Author Topic: New Rabies Strain Discovered In US (Read 2870 times)

Croix de Fer · « **on:** May 20, 2015, 10:00:04 PM »

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The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) announced today that a rabid fox from Lincoln County that bit a woman on April 20 had a strain of rabies that has never before been identified. The genetic sequencing of the virus was done in the Rabies Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. The woman received a series of rabies vaccinations that has prevented her from developing rabies, which is usually fatal.

The “Fox Involved in Attack Tests Positive for Rabies” press release went out after initial testing on the fox at the NMDOH’s rabies laboratory was positive.

“We are working with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF) and the CDC to increase surveillance in Lincoln County,” said Department of Health Cabinet Secretary Retta Ward, MPH. “We’ll be collecting dead foxes and bats found on the ground in Lincoln County and testing them for rabies. This new strain is related to other rabies strains found in bats.”

Children should be reminded that they should never touch a bat or other wild animal and that they should always report any contact with bats to their parents immediately. Rabies is fatal in humans but if you have been exposed to a rabid animal, it can be prevented with immediate treatment.

The following guidelines can help protect you and your family from rabies:

Stay away from wild or unfamiliar animals. Do not attempt to feed, approach, or touch wild animals (alive or dead). Teach this important message to your children and keep a close eye on your kids at all times.
If you see a sick or dead wild animal, or a wild animal acting abnormally, report it to your local animal control authorities. Rabid animals may show no fear of people and may even seem friendly or become aggressive.
Keep pets on a leash at all times. Pets should be up to date on rabies vaccinations and wearing current license tags on their collar. If your cat or dog has been bitten or scratched, call your pet’s veterinarian, even if the wound is minor.

If you are bitten or scratched by a wild animal or a pet, the Department of Health recommends the following guidelines:

Wash all wounds and contact areas thoroughly with soap and water.
Contact a healthcare provider immediately for evaluation. The Department of Health is available to providers for consultation about rabies 24/7 at 505-827-0006.
Call the local animal control department to report the incident and provide the department with an accurate description of the animal.
Try to keep the animal confined, but don’t risk further injury if the animal is dangerous.
Keep children away from all animals involved in the incident.

For more information about rabies visit the Rabies section of our website.

PerEvangelicaDicta · « **Reply #1 on:** May 20, 2015, 10:37:29 PM »

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The genetic sequencing of the virus was done in the Rabies Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta

Rapid response from the lab who probably created it.

Croix de Fer · « **Reply #2 on:** June 15, 2015, 08:05:55 AM »

Deuteronomy 28:21-22; 28-29

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May the Lord set the pestilence upon thee, until he consume thee out of the land, which thou shalt go in to possess. May the Lord afflict thee with miserable want, with the fever and with cold, with burning and with heat, and with corrupted air and with blasting, and pursue thee till thou perish [...] The Lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind. And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee.

claudel · « **Reply #3 on:** June 16, 2015, 02:45:51 PM »

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The genetic sequencing of the virus was done in the Rabies Laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta

Rapid response from the lab that probably created it.

Precisely my sentiments, too. The other distinct possibility is that it came in with some wetback "Dreamer" from Central America, Africa, or the Islamic world.

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Deuteronomy 28:21-22; 28-29
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May the Lord set the pestilence upon thee, until he consume thee out of the land, which thou shalt go in to possess. May the Lord afflict thee with miserable want, with the fever and with cold, with burning and with heat, and with corrupted air and with blasting, and pursue thee till thou perish [...] The Lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind. And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee.

I thank the Father that the New Covenant that His Son sealed with His Crucifixion and Resurrection has lifted from me the burden of having to pray the prayers of vengeance of the Old (superseded) Covenant.

BTNYC · « **Reply #4 on:** June 16, 2015, 03:00:37 PM »

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I thank the Father that the New Covenant that His Son sealed with His Crucifixion and Resurrection has lifted from me the burden of having to pray the prayers of vengeance of the Old (superseded) Covenant.

I take it, then, that you do not pray the Divine Office?

Croix de Fer · « **Reply #5 on:** June 16, 2015, 05:54:24 PM »

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I thank the Father that the New Covenant that His Son sealed with His Crucifixion and Resurrection has lifted from me the burden of having to pray the prayers of vengeance of the Old (superseded) Covenant.

I take it, then, that you do not pray the Divine Office?

Boom. An "ICBM missile of truth" rebuttal by BTNYC.

Moreover, claudel, the point of me posting that Scriptural passage was to remind us the Lord will chastise and punish sinners and the lukewarm, whether or not the faithful pray for His unleashing of vengeance. And in reference to the good PerEvangelicaDicta's very plausible comment, the Lord will also allow a cabal of evil doers to conspire a sacrifice against the masses as punishment for their sin and lukewarmness, but in the end, these very conspirators will also suffer the Lord's wrath.

Our Lady of La Salette also warned us,

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Woe to the inhabitants of the earth! There will be bloody wars and famines, plagues and infectious diseases. It will rain with a fearful hail of animals.

claudel · « **Reply #6 on:** June 16, 2015, 06:48:30 PM »

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I thank the Father that the New Covenant that His Son sealed with His Crucifixion and Resurrection has lifted from me the burden of having to pray the prayers of vengeance of the Old (superseded) Covenant.

I take it, then, that you do not pray the Divine Office?

Quite right, I don't. Assume whatever you wish from that fact.

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Boom. An "ICBM missile of truth" rebuttal by BTNYC.

Since there were no lies to rebut, the warhead was plainly a dummy left over from some Hollywood epic. (I take it you're simply channeling the rhetorical manner of Brother Bozo the Hasbara yet again.)

