Sshhhh. There's ch_lera in Miami. Ssshhhhhhhh!

[Mika]

Whisper-> Straight in from Haiti. Health dept update. Will follow-up later.
SSssshhhhhh!



Haiti Cholera Outbreak as Congress Blocks Release of Aid Funds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_87QDf_A_w

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[Scurrilous]

1. Also:

Dengue fever case turns up in Miami

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"The first locally acquired case of dengue fever in Miami-Dade County in more than 50 years was confirmed Thursday by health officials. They warned people to take precautions against the mosquitoes that carry it.

"This is a big deal,'' said Lillian Rivera, administrator of the Miami-Dade Health Department.

"We have not had a locally acquired case of dengue fever since the 1950s,'' said Dr. Fermin Leguen, the department's chief epidemiologist.

The victim, described only as a man who had not traveled outside Miami-Dade County for more than two weeks, was briefly hospitalized but has fully recovered, Rivera said. His case was confirmed by laboratory tests."

Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/11/11/1920667/dengue-fever-case-turns-in-miami.html#ixzz150j0kyyl

[Catshrink]

3. Also not good.

My Dad had it during WWII and was laid up in a naval hospital for weeks with it. Mom always said he'd had malaria but then when they were much older, she called it dengue fever. I'm not sure why. The story was, as I remember it, that because Dad had had "malaria" he couldn't drink beer. He drank bourbon on occasion, but never beer.

[Billy Burnett]

4. Damn! Miami really is a hell hole. On top of everything else, dengue and cholera?

One fucked up city/county in a very fucked up state.

[flamingdem]

6. You forgot dictators and the Diaz-Ballart Bros, but the Cafe Cubano is muy sabroso! nt

[Catshrink]

2. Really?

This can't be good. I'm sure you'd be one of those up on this.

[flamingdem]

5. Uh, how long does that take to .. get around? nt

[dflprincess]

7. Cholera usually comes from contaminated water

it is not spread person to person (or so I've heard). You get Dengue mosquitos, again not person to person.