Comments on: Plague Mice Escape Newark Lab

By: Silvia Teresa Osorio

Silvia Teresa Osorio — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:45:14 +0000

What about the threat of biochemical bombing predicted for the year 2013 to the US? There are panels and even Obama talked about it. We were surprised with 9/11. Are we prepared for a biochemmical bomb? It devastated countries in the middle east. How about if it happens to us?

By: Kilo Echo 4

Kilo Echo 4 — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:32:58 +0000

Here is the REAL story behind the ‘missing’ lab mice:
http://kiloecho4.bravejournal.com/entry/14660

By: Sherri

Sherri — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 03:13:39 +0000

Brian, I read a bit more after posting that, and read how the pnuemonic version is droplet spread. I agree that could become a problem pretty quick with people putting off going to the dr, or being told they can’t get in for an appt until 1–2 weeks when they try to make an appt.

By: Brian

Brian — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 00:42:31 +0000

sherri don’t get too happy. bubonic plague can also manifest itself as pneumonic plague which is a whole different puppy. it’s easy to treat but it spreads like the common cold and kills very quickly. an outburst of that due to the joys of jet travel could be all over the world in a couple days. the biggest problem would be that while a modest amount of any antibiotic knocks it down pretty fast the world’s stockpiles are greatly inadequate given the speed the plague would pop up at.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:00:11 +0000

Unless it was mutated into a strain (like DiNardo and Kate of NCIS), I’m not going to worry much about it. It’s easily treatable with many common antibiotics, and the symptoms are hard to miss, but you need to get treatment pretty fast. Here’s a great page on it: http://www.cbwinfo.com/Biological/Pathogens/YP.html
Make sure to read about the common children’s song still sung today, Samuel Pepys diary, and the Pied Piper. They didn’t mention John Donne’s, “Never send to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.” But I learned about how the Japanese used it against the Chinese before WWII, which I didn’t know (or missed that class LOL).
It spread through the FLEAS on rats. I learned about washing my dog with plan Dawn Dishwashing Detergent from a forwarded household hints email. It worked better than any pesticide shampoo I’d ever used before, and is much cheaper (and smells better), those fleas are DEAD fast! It works good on the cats too (hold them by the scruff of their neck like momma cat used to so they’ll be temporarily dazed and not shred you up).
So if there’s an outbreak, be vigilent against fleas and learn the symptoms so you can call for an immediate appointment with the doctor. Meanwhile, I’ll worry about SARS mutating 8^P

By: Renee Skolar

Renee Skolar — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:10:09 +0000

So these mice just walked off the job???? What, the rat race was too much for them??? Cry-mo-netti! It’s a good thing we got this Homeland Security stuff else I’d be worried that some maniac helped those mice *disappear* from the lab.

By: DS

DS — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:51:04 +0000

ummmm.…ok kids, can anyone guess how plague was spread in the Dark Age? you got it…MICE AND RATS.

By: Justin Mason

Justin Mason — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:20:59 +0000

For what it’s worth, bubonic plague is already endemic in parts of the continental US.
Mind you, I found this surprising myself, when I first read about it on a sign in a campsite in California, so I took a photo:
http://jmason.org/albums/2004–08-Idyllwild/tn/plague-warning.jpg.index.html

By: jtw

jtw — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:14:08 +0000

Hasnt this happened before? In the same place?
I heard about infected rats escaping before, or being found in New Jersey.
Or is this another US psyops news story that got recycled from the past?