Pneumonic plague in Ukraine?

[b4rk3r]

http://www.kavkazcenter.com/eng/content/2009/11/01...

http://english.pravda.ru/hotspots/disasters/06-11-...

Just read this over on imoc. It's worrying stuff, kicks the st out of swine flu.

[mybrainhurts]

I'm more of a Bubonic Plague man myself....

[EDLT]

"Within five days 500,000 people fell ill with acute respiratory viral infection or flu, 86 people died."

Holy crap its slightly worse than swine flu!

[ShadownINja]

Sure they're not blowing it out of all proportions?

[Dr Jekyll]

How long before it's blamed on global warming?

[Westy Pre-Lit]

ShadownINja said:

Sure they're not blowing it out of all proportions?

Have they got a vaccine to sell

[Uncle Fester]

Westy Pre-Lit said:

ShadownINja said:

Sure they're not blowing it out of all proportions?

Have they got a vaccine to sell

A vaccine won't cure it.

What you need to do is tax it to death.

A government proposal for this will be available shortly.

[Jasandjules]

Dr Jekyll said:

How long before it's blamed on global warming?

Oh, not long now...

[AndrewW-G]

I can see the government leaflet advising on how to deal with this now............

"avoid situations with large crowds or communal activities, to assist with this we have banned poltical demonstrations and voting stations "

[emicen]

There's no expenses row to hide, thus it doesnt matter

[fido]

What i want to know is - how long before this affects the lap-dancing market?

[b4rk3r]

The 86 peple died thing is a cover up. If you read further it tells you the stats can't be right.

Wikipedia says about the plague :

Pneumonic plague is a very aggressive infection requiring early treatment. To reduce the risk of death, antibiotics must be given within 24 hours of first symptoms.[1] Streptomycin, gentamicin, tetracyclines, and chloramphenicol are all effective against pneumonic plague.

Antibiotic treatment for seven days will protect people who have had direct, close contact with infected patients. Wearing a close-fitting surgical mask also protects against infection.[1]

Without treatment, the mortality rate from pneumonic plague approaches 100%.

[luke111s]

I watched Spooks last night, the episode with the bio weapon set off in Iran. Top programme that!