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Man in Minneapolis hospital after bringing disease home from Guinea

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[quote]A Minnesota man who flew home from West Africa late last month has been diagnosed with Lassa fever, a viral infection that rages in Africa but is rarely seen in the United States.[/quote] [url=http://m.startribune.com/?id=253926981]source[/url]

Given the recent scares (i.e. Canada Ebola Scare), I think there should be a bit more clamp down upon health in customs to/from Africa.

You know what time it is? It's panic time!

NO! YOU FOOL! YOU BROUGHT HERE! Banish that motherfucker to Iowa! Do it now before he [i]kills us all![/i]

[b]PATIENT ZERO[/b] [b]FUCK PANIC[/b]

At least it's not Ebola... Or is it?

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJXNdudcJrs[/media] [editline]5th April 2014[/editline] oh goddamnit my automerge

I'm insinuating it's a cover up or something. [editline]5th April 2014[/editline] Damn you got my automerge too thanks a lot

At least it's not the next SARS, H1N1 flu right?

He's in stable condition, also the last time someone had this disease in the US was 2010 iirc.

atleast its not airborne aids spliced with the ebola virus.

[QUOTE=SexualShark;44460254]atleast its not airborne aids spliced with the ebola virus.[/QUOTE] Not yet.

[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;44457856]Given the recent scares (i.e. Canada Ebola Scare), I think there should be a bit more clamp down upon health in customs to/from Africa.[/QUOTE] How? By quarantining every intercontinental traveller for three weeks?

[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;44457934]NO! YOU FOOL! YOU BROUGHT HERE! Banish that motherfucker to Iowa! Do it now before he [i]kills us all![/i][/QUOTE] He'll infect all my corn supplies! Alaska is the only option.

Oh fuck, I saw the title and thought it was gonna be Ebola

Madagascar has closed its borders.

[QUOTE=Chonch;44463093]He'll infect all my corn supplies! Alaska is the only option.[/QUOTE] Nice try you Ioway bastard

[QUOTE=LSK;44458091]At least it's not Ebola... Or is it?[/QUOTE] Lassa fever is functionally equivalent to Ebola. They're both hemorrhagic fevers with very similar symptoms which are difficult to distinguish from eachother.

There will be a pandemic.

whoops, bad reading Anyhow, if it's Lassa, he should be OK more or less if he survives it with no lasting effects.

Lassa only has a 1% mortality rate, though. Ebola can get above 70%, varying with outbreak.

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