• Visitors to Yosemite National Park die of rare illness
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[img]http://l1.yimg.com/dh/ap/default/120828/yosemite_uni.jpg[/img] [quote]YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A second person has died of a rare, rodent-borne disease after visiting one of the most popular parts of Yosemite National Park earlier this summer, and park officials were warning past visitors to be aware of some flu-like aches and symptoms and seek medical help immediately if they appear. Health officials learned this weekend of the second hantavirus death, which killed a person who visited the park in June, spokesman Scott Gediman said in a statement. There was one other confirmed case of the illness, and a fourth is being investigated. Yosemite officials said the four visitors might have been exposed while vacationing at the park's Curry Village, and are warning those who stayed in the village's tent cabins from mid-June through the end of August to beware of any symptoms of hantavirus, which can include fever, aches, dizziness and chills. An outreach effort is under way to contact visitors from that period who stayed in "Signature Tent Cabins," which have more insulation and amenities than other tent cabins. Federal health officials say symptoms may develop up to 5 weeks after exposure to urine, droppings, or saliva of infected rodents, and Yosemite advised visitors to watch for symptoms for up to six weeks. Of the 587 documented U.S. cases since the virus was identified in 1993, about one-third proved fatal. There is no specific treatment for the virus. After-hours calls to Yosemite officials seeking further details were not immediately returned Monday night. Following the first death, which was reported earlier this month, state health officials advised anyone with symptoms to seek medical attention and let doctors know if they were camping in Yosemite. Officials said thousands of people visit the park every month, so it would be impossible to track everyone who had set foot in Curry Village. Curry Village is the most popular and economical lodging area in the park, a picturesque assemblage of rustic cabins at the base of the 3,000-foot promontory Glacier Point. Gediman told the San Francisco Chronicle that of the 408 tent cabins in the village, 91 are of the "signature" variety where the four cases had stayed, which feature more insulation and amenities than the others. It was not clear how many people stayed in the cabins in the period in which park officials are warning visitors. Gediman said contractors are working on the signature cabins to protect park-goers. "They're doing everything they can to eliminate areas where mice can get into the cabins," Gediman told the San Francisco Chronicle. "This was never because the cabins were dirty, it was never because we didn't take care of them. This is just because approximately 20 percent of all deer mice are infected with hantavirus. And they're here in Yosemite Valley." This year's deaths mark the first such deaths in park visitors, although two others were stricken in a more remote area in 2000 and 2010, officials said.[/quote] [url]http://news.yahoo.com/2nd-yosemite-visitor-dies-rodent-borne-illness-060224989.html[/url]
Okay, nope, not good. Not good at all. Hantavirus infections can manifest in a hemorrhagic fever not unlike Ebola. We have to nuke Yosemite, it's the only way to be sure.
[QUOTE=Arachnidus;37441085]Okay, nope, not good. Not good at all. Hantavirus infections can manifest in a hemorrhagic fever not unlike Ebola. We have to nuke Yosemite, it's the only way to be sure.[/QUOTE] We can't nuke Yosemite it is gorgeous there. As a matter of fact I was there... two weeks ago.
[QUOTE=Xieneus;37441129]We can't nuke Yosemite it is gorgeous there. As a matter of fact I was there... two weeks ago.[/QUOTE] Sounds like you need to get in contact with your doctor my friend.
[QUOTE=Sunnday3;37441151]Sounds like you need to get in contact with your doctor my friend.[/QUOTE] I was in Curry Village but it says the people who stayed in the cabins should seek medical attention. I just stayed in the car siphoning WiFi from the lodge THEN we went to Yosemite village to get food and leave.
My grandparents were there just a month ago. [i]fuck[/i]
I go every month to volunteer as a "Campground Host." Greeeeat :v:
[QUOTE=ccg;37441202]My grandparents were there just a month ago. [I]fuck[/I][/QUOTE] My dad's friend's son drove past there a year ago [I][U]God damn it. [/U][/I]These posts should stop.
shit i went there 20 years ago id better get myself checked out
[QUOTE=Andokool12;37441298]My dad's friend's son drove past there a year ago [I][U]God damn it. [/U][/I]These posts should stop.[/QUOTE] [del]yeah, but considering the fact that I also live with my grandparents, maybe I should be a little bit concerned.[/del] wait, it's not contagious. ignore everything i said
[QUOTE=ccg;37441333]yeah, but considering the fact that I also live with my grandparents, maybe I should be a little bit concerned.[/QUOTE] They would have been showing symptoms by now.
[QUOTE=Noss;37441317]shit i went there 20 years ago id better get myself checked out[/QUOTE] I actually did stay in one of those cabins 12 or 13 years ago, I'm gonna die
A rat borne infection? Sounds like the plague, for some reason the bubonic plague has been confirmed in that park before. I remember reading it about a guy who was working with a lion or something and he contracted it from the lion.
[QUOTE=bluesky;37441702]A rat borne infection? Sounds like the plague, for some reason the bubonic plague has been confirmed in that park before. I remember reading it about a guy who was working with a lion or something and he contracted it from the lion.[/QUOTE] Any place where nature runs uninterrupted by humanity, diseases that our ancestors were plagued by will sprout up. Viruses and bacteria are eradicated by anthropogenic processes, more often than not.
[QUOTE=Noss;37441317]shit i went there 20 years ago id better get myself checked out[/QUOTE] AW FUCK I BREATHE THE SAME AIR AS YOSEMITE
[video=youtube;aCbfMkh940Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCbfMkh940Q[/video]
[QUOTE=Arachnidus;37441737]Any place where nature runs uninterrupted by humanity, diseases that our ancestors were plagued by will sprout up. Viruses and bacteria are eradicated by anthropogenic processes, more often than not.[/QUOTE] And this is why we should promote deforestation. [sp]Joking, obviously[/sp]
Last year three people went in the Merced River, got swept away, and drowned. A couple of weeks ago two kids from S California(ie not outdoor types) were cooling off in the same river and got washed away and drowned. Yosemite is a death trap, even if you don't breathe in essence of mouse poop while camping.
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;37450685]Last year three people went in the Merced River, got swept away, and drowned. A couple of weeks ago two kids from S California(ie not outdoor types) were cooling off in the same river and got washed away and drowned. Yosemite is a death trap, even if you don't breathe in essence of mouse poop while camping.[/QUOTE] Actually this happened the week I was there. The kids were swimming in the river that led to Vernal Falls. They went overboard and ker-plunk into the jagged rocks below.
I thought the three that died last year went over the falls, while the two kids were below the falls, by that footbridge.
Xieneus, the Nod logo is making me nervous about this news story. [QUOTE=Xieneus;37441129]We can't nuke Yosemite it is gorgeous there. As a matter of fact I was there... two weeks ago.[/QUOTE] You were there...[I]in the underground xenobiology lab developing dangerous diseases intended to enslave the local populace?![/I]
[QUOTE=lockdown6;37445476]oh fuck i live on the same planet this place is on[/QUOTE] I live on mars so please dont come here ever okay thanks [editline]29th August 2012[/editline] what the fuck a rover just ran over my petunias fuck you NASA
Oh god. I live in England but I've heard of Yosemite Park before and I accidentally looked at the picture in the OP. I'm screwed.
I just noticed something... [img]http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/10/25/04824346-c236-4eaf-b121-5d26f392da55.jpg[/img] Someone is behind this...
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