Monroe Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 (edited) Could be around in other places ... Kansas Man Dies From Virus Never Before Seen in America http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2962430/Kansas-man-dies-Bourbon-virus-spread-ticks.html 02/20/2015 Man was previously healthy before falling ill after a tick bite and dying 11 days later after organ failureThe CDC has called the new virus 'Bourbon' after the man's countyThe virus belongs to the thogotovirus group, which has only caused symptoms in humans eight times - in Africa, Asia and EuropeThis is first time the CDC has seen a strain of thogotovirus affect blood cells CDC Discovers New Virus in Kansas 02/20/2015 http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/02/20/cdc-discovers-new-virus-in-kansas/?intcmp=latestnews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday the discovery of a new virus that may be spread through tick or insect bites. The virus may have contributed to the 2014 death of a Kansas man who was otherwise healthy. Working with experts from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and University of Kansas Medical Center (UKMC), researchers found that the virus is part of a group of viruses called thogotoviruses. The virus was named Bourbon virus for the county in which the patient lived. The case is the first time a thogotovirus has been shown to cause human illness in the U.S. and the eighth known case of it causing symptoms in people. According to the report, the patient, who was over 50 years old, was working outside on his property in late spring 2014 when he received several tick bites and found an engorged tick on his shoulder. Several days later, he fell ill with nausea, weakness and diarrhea. The next day, he developed a fever, anorexia, chills, headache, myalgia, and arthralgia. The patient visited his primary care physician on the third day, at which point he was prescribed an antibiotic for a presumed tickborne illness. The next morning, his wife found him experiencing reduced consciousness and we was taken to the local hospital. Test results for many infectious diseases came back negative and a sample of the patient’s blood was sent to the CDC, which found evidence of an unidentified virus. Researchers used Advanced Molecular Detection (AMD) and determined it was a new virus. According to the news release, the CDC is working with KDHE and UKMC to identify additional cases of Bourbon virus disease, determine who gets sick and with what symptoms, and how people are getting infected. CDC experts are also working to better understand the virus itself to potentially prevent and control Bourbon virus. CDC researchers believe other undiscovered viruses are likely causing illness, with this finding and recent discoveries of Heartland virus in Missouri and severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome viruses in China.... Edited February 21, 2015 by monroe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 We're all doomed. In addition to this new virus, there are mysterious earth rumblings in Connecticut and Florida. On top of the horrible events happening in Syria, Libya, and now even France and Denmark. Oh, and I just read that Turkish military ships are escorting a natural gas prospecting vessel inside Cyprus's "economic zone" waters off the coast of that island. Don't you sometimes get the feeling that events are building up for something big? --JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Don't you sometimes get the feeling that events are building up for something big?Sure , the launch of Windows 10 is imminent! ... just about the right introduction to Dooms Day.... jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 LOL! --JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Posted February 26, 2015 Author Share Posted February 26, 2015 That's very good ! This thread used to get a lot postings a year or two ago ... anything from "drones" to "deep space asteroids" and everything in between ... but people seemed to have moved on. I just post for a "heads up" on something, I don't expect many comments or any comments for most of my posts. As a sad note ... it has been almost a year since there's been a post from CharlotteTheHarlot ... some of his last posts he made mention of having a rough winter with the cold and snow ... and then all went quiet. I think the last post might have been last March ... maybe April. I for one miss reading all the information he posted ... waited all of 2014 hoping the posts would start up again. If anyone knows anything or has some information, please let us know. monroe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bphlpt Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 As a sad note ... it has been almost a year since there's been a post from CharlotteTheHarlot ... some of his last posts he made mention of having a rough winter with the cold and snow ... and then all went quiet. I think the last post might have been last March ... maybe April. I for one miss reading all the information he posted ... waited all of 2014 hoping the posts would start up again. If anyone knows anything or has some information, please let us know. +1 I was just thinking about him the other day. I also miss him. I believe he still visits occasionally, he just doesn't post anymore for some reason. I don't think he ever stated that he was not going to participate anymore, but ... Cheers and Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 This is from Missouri ... next to Kansas. Doctors Don’t Know What Killed This Missouri Mom, Son February 26, 2015 http://www.reviewjournal.com/life/health/doctors-don-t-know-what-killed-missouri-mom-son St. Peters, MO — A mysterious sudden death of a mother and her adult son are raising concerns of a possibly dangerous virus. Zach Smith, 19, and his mother Rhonda Smith, 48, both of St. Peters, died within four days of each other after being in seemingly perfect health. The St. Charles County Health Department has been meeting with infectious disease doctors since Rhonda Smith’s death early Thursday morning at Barnes St. Peters Hospital. Physicians at the hospital were at a complete loss to explain why Smith and her son’s health declined so rapidly and what caused their deaths. “They checked him in, they thought he had pneumonia, and in a very short period of time, we’re talking an hour or two, they came back and told us his health was declining dramatically,” said Scott Dyer, a relative of the mother and son. Zach Smith went to St. Joseph’s health Center Friday after feeling flu-like symptoms. Over the next two days, Smith developed infections, his organs shut down, he went into cardiac arrest and died Sunday. “They said the explanation of death was even more to the fact they felt it was a strand of the flu from Africa,” said Dyer. Four days later Zach’s mother, Rhonda, was checked into Barnes St. Peters Hospital after she went to have a side ache checked. Smith’s blood sugar was so high that she was at risk of a coma, although she wasn’t diabetic. Dyer says doctors told Rhonda’s family that her health was deteriorating rapidly and that they were losing her and didn’t know what was going on. Like Zach, Rhonda had severe respiratory problems. Her heart stopped eight times and was revived before she died twelve hours after being admitted. Doctors told the Smith’s family members to get tested for the flu and chest X-rays in case they had something that could have been passed to them. “When the doctors walk in and tell you there’s nothing they can do, they have no idea what it is, that absolutely concerns me for the whole community, said Dyer. The health department is hoping to get answers from an autopsy being performed Thursday on Rhonda Smith’s body and from lab tests that will be conducted.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JorgeA Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 As a sad note ... it has been almost a year since there's been a post from CharlotteTheHarlot ... some of his last posts he made mention of having a rough winter with the cold and snow ... and then all went quiet. I think the last post might have been last March ... maybe April. I for one miss reading all the information he posted ... waited all of 2014 hoping the posts would start up again. If anyone knows anything or has some information, please let us know. +1 I was just thinking about him the other day. I also miss him. I believe he still visits occasionally, he just doesn't post anymore for some reason. I don't think he ever stated that he was not going to participate anymore, but ... Cheers and Regards +1 I just checked out Charlotte's MSFN profile, and it says he was last here in January. A good thing, knowing that he's still "among us." I can think of only two reasons that he's not participating: either he's burned out from the intense participation in the Windows 8 discussion, or there is some kind of issue (health/family/work) that's forced him to cut down on his activity. I sure don't think he could have been turned off somehow, AFAIK he's universally admired here. @Charlotte, are you listening? Come back!! --JorgeA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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