Leprosy Scare in California Elementary School

[roo_ster]

https://pjmedia.com/parenting/2016/09/12/two-possible-cases-of-leprosy-reported-in-california-school/?singlepage=true

Two elementary school children may have Hansen’s disease -- better known as leprosy -- health officials in Riverside County, California, say.

Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease affecting the skin, eyes, upper airway, nerves, and mucous membranes that is potentially disfiguring if left untreated. The disease, which is caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae, occurs in children under the age of 10 in up to 20 percent of cases, but can occur at any age.

According to eMedTV, there are approximately 6,500 cases of leprosy in the United States,  and 90 percent of the cases are immigrants from countries where leprosy is endemic.

With the increase in illegal immigrants and refugees in recent years, diseases thought to be eradicated in this country -- like tuberculosis, polio, measles and leprosy -- have unfortunately reemerged in the United States. Most of the leprosy cases are occurring in California, Hawaii, Florida, and New York. Around 200 to 250 new cases are reported in the United States each year. 

Remember, diversity is our strength. 

[grampster]

They can nickname the kids...Aleppo.

[dogmush]

Sure, blame the immigrants with no evidence when there was a known disease vector in the area on July 13th of this year.

https://hillaryspeeches.com/speech-archive/2016-2/july-2016/

[lee n. field]

https://pjmedia.com/parenting/2016/09/12/two-possible-cases-of-leprosy-reported-in-california-school/?singlepage=true

Remember, diversity is our strength. 

I dunno, maybe that's what HRC's got.

[230RN]

Xenophobia is a survival trait.

[Jamisjockey]

https://pjmedia.com/parenting/2016/09/12/two-possible-cases-of-leprosy-reported-in-california-school/?singlepage=true

Remember, diversity is our strength. 

In 1999, the world incidence of Hansen's disease was estimated to be 640,000. In 2000, 738,284 cases were identified.[3] In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed 91 countries in which Hansen's disease is endemic. India, Myanmar and Nepal contained 70% of cases. India reports over 50% of the world's leprosy cases.[4] In 2002, 763,917 new cases were detected worldwide, and in that year the WHO listed Brazil, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania and Nepal as having 90% of Hansen's disease cases.

California loves it some H1B visas.

[roo_ster]

Xenophobia is a survival trait.

You just say that because lack of xenophobia and ability to keep out foreigners resulted in 9 of every 10 amerindians dying from newly introduced infectious diseases.

[charby]

Leprosy, gram negative bacteria, treatable but 6 months or more of a mix of antibiotics. Luckily it is relatively hard to spread person to person.

I figure this was going to be about all the antivaxxers and anti traditional doctors kiddos causing this.

[Perd Hapley]

I figure this was going to be about all the antivaxxers and anti traditional doctors kiddos causing this.

You only think so because the vax tells you to.

[grampster]

"California loves it some H1B visas viruses."

Fixed it for you.

[Balog]

Anti vaxxers and Typhoid Maria's are a bad combo. Bad enough our damned filthy hippies up here have caused a pertussis epidemic, I shudder to think what'd happen if we had a bunch of tuberculosis positive cultural enrichment as well.

[lee n. field]

Remember, diversity is our strength. 

I was in the health department here a couple weeks ago.  (Basic blood work, waaaay cheaper than the hospital lab.) 

A poster on the wall pointed out that "Bedbugs are a big problem in Illinois".   Uhhh, since when?

Bed bugs have been known as human parasites for thousands of years.[8] At a point in the early 1940s, they were mostly eradicated in the developed world, but have increased in prevalence since 1995, likely due to pesticide resistance, governmental bans on effective pesticides, and international travel.[9][10] Because infestation of human habitats has begun to increase, bed bug bites and related conditions have been on the rise as well.[8][11]

[Scout26]

A poster on the wall pointed out that "Bedbugs are a big problem in Illinois".   Uhhh, since when?

About the past 5 years.  And getting worse.  Not due to "pesticide resistance", but due to humans resistant to use the effective pesticide against them.  DDT.

[charby]

About the past 5 years.  And getting worse.  Not due to "pesticide resistance", but due to humans resistant to use the effective pesticide against them.  DDT.

Wrong banned pesticide, you are thinking chlordane.

[roo_ster]

Wrong banned pesticide, you are thinking chlordane.

Yup, DDT is darned effective, but not the be-all of pesticides.  My house was treated for termites using chlordane some decades past.  I have no worries about termites.  Of course, I won't grow a vegetable garden up against the foundation, but it is a reasonable trade off.

[Balog]

I was in the health department here a couple weeks ago.  (Basic blood work, waaaay cheaper than the hospital lab.) 

A poster on the wall pointed out that "Bedbugs are a big problem in Illinois".   Uhhh, since when?

I worked in a medical office building and bedbugs were indeed a big problem. Not so much that they were there all the time, but that when they did infest a bed it was very expensive and difficult to kill them off.

[MillCreek]

^^^We had a bedbug infestation in a couple of exam rooms in one of my clinics.  By the time all was said and done, it was practically a Superfund hazmat situation to exterminate them without killing off the staff and patients as well.

[230RN]

You just say that because lack of xenophobia and ability to keep out foreigners resulted in 9 of every 10 amerindians dying from newly introduced infectious diseases.

Touché

[Balog]

^^^We had a bedbug infestation in a couple of exam rooms in one of my clinics.  By the time all was said and done, it was practically a Superfund hazmat situation to exterminate them without killing off the staff and patients as well.

The bedbug sniffing dogs are adorable tho.

[Scout26]

You just say that because lack of xenophobia and ability to keep out foreigners resulted in 9 of every 10 amerindians dying from newly introduced infectious diseases.

IIRC, the "plague" for lack of a better term, killed off 90% of the amerindians before the Pilgrims arrived.   That's what Squanto was doing when he ran into the pilgrims, was looking for any survivors from his village.  (IIRC, there weren't any.)