Croix de Fer · « **Reply #7 on:** June 16, 2015, 11:13:09 PM »

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Boom. An "ICBM missile of truth" rebuttal by BTNYC.

Since there were no lies to rebut, the warhead was plainly a dummy left over from some Hollywood epic. (I take it you're simply channeling the rhetorical manner of Brother Bozo the Hasbara yet again.)

Rebuttals don't necessarily have to be against lies. They can be other countering points in a debate. My use of the word "truth" was just a figure of speech and a loosely used word to express the valid point being made BTNYC, and not to be inferred that you're lying about anything.

I take it you still have a bitter pathology against Brother Nathanael - a man who has named more Jєωιѕн names involved in perfidy, and exposed the ѕуηαgσgυє more than anyone. Yeah, a Hasbara agent gets death threats from, and slandered and libeled by, other Jєωs for exposing Jєωry. A Hasbara agent gets perpetually trolled on his sites with the most vulgar and hateful comments by other Jєωs and zionist neocons. A Hasbara agent exposes the evils of the rogue, apartheid, false state of "Israel". That's such a splendid public relations improvement campaign Bro Nathanael is effecting for the zionist state and their proxy officials, sayanims and cronies in the JєωSA. Sure, claudel, you really make a lot of sense, buddy.

BTNYC · « **Reply #8 on:** June 17, 2015, 08:29:18 AM »

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I thank the Father that the New Covenant that His Son sealed with His Crucifixion and Resurrection has lifted from me the burden of having to pray the prayers of vengeance of the Old (superseded) Covenant.

I take it, then, that you do not pray the Divine Office?

Quite right, I don't. Assume whatever you wish from that fact.

I assume nothing in particular about you based on that one simple fact. But I do hope to illustrate the point that nothing in Our Lord's supersession of the Old Covenant voids or abrogates the more "vengeful" prayers of the Old Testament. The Psalter has been an integral part of the prayer life of the Church since Her inception. The permissibility or advisability or whatever of the more "vengeful" psalms did not become an issue until Paul VI decided to jettison them.

claudel · « **Reply #9 on:** June 17, 2015, 10:53:46 AM »

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… I take it you still have a bitter pathology against Brother Nathanael …

You do realize, don't you, that practicing medicine—even the pseudomedicine of dime-store psychoanalysis—without a license is illegal in all fifty states? Given your propensity to flaunt your habits of thought with the ubiquitous formulation "JєωSA" and similar clichés of lowbrow journalism, you might profitably recall which group it is that dominates the medical and pseudomedical field, especially its enforcement arm.

You know best why here, under your screen name, and elsewhere, anonymously, you feel the need to sneer pretentiously at me to demonstrate your loyalty to Nathanael. Yet as this behavior is evidently a trait you admire in him, I must conclude that you lack a grown-up understanding of what the consequences of loyalty are and when, where, and how loyalty and its demands ought and ought not to obtain. Since what is left of my life is too short to bear you ill will, I hope that you awaken, sooner rather than later, to the utter nullity of the approach you have embraced.

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… The Psalter has been an integral part of the prayer life of the Church since Her inception. The permissibility or advisability or whatever of the more "vengeful" psalms did not become an issue until Paul VI decided to jettison them.

Please note, BTNYC, that none of the above was contested or even referred to in my comment. Its focus and concern were otherwise.

Given that my self-imposed comment allotment is running low, this ends my contribution to this thread. As is more often than not the case, I regret having written anything at all.

Croix de Fer · « **Reply #10 on:** June 17, 2015, 11:21:54 AM »

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… I take it you still have a bitter pathology against Brother Nathanael …

You do realize, don't you, that practicing medicine—even the pseudomedicine of dime-store psychoanalysis—without a license is illegal in all fifty states? Given your propensity to flaunt your habits of thought with the ubiquitous formulation "JєωSA" and similar clichés of lowbrow journalism, you might profitably recall which group it is that dominates the medical and pseudomedical field, especially its enforcement arm.

If you go back to read some of my previous comments on CathInfo, I have emphatically stated that psychiatry & psychology are Jєωιѕн deceptions, and both fields are pseudosciences pioneered disproportionately by Jєωry. Therefore, I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here, other than to accuse me of consuming the Jєωιѕн lies, or pretending to be something (such as a shrink) when I'm not... FAIL.

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You know best why here, under your screen name, and elsewhere, anonymously, you feel the need to sneer pretentiously at me to demonstrate your loyalty to Nathanael. Yet as this behavior is evidently a trait you admire in him, I must conclude that you lack a grown-up understanding of what the consequences of loyalty are and when, where, and how loyalty and its demands ought and ought not to obtain. Since what is left of my life is too short to bear you ill will, I hope that you awaken, sooner rather than later, to the utter nullity of the approach you have embraced.

Claudel, senility might be knocking at your cognitive door. It was YOU who turned this thread into a semi-tangent about Brother Nathanael. You injected him (as a red herring) into this conversation when he had nothing to do with the topic at hand, hence you criticize me for supporting him after my previous response to your comments pertaining to the OP's subject go unanswered. Therefore, I have a right to defend myself and views pertaining to Brother Nathanael from your subtle jabs; and now, you want to act like the "victim". Another FAIL.

I will say you sound like an interesting fellow with a rich story to tell about life, and it would be great to chat with you while drinking some suds. Be good.

BTNYC · « **Reply #11 on:** June 17, 2015, 02:07:20 PM »

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Please note, BTNYC, that none of the above was contested or even referred to in my comment. Its focus and concern were otherwise.

Understood. My comments were not so much directed at you, or to Ascent, but to the potential reader of the thread who may have inferred wrongly from what you wrote. A bit of context helps to obviate that possibility, and I thank you for your clarification above which also goes a long way to that end.