http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-...tavirus-death/
Friends of mine emailed me this explaining they had been in the area camping. Seen the post on tick disease and thought I'd just pass it along.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-...tavirus-death/
Friends of mine emailed me this explaining they had been in the area camping. Seen the post on tick disease and thought I'd just pass it along.
I spent 9 nights in Yosemite August 9-17, all but one of which was up at Tuolumne Meadows. One day we did an 18 mile slackpack down to the Yosemite Valley and spent the night in one of the Curry Village tent cabins. Didn't hear any rumors or warnings at the time, no symptoms afterwards, didn't see any mice. But it makes you wonder...
I remember reading about a case of an AT hiker that died from HPS in VA.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00033796.htm
A Va Tech research student died from HPS in 2004. Not AT hiking as the guy above. http://www.roanoke.com/columnists/hart/7617.html
That some really bad stuff. Time to bring in some snakes to take care of dem mice
The old man who was hiking the AT was discharged. He did not die
So that just sucks. Do you know if it can be transmitted from one person to another? If so, I worry that the 5-6 weeks incubation period prior to symptoms emerging would increase the likelihood that it could spread to other areas. (But then again, I worry about a lot of things...)
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
The mongoose is fierce, but not as fierce as the honeybadger! Honey Badger is just plain evil!
In all honesty, this story is worth following, shall we move the thread drift back to the hiker cafe?
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
Done. Back to the original thread...