12/13/2003: Leprosy in Sudan

Undertoad · 12-13-2003, 11:01 AM

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

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.

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

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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.

12-13-2003, 11:01 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	12/13/2003: Leprosy in Sudan 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.

12-13-2003, 11:31 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	War and pestilence. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-13-2003, 01:57 PM	#3
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Whiter teeth in just 3 weeks! I am so going to hell for this... but damn, what a difference! Attached Images

12-14-2003, 01:41 PM	#4
Insane Frog Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On Mars. Posts: 2	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. This is depressing. I'm going to go jump off a building now, bye. __________________ I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer. -- Douglas Adams

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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	wow, that's down. Suicide used to be 8th leading cause of death. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

12-14-2003, 01:53 PM	#5
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	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

12-14-2003, 02:41 PM	#7
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Why kill yourself anymore when you can tune out with medication?

12-14-2003, 04:37 PM	#8
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	I thought body parts fell off if you have untreated leprosy? Aside from a few teeth, that guy looks pretty put together....

12-14-2003, 05:02 PM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Maybe the guy's body ends just below the crop.

12-14-2003, 09:29 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The Cellar beats suicide by a wide margin. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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