UN declares 2nd eradicated disease
"It decimated herds and caused disaster, devastation and death associated with the fall of the Roman Empire, the French Revolution and the colonization of Africa.
But after years of global efforts, rinderpest -- German for cattle plague -- doesn't exist anymore. It is the first animal disease to be eradicated and only the second disease ever, after smallpox in 1980.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization declared Tuesday that the world was rid of rinderpest."
http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/06/29/cattle.plague.eradicated/index.html
August 3, 2011
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[quote=Ganzuu]It's only a matter of time for some corrupt person to sell the samples to create a biological weapon.
OT: Interesting read. [/quote]
No need to worry.
"If I am concerned about a smallpox attack, can I go to my doctor and request the smallpox vaccine?
No. Your doctor cannot give you the smallpox vaccine. In the United States, routine vaccination against
smallpox ended in 1972 when the disease was fully controlled. Since the vaccine is no longer
recommended, the vaccine is not available for routine use. The CDC maintains an emergency supply of
vaccine that can be released quickly, if necessary.
Are there plans to manufacture more vaccine in case of a bioterrorism attack using smallpox?
Yes. In 2000, CDC awarded a contract to a vaccine manufacturer to produce additional doses of smallpox
vaccine. The additional funds will allow the department to stockpile as much vaccine as needed to protect
the nation, or some regions, in the remote event of an outbreak of smallpox"
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Smallpox_FAQ12-02_51875_7.PDF
I am vaccinated for smallpox.
[quote=xDracius]I came in here hoping for it to be HIV
Drat.
Gonna take hundreds of years to eradicate HIV[/quote]
1) Gather all HIV positive people
2) Ship said people to island 1000ths of miles away from land in shark infested waters
3)Food supply slowly decimates
4)?
5)PROFIT
I came in here hoping for it to be HIV
Drat.
Gonna take hundreds of years to eradicate HIV
[quote=Hyperstep]still wrong, it was from the captain of ship's cat. i can't remember the specifics[/quote]
It was Rickettsial Pox.
[quote=Hyperstep]That wasn't small pox[/quote]
It was lupus?
I was hoping for Polio.
It'll die soon enough.
cool!
[quote=LastAmbition]Besides laboratory samples, in the hands of the U.S and Russia, it has been eradicated. The last naturally occurring case of the disease was in 1977.[/quote]
But there was an episode of House M.D. last season or the season before with a chick that had small pox. I think she was scuba diving and somehow got it from a bottle in a sunken ship. Anything can happen!
I just got over both of those a week ago. Lies!