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Leprosy Is Spreading in Florida

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by citygator, Mar 22, 2024.

  1. GatorJMDZ

    GatorJMDZ gatorjack VIP Member

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    Q will claim natural immunity in 5..4...3...2...
     
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  2. l_boy

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    Just eat right, exercise and brush your teeth/floss and you’ll be fine.
     
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  3. HeyItsMe

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    “I’ve caught Leprosy multiple times, natural immunity works great!”
     
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  4. enviroGator

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    See folks, it wasn't late stage syphilis. Just regular ol leprosy.

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  5. danmanne65

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    I think tetracycline takes it out pretty easily.
     
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  6. homer

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    I have too but trapped them and relocated to the woods far away from my house. Then I moved to the beach and fought with seagulls that thought my beach snacks belonged to them.
     
  7. Tjgators

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    and Biden is busy letting leprosy enter our southern border.
     
  8. Gatorrick22

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    How did that happen? New-comers? Or... CDC lab escape?
     
  9. citygator

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    Orlando being a border city has bared the brunt of the southern border strain second only to Colorado.
     
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  10. jhenderson251

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    IIRC, it's actually a multi-drug therapy used for treatment, but leprosy is a highly curable disease. It hasn't really been a thing since antibiotics and soap became prevalent.
     
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  11. danmanne65

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    All I know of leprosy I learned in a series of fantasy novels. Thomas Covenant I think. I realize this doesn’t make me an authority. I remember reading the series and then being amazed that leprosy was bacterial and treatable by antibiotics.
     
  12. uftaipan

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    If I were to suggest Tallahassee as the leper colony, could I get a second?
     
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  13. duggers_dad

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    Measles panic waning. Need a new disease!

    Think something like Andromeda Strain would be cool, something communicable (like a virus is supposed to be) but that proceeds to melt your organs immediately.

    But Trump could still hog the headlines.
     
  14. wgbgator

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    This one is caused by bacteria, is that real or not
     
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  15. duggers_dad

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    Bacteria is real but it doesn’t cause disease.
     
  16. rivergator

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    Was a cure discovered in "Ben Hur?"
     
  17. wgbgator

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    So what causes leprosy? Its in the bible, so its either lying or caused by something else, right?
     
  18. duggers_dad

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    No one says symptoms termed as leprosy aren’t real. Want to rephrase the question ?
     
  19. danmanne65

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    Demons I thought in the Bible.
     
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  20. wgbgator

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    What causes Hansen's disease?