"Massachusetts man is diagnosed with cholera" by Stephen Smith, Globe Staff / January 28, 2011
A 30-year-old Massachusetts man who traveled to the Dominican Republic for a wedding has been diagnosed with cholera after returning to Boston, state disease trackers confirmed last night. The man is recovering, and doctors said there is no evidence he spread the intestinal infection to anyone in the state....
The man had attended an extravagant wedding from Jan. 20 to Sunday at a resort in the Dominican Republic, where more than 400 guests feasted on lobster. Dozens, including some who had returned to Venezuela, fell violently sick in the days after the celebration. The man’s wife accompanied him to the wedding but has remained healthy.
You know, the one the U.N. brought in and that the media will no longer mention because the globalist pukes told them not to.
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"2d cholera case confirmed; 4 others in Bay State suspected of having disease" by Stephen Smith, Globe Staff / January 29, 2011
The destination was shimmering: a five-star, palm tree-studded resort in the Caribbean. The occasion was joyous: a lavish wedding with a guest roster stretching more than 400 names long.
But attendees left the fete in the Dominican Republic with an unwanted reminder of the nuptials: the germ that causes cholera.
At least two of those who became ill hail from Massachusetts. First, there was a 30-year-old man who sought treatment Tuesday in the emergency room at Massachusetts General Hospital. Then there were more: Disease trackers said yesterday that a second Massachusetts resident had been diagnosed with the intestinal ailment and four others in the state are suspected of having it.
They all at the glitzy wedding? What are the odds on that?
All are recovering, and there is no evidence the disease is spreading in Massachusetts, said Dr. Larry Madoff, a top epidemiologist at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
More people have it, but... (sigh).
The emergence of cholera in Boston, 1,700 miles from the origin of an outbreak moving across the island of Hispaniola, illustrates the swift, relentless migration of infectious diseases in an era of widespread jet traffic.
There is your agenda-pushing reason to feature the coming cholera epidemic in Massachusetts!
“We fully expected this,’’ said Dr. Jordan Tappero, incident manager for the cholera outbreak response at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. “We’re not at all surprised that this would happen, given all the travel.’’
Related:
"Dr. Jordan Tappero, a medical epidemiologist at the CDC, recommended that if travelers are destined for remote parts of the island of Hispaniola, shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti, they should take packets of oral rehydration solution, which consist of salts and sugars. It’s used to treat dehydration. Tappero also suggested that visitors to far-flung areas bring kits used for chlorinating water."
Guests flew to the Dominican Republic from distant points for the extravagant wedding last weekend. There were visitors from Venezuela and Spain — and Boston. By the dozens, they became sick after returning home, stricken with the hallmark symptoms of cholera: diarrhea and vomiting.
The man treated at Mass. General endured multiple bowel movements for a day and a half, although he had neither a fever nor bloody stool, both symptoms of more severe infection....
The source of the outbreak is unknown. It has been reported that guests dined on lobster, and shellfish can harbor the germs. But if food is cooked thoroughly, the risk of infection should be mitigated. Cholera most often spreads through tainted water or sewage but can be conveyed by contaminated food.
Yes, I DOUBT VERY MUCH this was caused by BAD COOKING in a FIVE-STAR RESORT!
So WHO is SPREADING CHOLERA around the CARIBBEAN, readers?
We KNOW WHO BROUGHT IT THERE!
The resort issued a statement saying that while it “deeply regrets the food poisoning/cholera cases that recently occurred during an exclusive wedding party in a private villa residence within our resort,’’ the food, drinks, and ice were provided by an outside catering company hired by the party’s hosts.
Well... ?
Shouldn't somebody be checking them out?
The cholera strain circulating in the Dominican Republic has been linked to an epidemic in Haiti that has killed more than 3,000 since October....
Hey, just don't eat lobster or shellfish -- especially if it comes from the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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Related: Boston boy hasn’t forgotten Haiti
No, but the Boston Globe sure as hell has as the death toll soars.
Also see: French rail station to be Holocaust memorial
Holocaust memorial launches Web project
Hungarian’s comments lead to charges
Holocaust survivors laud global effort to preserve Auschwitz
So I get Holocaust™every day, but no Haiti.
See why I'm no longer thrilled about reading the Boston Globe?
