I am disgruntled. I missed House tonight because I was using the lymphatic pump--yes, I'm using that again, in addition to bandaging both legs--and...well, I fell asleep and didn't wake up until 10:30
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Re: A very short synopsisgehayiApril 19 2006, 12:11:31 UTC
Wow! Thank you. That was brilliant. And thank you so much for telling me what happened. There aren't many TV shows that I like, so I hate to miss the ones that I do.
The prairie dog thing actually makes sense. I had to do some research in epidemics a few years ago, and apparently the plague is quite common among prairie dogs. I did some double-checking on the web just now; here are a couple of quotes.
Prairie Dogs are very susceptible to bubonic plague, acquiring it from fleas infected with plague bacteria. Most public health officials believe the chance of contracting plague from Prairie Dog fleas is very low, but flea-borne disease can wipe out a colony.
From the Center for Disease Control, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases"Fleas become infected by feeding on rodents, such as the chipmunks, prairie dogs, ground squirrels, mice, and other mammals that are infected with the bacteria Yersinia pestis. Fleas transmit the plague bacteria to humans and other mammals during the feeding process. The plague
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Re: A very short synopsisignipesApril 19 2006, 15:25:51 UTC
Yeah, you're definitely right about that: unlikely but not at all impossible. I mean, here in the Southwest we hear about human cases of plague that crop up every once in a while, and everybody knows that there are prairie dogs around Boulder that have plague. So I didn't think the diagnosis was all that strange, but I guess it's a lot weirder to find in New Jersey.
It was a cool episode. Somewhat surprising in how honest everybody was, but cool.
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The prairie dog thing actually makes sense. I had to do some research in epidemics a few years ago, and apparently the plague is quite common among prairie dogs. I did some double-checking on the web just now; here are a couple of quotes.
From DesertUSA:
Prairie Dogs are very susceptible to bubonic plague, acquiring it from fleas infected with plague bacteria. Most public health officials believe the chance of contracting plague from Prairie Dog fleas is very low, but flea-borne disease can wipe out a colony.
From the Center for Disease Control, Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases"Fleas become infected by feeding on rodents, such as the chipmunks, prairie dogs, ground squirrels, mice, and other mammals that are infected with the bacteria Yersinia pestis. Fleas transmit the plague bacteria to humans and other mammals during the feeding process. The plague ( ... )
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It was a cool episode. Somewhat surprising in how honest everybody was, but cool.
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