Unidetified Respiratory Illness Hits Remote Alaska Island

October 4, 2008

- Patricia Doyle, PhD

Friday, October 03, 2008 11:57 PM

Hello: Back in 2006 there was an article regarding the high risk of contracting bird flu from Asia for Alaska native populations. If you remember, Native Alaskan populations were hard hit by the 1918 flu losing over half of their population in places like Nome, Ak.Apparently the CDC is on the scene, samples were sent to the CDC and more info will be forth coming. Meanwhile, we hold out breath till those results are made known, and we worry that summer migratory birds haven't brought bird flu from Korea and other parts of Asia to Alaskan shores. None of us wants to see a repeat of 1918.PatThu 2 Oct 2008Source: KTUU.com, Alaska [edited]<http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=9116462> Respiratory illness hits remote Alaska island------------The Alaska State Health Department and US Centers for Disease Control(CDC) are investigating an outbreak of a respiratory illness onPrince of Wales Island. Health department officials are reporting 26 suspected or confirmedcases of the unknown illness in communities like Craig and Klawock.Officials say 7 people have been hospitalized. Symptoms of the illness include a severe dry cough and a fever above101 [deg F / 38.3 deg C]. The health department says so far the state is not prohibiting travelto and from the island or quarantining anyone, but is advising peopleto practice good respiratory hygiene. "Basically you can go a longway [towards preventing spread] with just washing your handsmeticulously and covering your cough, and using tissues and throwingthem away," medical epidemiologist Dr Beth Funk said. "Don't leavethem [used tissues] lying around, just sort of simple things likethat." The health department is collecting samples and sending them to theCDC, as well as testing samples in an Anchorage lab. [byline: Angela Blanchard] --Communicated by:ProMED-mail<promed & Randolph Kruger [it is extremely unusual for no provisional diagnosis to be given foran outbreak in the USA, let alone for fever and cough at this time ofyear in Alaska. I wonder why they don't suspect influenza A or somesuch seasonal pathogen. How can there be confirmed cases when theydon't know what the cause is? Any further information will bewelcome. PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, USA: 2231 sq mi (5,778 sq km), off SE Alaska;largest island of the Alexander Archipelago. The island is heavilyforested, but has little arable land, no source of freshwater, and noavailable areas for ship docking. Many of the islanders left when thepearl-shell industry, once profitable, declined after the 1950s -- see<http://www.questia.com/library/encyclopedia/prince-of-wales-island-united-states.jsp>. Craig's population has varied following trends in the commercialfishing industry. As of the census of 2000, the population was 1397.The population of Klawock was 854 at the 2000 census (Source:Wikipedia.com). - Mod.JW The US state of Alaska can be located on HealthMap/ProMED-mailinteractive map at<http://healthmap.org/promed?g=5879092 & v=64,-150,3>.Prince of Wales Island is one of the islands of the AlexanderArchipelago, just west of the northern half of the Canadian provinceof British Columbia. It can be seen at<http://healthmap.org/promed?g=5844324 & v=55.666,-132.083,8>. - CopyEd.MJ]Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics Univ of West Indies Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message board at: http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.phpAlso my new website:http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa Go with God and in Good Health

October 4, 2008

I

live in Alaska.

Just want to say that PW Island is out there…actually

most native village communities are isolated and not accessible by any means

but air. Travel to and from these places is not common and only done by those

that know someone there or the villagers coming in to town. It isn’t

cheap to hop on a plane and fly around to rural Alaska. My husband occasionally goes to

remote villages for his work which involves installation of modular office

furniture for government contracts of post offices and medical clinics and

often there is never anywhere for the crew to stay but on the job site. So they

have to take air mattresses, food, water (the local water is too contaminated

for ‘outsiders’ to tolerate), and sleeping bags. It

is a real experience. I have pictures of some of these villages if interested.

Laura

" Life will

give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your

consciousness "

Eckhart Tolle; A

New Earth

www.myspace.com/starflower99654

On Behalf Of NEWS FROM THE TIPI

Saturday, October 04, 2008

4:07 AM

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Unidetified Respiratory Illness

Hits Remote

Alaska Island

-

Patricia

Doyle, PhD

Friday,

October 03, 2008 11:57 PM

Unidetified

Respiratory Illness

Hits Remote

Alaska Island

Hello: Back in 2006 there was

an article regarding the high risk of contracting bird flu from Asia for Alaska native

populations. If you remember, Native Alaskan populations were hard hit by

the 1918 flu losing over half of their population in places like Nome, Ak.

