Peru battles rabid vampire bats after 500 people bitten - Polidicks

[B]Peru's health ministry has sent emergency teams to a remote Amazon region to battle an outbreak of rabies spread by vampire bats. [/B] [release]Four children in the Awajun indigenous tribe died after being bitten by the bloodsucking mammals. Health workers have given rabies vaccine to more than 500 people who have also been attacked. Some experts have linked mass vampire bat attacks on people in the Amazon to deforestation. The rabies outbreak is focused on the community of Urakusa in the north-eastern Peruvian Amazon, close to the border with Ecuador. The indigenous community appealed for help after being unable to explain the illness that had killed the children. The health ministry said it had sent three medical teams to treat and vaccinate people who had been bitten. Most of the affected population had now been vaccinated, it said, although a few had refused treatment. Vampire bats usually feed on wildlife or livestock, but are sometimes known to turn to humans for food, particularly in areas where their rainforest habitat has been destroyed. Some local people have suggested this latest outbreak of attacks may be linked to the unusually low temperatures the Peruvian Amazon in recent[/release] I pity those bitten. [editline]08:50PM[/editline] [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10960389]Source[/url]

They're finishing what Dracula couldn't

They all must be going batty

[QUOTE]Some experts have linked mass vampire bat attacks on people in the Amazon to deforestation[/QUOTE] [B]Fly my pretties, [I]FLY!!![/I][/B]

Peru is having a time at the minute first the plague then this.

[QUOTE=markg06;24033199]Peru is having a time at the minute first the plague then this.[/QUOTE] Wait what?:v:

Yup they had a recent outbreak of the plague at their beaches if I remember correctly.

This is just batshit insane.

This sounds like the plot for some Si Fy (or however that channel spells its name now) movie.

I'm a survivor living in Lima, Peru.. If you can hear me.. if anyone can hear me.. You're not alone.. [img]http://famewatcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/i_am_legend_will_smith__1_.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=CodeMonkey3;24034165]I'm a survivor living in Lima, Peru.. If you can hear me.. if anyone can hear me.. You're not alone.. [img_thumb]http://famewatcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/i_am_legend_will_smith__1_.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] You've inspired me to go watch Omega Man again (original of I Am Legend, Omega Man's better.. more guns)

I dont know what to make of all this but somehow i know it's Twilight's fault!

batshit insane

[QUOTE=loled;24033280]This is just batshit insane.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=Numidium;24034440]batshit insane[/QUOTE]

Well, so long as the infected don't require direct system-to-system blood transfusions to restore any lost blood, we're pretty much just dealing with rabies. If anything more "vampiric" arises, just phone Mr Belmont or Mr Van Helsing.

GARLIC SPRAYS AND GIANT AIRDROPPED CROSSES c

So did the term vampire or vampire bat come first

In my county (I live in Illinois), six bats have already been tested positive for rabies this summer. Looks like it's spreading. :ohdear:

I told you nothing good comes from those god damn vampires!

[QUOTE=ZekeTwo;24036428]So did the term vampire or vampire bat come first[/QUOTE] Vampire, probably.

[QUOTE=ironman17;24034648]Well, so long as the infected don't require direct system-to-system blood transfusions to restore any lost blood, we're pretty much just dealing with rabies. If anything more "vampiric" arises, just phone Mr Belmont or Mr Van Helsing.[/QUOTE] "just dealing with rabies." Are you aware of exactly how painful rabies is to treat? It's a series of like five or more shots over a period of about a month. These shots are known to induce emotional distress, nausea, dizziness, fever, headaches, anxiety, and more. Not to mention I'm pretty sure they're all injected right into the gut for some reason. Never had a shot there but I imagine it's an unpleasant experience to have to go through repeatedly. If I was in Peru, i'd keep myself locked up for a while.

Not to mention there's only been three people who've ever survived rabies after passing the date of the vaccine's usability.

They will ARISE AND BECOME A CREATURE OF THE NIGHT.

-snip-

It's gonna be a zombie outbreak guys.

[QUOTE=Falchion;24039590]It's gonna be a zombie outbreak guys.[/QUOTE] brb going to Madagascar

Alllllrighty theeeeen...

Well that's what you get when you start chopping down rainforests.

The epidemic has begun.

Now we're going to deal with a Black Plague/Rabies hybrid virus. [editline]04:46PM[/editline] Afterthought: That would be cool if a disease like that sprouted up. Imagine what we could learn about evolution of diseases. Of course, it wouldn't be cool for those infected.