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does anyone else think that theyre jumping the gun a bit to alarm everyone like that?
Maybe its just me but I really hate the way cnn comes in with breaking news about stuff and panics people. I dont think its responsible journalism at all! They say that not all the vials contained the virus and even they did it seems to be treatable with anitbiotics. This isnt the middle ages where we live with rats and mice infesting our homes on our day to day basis ( ok some of us do) and we DO have treatments available that were not available then.
Sorry Winnie this is nothing against your post at all, just my pet peeve with CNN this week.
Anyway Just m2cw
LUBBOCK, Texas (CNN) -- Plague samples are missing from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, a city council member said Wednesday.
The FBI confirmed that some vials are missing, but a source said there is no clear proof that they contained bacteria that could cause bubonic or pneumonic plague.
Lubbock City Council member Frank Morrison said it is premature to say the items were stolen. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal's Web site reports that a "theft" was reported to Texas Tech police.
"There are 35 vials containing samples of the bubonic plague missing," Morrison said.
"It's a major situation," Morrison said in a television interview, but he urged citizens not to let themselves be "terrorized" by this.
Federal, state and local authorities are investigating. Morrison said President Bush received a briefing about the case.
"I have been briefed by emergency operations center," Morrison said. "There have been a number of vials -- 35 is a generally accepted number. They are missing from the health science center. I believe it is inappropriate to characterize them as stolen vials."
He said the city was notified in the past day or so.
"We're really ramping up a medical response, getting them ready," said Chris Kozlow, of Innovative Emergency Management, a private risk management firm. "That's what would be going on right now."
Sources told CNN the FBI is looking at the possibility that some of the missing vials may have contained the culture for bubonic plague, but the bureau does not have any have concrete proof they did.
The sources said the culture was not in all the vials, but may have been in some of them. They said the FBI is "aggressively looking" for the vials.
"The FBI is in fact investigating this," a bureau spokesman in Washington said. The FBI is working with local and state police officials and university personnel to determine what happened.
The FBI said that approximately 30 vials are missing.
According to the Centers for Disease Control:
The plague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis.
Bubonic plague is a bacterial disease in rodents transmitted to humans through the bites of infected fleas.
The symptoms are swollen, tender lymph nodes, fever, and extreme exhaustion. Ten to 20 people a year are infected in rural areas of the western United States, while globally there are 1,000 to 3,000 cases a year.
It can be treated with antibiotics, but if it isn't treated promptly, it can cause death.
About 14 percent of U.S. plague cases are fatal. Millions of Europeans died from bubonic plague in the Middle Ages, when flea-infested rats inhabited homes and workplaces.
Pneumonic plague, a more serious form of the disease, occurs when plague bacteria are inhaled after direct contact with infected animals, including rodents, wildlife and pets.
Maybe its just me but I really hate the way cnn comes in with breaking news about stuff and panics people. I dont think its responsible journalism at all! They say that not all the vials contained the virus and even they did it seems to be treatable with anitbiotics. This isnt the middle ages where we live with rats and mice infesting our homes on our day to day basis ( ok some of us do) and we DO have treatments available that were not available then.
Sorry Winnie this is nothing against your post at all, just my pet peeve with CNN this week.
Anyway Just m2cw
LUBBOCK, Texas (CNN) -- Plague samples are missing from the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, a city council member said Wednesday.
The FBI confirmed that some vials are missing, but a source said there is no clear proof that they contained bacteria that could cause bubonic or pneumonic plague.
Lubbock City Council member Frank Morrison said it is premature to say the items were stolen. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal's Web site reports that a "theft" was reported to Texas Tech police.
"There are 35 vials containing samples of the bubonic plague missing," Morrison said.
"It's a major situation," Morrison said in a television interview, but he urged citizens not to let themselves be "terrorized" by this.
Federal, state and local authorities are investigating. Morrison said President Bush received a briefing about the case.
"I have been briefed by emergency operations center," Morrison said. "There have been a number of vials -- 35 is a generally accepted number. They are missing from the health science center. I believe it is inappropriate to characterize them as stolen vials."
He said the city was notified in the past day or so.
"We're really ramping up a medical response, getting them ready," said Chris Kozlow, of Innovative Emergency Management, a private risk management firm. "That's what would be going on right now."
Sources told CNN the FBI is looking at the possibility that some of the missing vials may have contained the culture for bubonic plague, but the bureau does not have any have concrete proof they did.
The sources said the culture was not in all the vials, but may have been in some of them. They said the FBI is "aggressively looking" for the vials.
"The FBI is in fact investigating this," a bureau spokesman in Washington said. The FBI is working with local and state police officials and university personnel to determine what happened.
The FBI said that approximately 30 vials are missing.
According to the Centers for Disease Control:
The plague is an infectious disease of animals and humans caused by a bacterium named Yersinia pestis.
Bubonic plague is a bacterial disease in rodents transmitted to humans through the bites of infected fleas.
The symptoms are swollen, tender lymph nodes, fever, and extreme exhaustion. Ten to 20 people a year are infected in rural areas of the western United States, while globally there are 1,000 to 3,000 cases a year.
It can be treated with antibiotics, but if it isn't treated promptly, it can cause death.
About 14 percent of U.S. plague cases are fatal. Millions of Europeans died from bubonic plague in the Middle Ages, when flea-infested rats inhabited homes and workplaces.
Pneumonic plague, a more serious form of the disease, occurs when plague bacteria are inhaled after direct contact with infected animals, including rodents, wildlife and pets.
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i can't worry about this kind of thing until i have it and need treatment. there are too many things to worry about otherwise.
and yes, i do think they are jumping the gun.
and yes, i do think they are jumping the gun.
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A few things to remember:
There is no evidence yet that the viles were stolen
They are not certain that the vials contained the plauge
Even if the Bubonic Plauge is released into the population, we know how to cure it these days with anitbiotics.
There is no evidence yet that the viles were stolen
They are not certain that the vials contained the plauge
Even if the Bubonic Plauge is released into the population, we know how to cure it these days with anitbiotics.
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And we have had plague infested rodents found in NM and AZ, CNN must be having a slowere news day. The worst part is they keep doing it, and we all become insensitized, like the boy who cried wolf.
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Officials don't believe "what is in those vials can be used as a weapon," CNN's Kelli Arena reported.
Let's hope that this comment is true and if the vials have been stolen -- that they cannot endanger anyone!
Let's hope that this comment is true and if the vials have been stolen -- that they cannot endanger anyone!
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So I guess waiting to see if the vials turned up was less interesting than causing panic. 
Nancy
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What surprises me (CNN jumping the gun doesn't) is they are kept in a secure area WITHOUT surveillance AND it has access by all faculty and cleaning crew. That doesn't seem to secure to me now does it...(unless I read the article wrong.)
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