Fun Medical Fact Of The Day Looks like the Colonel may have to break out the old plague mask in the near future. Not a worry at the moment per se… healthmap.org/site/diseasedaily/article/madagascars-plague-outbreak-1314 …but, if you read this; and then take your common or garden variety plague, add a sprinkling of cross-disease mutation, a dash of global climate effects, the ubiquity and ease of global transport systems, et voila!… plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0000309 And then theres also the resistant strains of TB floating around in places like Papua New Guinea… aid.dfat.gov.au/countries/pacific/png/Pages/tb-png.aspx I wonder if, in the near future, the funding for this may come under the cuts to foreign aid the Abbottoir loves to do??!! The Colonel isnt wanting to scare the jodhpurs off you all, of course, but just ask you to stay HEALTHY and AWARE of whats happening around the world, not just in Oz. Oh, and no vaccinations for the plague Im afraid, though there are effective remedies for the standard non-mutant variety that the Middle Ages period came to know and, er, love.
Posted on: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 05:05:27 +0000
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