[Boffin]

A recent CDC report indicates that a growing body of evidence suggests central Florida may represent an endemic location for leprosy.

[PugMom]

Good Gawd, what's next?!

[Two Bills]

Originally Posted by PugMom

Good Gawd, what's next?!

Locusts............. Plagues of'em!

[Dotneko]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Locusts............. Plagues of'em!

Already here! Lubbers all over the place.

[Taltarzac725]

Leprosy | Florida Department of Health

I would like to see a link for that CDC report.

World Leprosy Day: Bust the Myths, Learn the Facts | Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) | CDC ????

[Bay Kid]

This is what we get for letting any and everything walk into our country without venting them. Diseases, drugs and who knows what else.

[fishon]

TB is walking across the border unchecked and bussed all over the country.
Who should we thank?

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Boffin

A recent CDC report indicates that a growing body of evidence suggests central Florida may represent an endemic location for leprosy.

Oh NOOOOO!!! Leprosy! Unclean!! We need colonies now, preferably well offshore!!

Okay. So the panic is out of the way. Let's look at the reality.

First of all, the reports I've read. is that central Florida accounts for 20% of all new reported cases in America. Sounds horrible, but Central Florida has a population of 8,359,609 (Wikipedia), and the total number of cases is a whole 181. Put another way, that is 0.002% of the population. "Minuscule" is the word that comes to mind.

Second, Leprosy is a CURABLE disease. "The currently recommended treatment regimen consists of three drugs: dapsone, rifampicin and clofazimine" (World Health Organization).

Don't know about the rest of y'all but based on that, I'm not quite ready to consider moving to (say) Iceland...

[Bill14564]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Leprosy | Florida Department of Health

I would like to see a link for that CDC report.

World Leprosy Day: Bust the Myths, Learn the Facts | Hansen's Disease (Leprosy) | CDC ????

It was probably this one from the Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal.

[Blueblaze]

Must be true -- You know, it's spread by the only other species on the planet that gets leprosy, armadillos!

And get this -- we saw a whole family of them rooting around in our back yard this week in the middle of the day!

It probably has something to do with this being the hottest summer in Florida since before dinosaurs roamed the Earth. CO2 levels rise above 0.04% and suddenly we've got Armadillos with leprosy frolicking in Florida on a 100 degree afternoon!

It must be a Sign of the End Times!

[bobeaston]

And the CDC is the source of all wisdom and truth?

Originally Posted by bobeaston

And the CDC is the source of all wisdom and truth?

Some good representation "between the lines" for what "C-D-C" really stands for. What color loofa for Leprosy? Asking for a friend.

[Blackbird45]

Let's open a leprosy colony at Spanish Spring Square

[Cobullymom]

Originally Posted by Boffin

A recent CDC report indicates that a growing body of evidence suggests central Florida may represent an endemic location for leprosy.

And after the Covid lies and mess you'd believe the CDC? They want to make sure no one else wants to move to Florida. If there was such an increase just where do you think it would come from...Hmmm let me see, maybe the millions of illegals just walking through our borders...

[MidWestIA]

intense florida sun? - avoid people with skin rashes?

80% of the 226 cases occurring in persons residing in Monroe, Dade and Hillsborough Counties at the time of onset. Another 82 cases were reported during the next two decades (1976-95). A demographic analysis of 24 confirmed or probable cases reported between 1987 and 1995