MetaFilter posts tagged with Quarantine

Horrie the Wog Dog

web-goddess — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:50:09 -0800

Army Pack: Horrie the Wog Dog, 2/1Australian Machine Gun Battalion. An Australian soldier in WW2 befriended a puppy, and he went to great lengths to save him after the War. I saw it this morning on Letters of Note and thought it was great. Be sure to read to the end.

The Saddest Swine of Them All.

grapefruitmoon — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:56:38 -0800

Khanzir is the only pig in Afghanistan. An already lonely existence has been made sadder as fears of swine-flu have caused zoo officials to place him in quarantine, depriving him of contact with his best friend - a nearby goat.

neigh-CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

gomichild — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:58:13 -0800

The Royal Randwick Racecourse has been locked down. At least 8 horses have tested positive for equine flu. It is predicted that 700 horses will contract the virus. [more inside]

"We need to rely on people to do the right thing" when they have TB and fear for their lives

rkent — Wed, 30 May 2007 16:20:10 -0800

An Atlanta man caused the U.S. government to issue its first quarantine order since 1963 this weekend, knowingly exposing as many as 107 passengers on two transatlantic flights to a rare, "extensively drug-resistant" form of tuberculosis. "It's regretful that we weren't able to stop that," the CDC's Dr. Martin Cetron said of how the man fled when U.S. health officials tracked him down in Rome and told him not to get on an airplane.

Drug-resistant tuberculosis

homunculus — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 11:37:51 -0800

Drug-resistant TB strain raises ethical dilemma. A man in Arizona who has a virtually untreatable strain of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) has been locked up indefinitely because he failed to take precautions to avoid infecting others, even though he has not commited a crime. The new strain of TB is described as a nightmare by health officials, and though mainly found in Africa and Asia, it is slowly beginning to spread in the U.S. [Via Technoccult.]

XDR-TB in South Africa: A New Pandemic?

Quiplash — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:50:22 -0800

According to an article in The Guardian about this new scientific report on XDR-TB, a new kind of multiple-drug-resistant tuberculosis, in PLOS Medicine, "More than 300 cases of the highly infectious disease, which is spread by airborne droplets and kills 98% of those infected within about two weeks, have been identified in South Africa."

HIV/AIDS

halekon — Sun, 20 Mar 2005 07:14:24 -0800

Quarantine camps head toward reality Proposed law would allow round up HIV+ and People living with AIDS

SARS suspects under surveillance

plenty — Thu, 10 Apr 2003 09:49:45 -0800

Singaporeans under government home quarantine orders due to close contact with SARS patients will have electronic cameras installed into their homes. "These people will then be called at random intervals and asked to stand in front of the camera to show they are home. Anyone found breaking quarantine will be served a warning letter and given an electronic wrist tag."

quarsan — Mon, 26 Mar 2001 04:29:45 -0800

the arrival of foot and mouth in the centre of the lake district national park is horrific. One thing is clear; the Lake District will never be the same again.