Apparently the CDC is on the scene, samples were sent to the CDC and more info

will be forth coming. Meanwhile, we hold out breath till those results

are made known, and we worry that summer migratory birds haven't brought bird

flu from Korea and other parts of Asia to Alaskan shores. None of us

wants to see a repeat of 1918.

Pat

Thu 2 Oct 2008

Source: KTUU.com, Alaska

[edited]

<http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=9116462>

Respiratory illness hits remote Alaska

island

------------

The Alaska State Health Department and US Centers for Disease Control

(CDC) are investigating an outbreak of a respiratory illness on

Prince of Wales Island.

Health department officials are reporting 26 suspected or confirmed

cases of the unknown illness in communities like Craig and Klawock.

Officials say 7 people have been hospitalized.

Symptoms of the illness include a severe dry cough and a fever above

101 [deg F / 38.3 deg C].

The health department says so far the state is not prohibiting travel

to and from the island or quarantining anyone, but is advising people

to practice good respiratory hygiene. " Basically you can go a long

way [towards preventing spread] with just washing your hands

meticulously and covering your cough, and using tissues and throwing

them away, " medical epidemiologist Dr Beth Funk said. " Don't leave

them [used tissues] lying around, just sort of simple things like

that. "

The health department is collecting samples and sending them to the

CDC, as well as testing samples in an Anchorage

lab.

[byline: Angela Blanchard]

--

Communicated by:

ProMED-mail

& Randolph

Kruger

[it is extremely unusual for no provisional diagnosis to be given for

an outbreak in the USA,

let alone for fever and cough at this time of

year in Alaska.

I wonder why they don't suspect influenza A or some

such seasonal pathogen. How can there be confirmed cases when they

don't know what the cause is? Any further information will be

welcome.

PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, USA: 2231 sq mi (5,778 sq km), off SE Alaska;

largest island of the Alexander Archipelago.

The island is heavily

forested, but has little arable land, no source of freshwater, and no

available areas for ship docking. Many of the islanders left when the

pearl-shell industry, once profitable, declined after the 1950s -- see

<http://www.questia.com/

library/encyclopedia/prince-of-wales-island-united-states.jsp>.

Craig's population has varied following trends in the commercial

fishing industry. As of the census of 2000, the population was 1397.

The population of Klawock was 854 at the 2000 census (Source:

Wikipedia.com). - Mod.JW

The US state of Alaska can be located on

HealthMap/ProMED-mail

interactive map at

<http://healthmap.org/promed?g=5879092 & v=64,-150,3>.

Prince of Wales Island is one of the islands

of the Alexander

Archipelago, just west of the northern half of the Canadian province

of British Columbia.

It can be seen at

<http://healthmap.org/promed?g=5844324 & v=55.666,-132.083,8>.

- CopyEd.MJ]

Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD

Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics

Univ of West Indies

Please visit my " Emerging Diseases " message board at:

http://www.emergingdisease.org/phpbb/index.php

Also my new website:

http://drpdoyle.tripod.com/

Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa

Go with God and in Good Health

October 4, 2008

Sorry ---don't mean to get pushy here---but can we get real about this stuff? The whole bird flu bull***t story is a cover up. They can spread ANYTHING by chemtrails (and if they can they will) that if you are observant you will see over your head on almost any given day.

NOTHING else is necessary. Most of he rest is just a dog and pony show to keep us off track.

I (and many others at the same time) recently had a respiratory illness that consisted of phlegm so thick and sticky (literally like white glue) it was impossible to cough up--and some people had heart attacks just from the effort. I could tell when I got sick it was after a massive chemtrail spraying--and others made that observation also.

