop Wrote: i've read about that too Tiki, 10 deaths in CA.
a little 5-day-old baby in SC died from pertussis because he had been too young to get his DPT vaccination.Signs_173
and i have noticed many parents don't agree with the usual childhood vaccinations for various reasons. i can see the return of diseases that we thought had been wiped out.


Carter Dube of SC dies at 5 days

This is just sad and wrong. If all the people old enough to be vaccinated would be responsible and get the shots, little babies wouldn't have to catch their diseases and die.

Well wait a minute here, according to this article the baby was too young to get his vaccine. Different than the parents electing NOT to vaccinate.

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(10-27-2010, 09:28 PM)username Wrote: Well wait a minute here, according to this article the baby was too young to get his vaccine. Different than the parents electing NOT to vaccinate.

Wasn't dogging the parents. He got that disease somewhere, from someone. Who knows how many hundreds of people with whom we have contact in 5 days' time. Somebody didn't protect themselves but they were probably big enough to live. This little guy wasn't.

Vaccination isn't really a personal decision. It affects everybody else you come into contact with in your life.
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(10-27-2010, 09:26 PM)username Wrote: Helloooooooooo! SOME of us are taking care of our kids in California (see the above post regarding VACCINATION). I can't help it if there are stupid people living in my state. There are stupid people in every state. Witness Dick and his poor state, ffs.

I live in GEORGIA. I understand. I truly do.

Everybody out here thinks every disability is due to some vaccine instead of the 6 Jagerbombs they had when they were 3 months pregnant and not showing yet.

I know someone who knows someone who didn't know they were pregnant until they were 8 months. That right there is half my state in a nutshell.
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Yes, but, it's very pretty there.
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(10-27-2010, 09:55 PM)Cracker Wrote:
(10-27-2010, 09:28 PM)username Wrote: Well wait a minute here, according to this article the baby was too young to get his vaccine. Different than the parents electing NOT to vaccinate.

Wasn't dogging the parents. He got that disease somewhere, from someone. Who knows how many hundreds of people with whom we have contact in 5 days' time. Somebody didn't protect themselves but they were probably big enough to live. This little guy wasn't.

Vaccination isn't really a personal decision. It affects everybody else you come into contact with in your life.

Herd Immunity. Think: asymptomatic “Typhoid Mary”. Many adults are asymptomatic carriers of pertussis.

Here’s what the CDC recommends:

http://www.immunize.org/catg.d/p4030.pdf

I was on a Southwest flight to SoCa and they announced they would NOT be serving peanuts, due to a passenger’s severe allergy to nuts. Herd immunity or PC?

Thank god I brought a PayDay candy bar with me. It was delicious! Fifty minutes is a long-time to go without sustenance.
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Ha! Aren't Payday candy bars coated in nuts?

I hate Southwest--fucking cattle car. When I fly to So. Cal (3 or 4 times a year) it's JetBlue in to Long Beach. Love Long Beach airport/hate LAX.
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