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Typhus outbreak in Los Angeles

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Batman, Oct 11, 2018.

  1. Batman

    Batman Well-Known Member

    There have been 79 cases of typhus so far this year in Los Angeles, and the outbreak appears to be spreading.
    Typhus is a flea-borne illness that causes fever, body aches, stomach pain and a rash. It's not spread from person to person, but through infected fleas that live on animals like rats and possums. Similar to how the bubonic plague spread across the world once upon a time.
    There were five reported cases in 2008, and the number has spiked starting in about 2010.
    The obvious potential cause is Los Angeles' massive homeless population and the filthy conditions they're living in. Some people want to blame possums.

    L.A. typhus outbreak adds fuel to debates over homelessness, housing - Los Angeles Times


     
  2. Cosmo

    Cosmo Well-Known Member

  3. Severian

    Severian Well-Known Member

    And to think there are people who don't believe in vaccines smh.
     
  4. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    What's the vaccine for typhus?
     
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  5. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    If you are an anti-vaxxer and your kid still is autistic - what then? Surely there must be unvaccinated kids on the spectrum.
     
  6. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

  7. swingline

    swingline Well-Known Member

    If you're an anti-vaccination believer, you deserve all the bad shit that happens to you.
     
  8. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    The kid doesn't though.
     
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  9. justgladtobehere

    justgladtobehere Well-Known Member

    There is no vaccine for typhus. Typhus =/= typhoid fever.
     
  10. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

  11. heyabbott

    heyabbott Well-Known Member

    anti-vaxxers just want healthy children to get sick. Anti-vaxxers are of, obviously low intelligence and therefore less likely to be successful in life. These vengeful and ignorant fools are cruel and want others to suffer because their lives are shit. Sounds just like White Red State trump supporters
     
  12. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    But it isn't - there are hard lefties - the Waldorf school crowd and others - who think kids need to build up natural immunities.
     
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