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2005-11-29 Africa Horn

Toll in Sudan yellow fever outbreak climbs to 131

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Posted by Steve White 2005-11-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 A yellow fever outbreak in Sudan has killed another 10 people, bringing the known toll to 131 deaths out of 530 cases in less than three weeks, the World Health Organisation said on Monday.

False. Since there is no genocide in Sudan, then there is neither any yellow fever. Now go away.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-11-29 00:21|| 2005-11-29 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Yellow Fever is spreading for the same reason Dengue is spreading.

Aedes aegypti is the type of mosquito that usually carries yellow fever from human to human. These mosquitoes have adapted to living among humans in cities, towns, and villages. They breed in discarded tires, flower pots, oil drums, and water storage containers close to human dwellings. Urban yellow fever is the cause of most yellow fever outbreaks and epidemics.

Posted by phil_b 2005-11-29 00:23|| 2005-11-29 00:23|| Front Page Top

#3 What is needed is a good dose of DDT, aided by the DDT-efficacy booster my father discovered in 1958. But that they aren't going to get. Oh... if there is a fatwa against innoculation because of male fertility concerns, surely it could be argued that only affects adult males, thus leaving more doses for the women and children? Evolution in action and all that...

Posted by trailing wife 2005-11-29 04:44|| 2005-11-29 04:44|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm with BaR on this one. Even without the genocide that has no name(tm), I've gotta wonder what the natural (i.e. without yellow fever, genocide, etc.) death rate is in Sudan. For some reason, and I don't mean to sound harsh, 131 more dead Somalis probably is within their national standard deviation of death-rates. Especially when AK-47s go off at weddings and such!

Posted by BA 2005-11-29 13:04|| 2005-11-29 13:04|| Front Page Top

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