Arizona man likely dies of plague, what you need to know
 

An Arizona-based wildlife biologist working for the National Park Service likely died of plague, officials from Grand Canyon National Park announced on Friday.Eric York, 37, who was found dead in his home on November 2, was found to have plague in his body, according to an autopsy report.

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Anyone read Stephen King's The Stand? :-?

Yes I read that book before Neal.

But wow at the story. :dead:

If I remember this right, most people in Europe alive today carry the gene that makes them immune to the plague since the vast majority of those without it died off. Would appreaciate any information on this if anyone has any, since im not too sure aobut it.

Never read the the book, but seen the TV mini-series, loved it! Stephen King rocks! :rock:

But a plague?! Yikes! :doh:

It was a real thought provoker that one....unlike some of his far fetched rubbish :yep:

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0108941/t...lay-E22324-310

*CLANG* Bring out your dead!
*CLANG* Bring out your dead!
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(sorry, coudlnt resist)

Rofl! :rotfl:

CART MASTER: Bring out your dead!
CUSTOMER: Here's one.
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CART MASTER: Ninepence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
CART MASTER: What?
CUSTOMER: Nothing. Here's your ninepence.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not dead!
CART MASTER: 'Ere. He says he's not dead!
CUSTOMER: Yes, he is.
DEAD PERSON: I'm not!
CART MASTER: He isn't?
CUSTOMER: Well, he will be soon. He's very ill.
DEAD PERSON: I'm getting better!
CUSTOMER: No, you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment.
CART MASTER: Oh, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations.
DEAD PERSON: I don't want to go on the cart!
CUSTOMER: Oh, don't be such a baby.
CART MASTER: I can't take him.
DEAD PERSON: I feel fine!
CUSTOMER: Well, do us a favour.
CART MASTER: I can't.
CUSTOMER: Well, can you hang around a couple of minutes? He won't be long.
CART MASTER: No, I've got to go to the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today.
CUSTOMER: Well, when's your next round?
CART MASTER: Thursday.
DEAD PERSON: I think I'll go for a walk.
CUSTOMER: You're not fooling anyone, you know. Look. Isn't there something you can do?
DEAD PERSON: [singing] I feel happy. I feel happy. [whop]
CUSTOMER: Ah, thanks very much.
CART MASTER: Not at all. See you on Thursday.

That's certainly true just up the road from me in the Derbyshire village of Eyam, a village I have often flown over in my glider. When the plague was around Europe, the people of this village voluntarily quarantined themselves upon discovering the infection had made it to their locality, in an act of self-sacrifice to prevent it spreading to surrounding towns. Many people died, but relatives of the survivors have been tested in recent years and found to be resilient to the disease.

Read more on it here: http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/eyam/museum/

:D Chock

I was innoculated against Bubonic plague when i was in the service.

According to the CDC the american west has the potential to be filled with bubonic plague. Prarie dogs would be the most likely carrier and have been found to carry it.

I live out here and every summer I hear about a praire dog colony being exterminated b/c of the plague. Nothing new here.

The Stand and the Plague
 

Yes, I just read the expanded version of the book last September actually (big Stephen King fan, even though some of his stuff seems a little hard to believe:hmm:) although I've never seen the mini-series. Not a vision of the world I'd really like to see happening right now though...:o Especially since I spent all weekend writing up a rough draft for a jurisprudence essay and wouldn't want it to go to waste...:p

Seriously though, how great a threat is this plague of which we are speaking?

Here's hoping this is a one-off incident.

Similar story near me, where they buried an entire village. The original church is about a mile and a half outside the current village.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holcombe,_Somerset

I live in the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico and maintain microwave radio sites on mountaintops around the state. Apparently here, plague is confined to the high plains east of the Monzano Mountains, but we get 5-10 plague cases a year here along with my major worry of hantavirus. I've had to have three of my sites fumigated and decontaminated due to Kangaroo rat infestation(a big hantavirus carrier). Of course, the tradeoff is you trade those two for West Nile Virus in the river valley. It just goes to show what my Daddy always said,

"A man born to hang ain't gonna die of drowning."