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-o|DarkJedi|o- · 7 Nov 2002, 17:12

BUBONIC PLAGUE HITS NY

A couple in New York are fighting for their lives after contracting Bubonic plague.

Health officials have all but ruled out a terrorist link - the infection is likely to have come from rats, they said.

But many Americans remain on tenterhooks following last year's anthrax scare and recent terrorist attacks in Bali and the Middle East.

The couple, from New Mexico, were in the city on holiday when the husband was admitted to hospital with a fever of 105 degrees.

He is now in isolation and is reported to be in a critical condition.

American media said the couple may have come in contact with the disease after using sleeping bags that had been left outside for several days.

Rats in New Mexico have tested positive for the plague.

Officials say there are 20 to 30 cases of Bubonic plague worldwide each year.

The disease killed millions in Europe and Asia in the Middle Ages.

Grimble · 7 Nov 2002, 17:13

The rats of new York have been infected and trained by the ayrabs, 9/11 was just a big distraction

Nodrog · 7 Nov 2002, 17:14

So, do you think the jews were responsible?

Sardaukar · 7 Nov 2002, 17:15

i was just wondering who was gonna get balmed here, the Bin laden or Hussain

7 Nov 2002, 17:15

hahaha my m8 @ work here was just telling me about it

DID YOU HEAR: today in The Sun there's the story of a TERRIFYING horrible NUTTY Squirrel that is terrorising the town of Knutsford... hahahaha

ANIMAL TERRORISTS - what'll they think of next.

Sardaukar · 7 Nov 2002, 17:16

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Originally posted by rageybabey

DID YOU HEAR: today in The Sun there's the story of a TERRIFYING horrible NUTTY Squirrel that is terrorising the town of Knutsford... hahahaha

Jedi has actually already posted about the squirrel today heh

ELeeming · 7 Nov 2002, 17:16

Clearly this is a publicity stunt for "28 days later"

Snurx · 7 Nov 2002, 17:58

Tietäjä · 7 Nov 2002, 18:02

Let us start guessing approximate numbers of casualties?

[OH GOSH, if it gets to spread it's really gonna be harsh!]

Tietäjä · 7 Nov 2002, 18:29

Sadly true Iniluki, does penicilin work on plagues? Is plague a bacterical infection? Or virus?

7 Nov 2002, 18:32

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Originally posted by Tietäjä
Sadly true Iniluki, does penicilin work on plagues? Is plague a bacterical infection? Or virus?

It's curable I think... isn't it?

7 Nov 2002, 19:02

Colorado had the plague last year, if i remember right.

go CSU! \o/

Dibdevlin · 7 Nov 2002, 19:11

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Originally posted by Lord Boredom

It's curable I think... isn't it?

If its caught before the Pneumonic Plaque stage I think only one out of nine people die.

Both people are in quarentine, and are visiting NY from New Mexico so its more likely they acquired it there than New York.

I don't believe its contagous in its Bubonic form, its Pneumonic form is the one people need to fear the most.

Miserableman · 7 Nov 2002, 19:12

I stubbed my toe, my fridge is a terrorist weapon !!!

Gayle29uk · 7 Nov 2002, 19:21

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Originally posted by Dibdevlin
If its caught before the Pneumonic Plaque stage I think only one out of nine people die.

I don't believe its contagous in its Bubonic form, its Pneumonic form is the one people need to fear the most.

It's extremely rare for bubonic plague to become pneumonic, they're pretty much different diseases, and nowhere near one in nine die these days.

All it takes (as Iniluki said) is a course of antibiotics to cure, this isn't the dark ages you know :P

7 Nov 2002, 19:44

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Originally posted by Nodrog
the jews were responsible

meglamaniac · 7 Nov 2002, 20:25

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Originally posted by Iniluki

The 1 in 7 probably has a lot to do with your physical fitness. If the people are healthy they should be able to fight it off.

Cue unhealthy american joke

Marilyn Manson · 7 Nov 2002, 20:29

Dace was responsible.

acropolis · 7 Nov 2002, 20:30

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Originally posted by Marilyn Manson
Dace was responsible.

He is not either Jewish.

Is he?

7 Nov 2002, 20:31

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Originally posted by Marilyn Manson
Dace was responsible.

I didn't do it.

Nobody saw me do it.

You can't prove a thing.

Marilyn Manson · 7 Nov 2002, 20:32

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Originally posted by acropolis
Is he?

He's Scottish, so he's probably very angry and violent and likes running people through with his sword.

So I'd say he was probably responsible.

acropolis · 7 Nov 2002, 20:35

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Originally posted by Marilyn Manson

He's Scottish, so he...likes running people through with his sword.

I've always thought of Brits as very polite.

But I must say I can't imagine that goes over very well at fancy dinners etc.

Perhaps I was just thinking of the English.

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Originally posted by Iniluki

Im sure if the police raided your house they wouldnt find a few test tubes marked "Plague".

Only a few tubes with the words "plag" "plage" and "plug" crossed out and a skull and crossbones drawn in.

7 Nov 2002, 20:37

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Originally posted by Iniluki
Im sure if the police raided your house they wouldnt find a few test tubes marked "Plague".

No they wouldn't.

I doubt id be that stupid.

A real terrorist would probably incubate the disease in a living host such as a pet rat (or possibly hamster ... whatever).

If the police came round then there wouldn't be anything obvious to say that said person was a terrorist (ie things like incubation tanks and test tubes etc).

The only real downside would be that you would use up alot of "pets" tho.

Marilyn Manson · 7 Nov 2002, 20:37

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Originally posted by acropolis
I've always thought of Brits as very polite.

The civlised sections of society are. But those that dwell in the high Northern wastes tend to be more feral.

meglamaniac · 7 Nov 2002, 20:41

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Originally posted by Marilyn Manson

The civlised sections of society are. But those that dwell in the high Northern wastes tend to be more feral.

You're not a fking "landana" are you?
There's one of them in my flat - his grasp of geography runs to "Oxford? Thats somewhere up north isnt it?".

Marilyn Manson · 7 Nov 2002, 20:46

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Originally posted by meglamaniac
You're not a fking "landana" are you?
There's one of them in my flat - his grasp of geography runs to "Oxford? Thats somewhere up north isnt it?".

I was being sarcastic, in case you couldn't tell.

Madness!

I live in Newcastle, which is as North as civilisation goes on this island. Everything above that is in a dark-age like state whereby effective civilisation has broken down and there is a tribal society in which only the strongest survive the dark, cold climate and primitive living.*

* (This rule excludes Stockton, which is South of the given point, but is included in the description for our purposes.)

Marilyn Manson · 7 Nov 2002, 20:50

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Originally posted by meglamaniac
Oxford?

Oxford? That's in the tropics, isn't it?