And of course there are vaccinations also--etc...etc...

who needs birds?

hugs

Bea--- On Sat, 10/4/08, Laura <starflower wrote:

Laura <starflowerRE: Unidetified Respiratory Illness Hits Remote Alaska Island Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 11:49 AM

I live in Alaska . Just want to say that PW Island is out there…actually most native village communities are isolated and not accessible by any means but air. Travel to and from these places is not common and only done by those that know someone there or the villagers coming in to town. It isn’t cheap to hop on a plane and fly around to rural Alaska . My

husband occasionally goes to remote villages for his work which involves installation of modular office furniture for government contracts of post offices and medical clinics and often there is never anywhere for the crew to stay but on the job site. So they have to take air mattresses, food, water (the local water is too contaminated for ‘outsiders’ to tolerate), and sleeping bags. It is a real experience. I have pictures of some of these villages if

interested.

Laura

"Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness"

Eckhart Tolle; A New Earth

www.myspace. com/starflower99 654

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-

Patricia Doyle, PhD

Friday, October 03, 2008 11:57 PM

Unidetified Respiratory Illness Hits Remote Alaska Island

Hello: Back in 2006 there was an article regarding the high risk of contracting bird flu from Asia for Alaska native populations. If you remember, Native Alaskan populations were hard hit by the 1918 flu losing over half of their population in places like Nome , Ak .Apparently the CDC is on the scene, samples were sent to the CDC and more info will be forth coming. Meanwhile, we hold out breath till those results are made known, and we worry that summer migratory birds haven't brought bird flu from Korea and other parts of Asia to Alaskan shores. None of us wants to see a repeat of 1918.PatThu 2 Oct 2008Source: KTUU.com, Alaska [edited]<http://www.ktuu. com/Global/ story.asp? S=9116462> Respiratory illness hits remote Alaska island------------ --------- ---------

--------- ------The Alaska State Health Department and US Centers for Disease Control(CDC) are investigating an outbreak of a respiratory illness onPrince of Wales Island . Health department officials are reporting 26 suspected or confirmedcases of the unknown illness in communities like Craig and Klawock.Officials say 7 people have been hospitalized. Symptoms of the illness include a severe dry cough and a fever above101 [deg F / 38.3 deg C]. The health department says so far the state is not prohibiting travelto and from the island or quarantining anyone, but is advising peopleto practice good respiratory hygiene. "Basically you can go a longway [towards preventing spread] with just washing your handsmeticulously and covering your cough, and using tissues and throwingthem away," medical epidemiologist Dr Beth Funk said. "Don't leavethem [used tissues] lying around,

just sort of simple things likethat." The health department is collecting samples and sending them to theCDC, as well as testing samples in an Anchorage lab. [byline: Angela Blanchard] --Communicated by:ProMED-mail<promed (AT) promedmail (DOT) org> & Randolph Kruger [it is extremely unusual for no provisional diagnosis to be given foran outbreak in the USA , let alone for fever and cough at this time ofyear in Alaska . I wonder why they don't suspect influenza A or somesuch seasonal pathogen. How can there be confirmed cases when theydon't know what the cause is? Any further information will bewelcome. PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND , USA : 2231 sq mi (5,778 sq km), off SE Alaska ;largest island of the Alexander Archipelago . The island is heavilyforested, but has little arable land, no source of freshwater, and noavailable areas for ship

docking. Many of the islanders left when thepearl-shell industry, once profitable, declined after the 1950s -- see<http://www.questia. com/library/encyclopedi a/prince- of-wales- island-united- states.jsp>. Craig's population has varied following trends in the commercialfishing industry. As of the census of 2000, the population was 1397.The population of Klawock was 854 at the 2000 census (Source:Wikipedia.com) . - Mod.JW The US state of Alaska can be located on HealthMap/ProMED- mailinteractive map at<http://healthmap. org/promed? g=5879092 & v=64,-150,3>.Prince of Wales Island is one of the islands of the AlexanderArchipelago, just west of the northern half of the Canadian provinceof British Columbia . It can be seen at<http://healthmap. org/promed? g=5844324 & v=55.666,-132. 083,8>. - CopyEd.MJ]Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD Bus Admin,

Tropical Agricultural Economics Univ of West Indies Please visit my "Emerging Diseases" message board at: http://www.emerging disease.org/ phpbb/index. phpAlso my new website:http://drpdoyle. tripod.com/Zhan le Devlesa tai sastimasa Go with God and in Good Health