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Undertoad 12-13-2003 11:01 AM

12/13/2003: Leprosy in Sudan
 
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MSNBC Week in Pics says: Aquat Madhek grasps the arm of a Catholic Jesuit brother Herber Libel while in the leper colony of Kuelquac in southern Sudan. Diseases like leprosy, eradicated in most of the world, have flourished in southern Sudan during the 20 years of Africa's longest civil war. The photo, taken on Nov. 19, was released by the Associated Press on Dec. 8.

xoxoxoBruce 12-13-2003 11:31 AM

War and pestilence. :(

Nothing But Net 12-13-2003 01:57 PM

Whiter teeth in just 3 weeks!
 
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I am so going to hell for this... but damn, what a difference!

Insane Frog 12-14-2003 01:41 PM

*Sigh*...these pictures make me really sad, and also extremely lucky that I live in the US :( ...How much leprosy do we have here?

Actually, I don't know. :confused:

This is depressing. I'm going to go jump off a building now, bye.

Undertoad 12-14-2003 01:53 PM

108 cases, no deaths in the US in 1999. Easily treatable with antibiotics.

Suicide is the 11th biggest killer in the US in all age ranges, with 30,622 in the US 1999.

HTH

wolf 12-14-2003 01:54 PM

wow, that's down. Suicide used to be 8th leading cause of death.

elSicomoro 12-14-2003 02:41 PM

Why kill yourself anymore when you can tune out with medication?

OnyxCougar 12-14-2003 04:37 PM

I thought body parts fell off if you have untreated leprosy? Aside from a few teeth, that guy looks pretty put together....

Undertoad 12-14-2003 05:02 PM

Maybe the guy's body ends just below the crop.

plthijinx 12-14-2003 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wolf
wow, that's down. Suicide used to be 8th leading cause of death.
the way i see it, suicide is for suckers. i've had the worst year and a half of my life and now things are starting to look on the up and up. no matter how bad things get in life, eventually, things will get better. i'm proof.

xoxoxoBruce 12-14-2003 09:29 PM

The Cellar beats suicide by a wide margin.:)


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