Magdalene's Journal: Outbreak News: Or how to bring an enemy to its knees 101

Kirkuk Iraq. Cholera: V. cholera Original Outbreak 08/17/07

• has spread to 9 out of 18 provinces across Iraq
• it is estimated that greater than 30 000 people have fallen ill
• 3 315 were identified as positive for Vibrio cholerae
• 14 dead so far

The disease continues to spread across Iraq. Epidemiological curves are still rising in the provinces from which the majority of laboratory-confirmed cases have originated:

The disease is continuing to spread across Iraq and dissemination to as yet unaffected areas remains highly possible. Epidemiological curves are still rising in the provinces from which the majority of laboratory-confirmed cases have originated, Kirkuk (2309) and Sulaymaniah (870). An increasing number of cases of acute watery diarrhoea has also been reported in Diala, a province neighbouring Baghdad. Although V. cholerae has not yet been laboratory confirmed, the clinical symptoms indicate the presence of cholera. The numbers of cases are remaining stable in Basra, Baghdad, Dahuk, Mosul and Tikrit. However, a case has now been confirmed in Wasit, a province that has previously been unaffected by the outbreak.

The only coverage you will find on this is with the World Health Organisation.

In the west, there has been absolutely no coverage of this event. As of this posting, It has not been listed on the CDC travel advisory website. Is it a case of 'too much news'? or is it the US' 'dirty little secret'?

Very savvy, one disabled insurgent takes 2 others to carry, and you can bet the US troops are up to date on their Cholera Vaccines.

Old school tech: according to legend, the Turks and Christians took turns lobbing disease riddled corpses at each other over walls of besieged cities in the middle ages. The US wouldn't do that would they? They got out of THAT business in 1969...

Right?

-Magdalene