|
Diploid
Cuban



Registered: 01/09/03
Posts: 19,274
Loc: Rabbit Hole
|
Biologist Dies of Plague - Yikes!
#7618781 - 11/10/07 01:22 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
An Arizona-based wildlife biologist likely died of the plague, officials from Grand Canyon National Park announced on Friday.
Autopsy reports for Eric York, a 37-year-old wildlife biologist for the National Park Service, showed that he had plague in his body.
Officials said that 49 of York's coworkers and others who came within a 6-foot diameter of him were placed on antibiotics. As of Wednesday, they were still on medication, but none had become ill or displayed symptoms, officials said.
Officials said York was most likely exposed to the plague when he performed an autopsy on a mountain lion that had been infected and most likely killed by it. York was the only person to come in contact with the dead mountain lion, according to officials.
York presented symptoms of exposure on Oct. 30, three days after the mountain lion autopsy. He went to Grand Canyon Clinic, located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon, with flu-like symptoms. York was sent home that day because the symptoms of plague are difficult to detect and are often confused with the flu, officials said.
York, a lifetime wildlife enthusiast from Massachusetts, was found dead in his home on Nov. 2.
York had been located at the Grand Canyon as an employee of the National Park Service for two years, officials said. His family will hold a private memorial service for him on Saturday.
usatoday.com
-------------------- Republican Values: 1) You can't get married to your spouse who is the same sex as you. 2) You can't have an abortion no matter how much you don't want a child. 3) You can't have a certain plant in your possession or you'll get locked up with a rapist and a murderer. 4) We need a smaller, less-intrusive government.
|
ToTheSummit
peregrinus



Registered: 08/22/99
Posts: 9,126
Loc: Las Vegas
Last seen: 8 hours, 27 minutes
|
Re: Biologist Dies of Plague - Yikes! [Re: Diploid]
#7620064 - 11/10/07 07:20 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Wow. Freaky.
During my many travels and adventures in the Southwestern US there has only been one thing that haunts me....hantavirus. It is the one thing that keeps me from sleeping in old run-down buildings at ghost towns/mining sites. There is always rodent droppings in those places and I won't take the chance. I woke up with a rattlesnake sunning himself 20 feet from my sleeping bag once and still don't mind laying down in the dirt to go to bed. But sleeping in an old decrepit building still just gives me the willies when I think of all the rodent droppings around me and exposure to hantavirus! And I am one of the least germophobic people you'd meet.
-------------------- You invented the wheel....You push the motherfucker!!
|
ToTheSummit
peregrinus



Registered: 08/22/99
Posts: 9,126
Loc: Las Vegas
Last seen: 8 hours, 27 minutes
|
Re: Biologist Dies of Plague - Yikes! [Re: Diploid]
#7620079 - 11/10/07 07:25 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Oh, and as long as we're on the topic of the plauge....
-------------------- You invented the wheel....You push the motherfucker!!
|
debianlinux
Myconerd - DBK




Registered: 12/09/02
Posts: 8,334
Loc: Over There
Last seen: 7 months, 1 day
|
Re: Biologist Dies of Plague - Yikes! [Re: ToTheSummit]
#7620447 - 11/10/07 10:10 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
Am I the only one freaking out that A CAT HAS COMMUNICATED THE PLAGUE?
think about why domesticated cats are here in the US. roll that around in your head a minute. a human died from the plague, big surprise there. said human contracted the plague from a cat.
has the plague been quietly residing in the very saviors from the 1st battle?
|
RuNE
bomberman


Registered: 09/23/00
Posts: 2,331
Loc: tartarus
Last seen: 7 years, 11 months
|
Re: Biologist Dies of Plague - Yikes! [Re: debianlinux]
#7620746 - 11/11/07 12:18 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
If you wanna see something real freaky, check out the near bottom of the wiki page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonic_plague
Look under Contemporary cases. It cites a case in 84, then 2002, then a shitload in 06 and 07.
-------------------- ~Happy sailing~
|
Silversoul
Rhizome


Registered: 01/01/05
Posts: 23,576
Loc: The Barricades
|
Re: Biologist Dies of Plague - Yikes! [Re: Diploid]
#7620787 - 11/11/07 12:31 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
|
|
What were the other three horsemen's names?
--------------------
|
|