Leprosy outbreak in Northwest Arkansas

Well I know I have been nothing but the bearer of alarming news today, but I believe this is important.

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Leprosy outbreak causes concerns in Northwest Arkansas

http://www.kfsm.com/Global/story.asp?S=7841296
Posted: Feb 7, 2008 10:21 PM CST

Dr. Jennifer Bingham


Mayoral candidate Nancy Jenkins

SPRINGDALE - The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon.

Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by even one case of leprosy in their entire career, so they say something must be done soon, in order to stop leprosy's spread.

Springdale MD Jennifer Bingham says, "my initial response was: I am shocked. I am shocked we are seeing this. It's a true reason to be very worried."

Medical specialists say the Marshall Islands have the most cases of leprosy, in the world. And the city with the largest number of Marshallese people, outside the Marshall islands, is Springdale. And Bingham says, it makes sense, then, that leprosy is spreading to the city. "It's from the Marshall islands; that's why we're seeing it."

Bingham says she is all for Marshallese people entering the United States, after proper medical tests. But whether they're immigrants or not, she says people must stick to treatment, when infected. And she says, when she treats those from the Marshall Islands, this doesn't happen. "We're not getting the compliance that is absolutely essential to take care of this process."

Bingham says without cooperation, leprosy, which has no vaccine, and is transmitted through the air, will spread, and could easily become an epidemic. "People absolutely should be concerned. What I'm afraid of, is when people start thinking about it enough, it will already be out of control."

So now, Bingham, and others like Mayoral candidate Nancy Jenkins, say government help is the next step. Jenkins says she's angered the federal government has been so lax with border patrol. She says, "We've just opened the borders and said, 'Come on in! Bring your diseases! Bring 'em!' Why are we doing that? Those who have it need to be quarantined and treated, or sent back to their country."

Dr. Bingham is requesting the public take action, and write everyone from legislators, and presidential candidates, to Congress, and the Health Department. Shey says, "the only way to truly protect our community and our economic growth, is to think of this as a very important, panic-mode attempt to treat leprosy: before it gets out of hand."

Doctors say leprosy will appear as a discoloration, or nodules, on the skin, especially the fingers, toes, arms, and face. With treatment, it is curable, but it can take from six months, to two years, to completely disappear.

Springdale is also reporting over 100 cases of tuberculosis.

Where's Jesus when you need him...on Earth...again

Dear God, this is just getting worse and worse.

SPRING, I checked out the link, unavaialable. went to home page found it by typing keyword leprosy. It gave the article but said nothing other than Marshallese immigrants have a GREATER chance of having leprosy than other immigrants from the same area. Didn't say anything about an outbreak. Thought you might want to recheck...

According to this article from University of North Carolina, Dr. Kalachandra, Professor of Biomaterials Leprosy IS NOT, IS NEVER transmitted through the air.....KFSM and persons making statements like that need to at least do some research....ugh....keeps reminding us how we have to look through several sources before we post/repeat....

http://books.google.com/books?id=MGG0ZcHXUuQC&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=leprosy+%22transmitted+through+air%22&source=web&ots=4xlQqnVdsd&sig=PyCpe3XQBowUGajEBmCh3gjVaMc#PPA54,M1

You are correct Wild Dove about checking our sources before we reprint articles. However after I read your reply I went to several web sites and there is no consensus on exactly how Leprosy is transmitted. They do state that it is not highly contagious, but several sources are in agreement that Leprosy can be transmitted through the air in the very early stages.

Here is a link to the Merck web site: http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec17/ch194/ch194a.html

I am also befuddled as to why they removed the article. I find it bizarre. I am glad I copied it, although maybe I should not have posted it. It was there in it's full glory earlier today.

Now here is the very strange part of this. As some of you know I have been looking for a place in Arkansas to open my spiritual retreat. I recently signed up to receive notices of property for sale near Springfield - the place this article refers to. That is how I found this article on the Leprosy outbreak. Now I believe Spirit was telling me this is not the place nor anywhere near here that I should be looking. STAY AWAY!

Why has this article been removed? I found this link, although it leaves out many details: http://www.nowpublic.com/health/leprosy-outbreak-causes-concerns-northwest-arkansas

And here is another one: http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/007464.html

I do know that the Tyson chicken farms are located there and they legally bring in immigrants from the Marshall Islands to work there.

Now I read this on the Merck site:

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One way the disease is likely passed from person to person is through droplets expelled from the nose and mouth of an infected person and breathed in or touched by an uninfected person.

I am concerned about this. Bird Flu is passed on through chickens also. I was led to this article for a reason, and I do believe it is to warn. Something is getting ready to manifest. Grandmother warned the food would not be safe - plaques will be born through our food supply. Do not trust the food. Grandmother says do not trust the food.

Springdale is a huge chicken supplier, and there is another idiosyncrasy here - they are heavily enmeshed with the Clintons.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=ENG20051127&articleId=1333

Huh. Well, I was going to try and pull up the article from the way back internet database, but this is the message I received when I typed in the URL:

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And while we are on the subject of the Clintons, does anyone remember reading that list of all the people that had died in a bizarre manner or who had been outright murdered ~ people who had been associated with the Clintons? I can't seem to find it, but I know it exists!

And just FYI, if you ever want to look at what a website used to look like, you can find that info here:

http://www.archive.org/web/web.php