Aggressive fungus compounds tornado trauma in Missouri

Vatic Note:  Well, now we are under attack like Europe with a fungus,  wonder if its bioengineered and if it has the deadly black plague in its DNA like the ecoli in Europe??  I was given this below by a commenter on our Black Plague blog.   She/he also provided this link for further information on this fungus.  Thank you, anonymous.... very valuable information. 

Deadly Fungus Strikes Joplin Tornado Survivors, Volunteers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110609/us_ac/8612835_deadly_fungus_strikes_joplin_tornado_survivors_volunteers

Does anyone else find it interesting that two WMD are being used by our treasonous foreign occupied gov against their own people???  First was Haarp for the floods and tornado's and then bioweapons ".... used for political purposes"  as promised in the PAX AMERICANA think tank paper written by the dual Israeli citizens inhabiting our government in key positions.  Remember the think tank was named "The New American Century".   They disbanned it when the news globally contained words like "nazi's", and "Fascists", etc.   when discussing the contents of that perverted and endicting document promising us a "Pearl Harbor" type event which happened,  and now bioweapons by genotype for "political purposes".    We are a very patient people, but I can feel the patience running out and weirdly enough...... TODAY, I COULD NOT FIND ONE SINGLE SHEEP..... everyone knows what is going on, even in the grocery store, the gas station etc.   That is what is encouraging.  The international bankers and their functioning arm, Israel,  are truly busted big time. 

Aggressive fungus compounds tornado trauma in Missouri
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20110609/NEWS01/106090360/Aggressive-fungus-compounds-tornado-trauma?odyssey=tab

Doctors says at least 9 survivors may have contracted infections.
4:19 AM, Jun. 9, 2011,  Written by Sarah Okeson

Some injured people who initially survived the May 22 Joplin tornado have been stricken by a rare, rapidly growing and sometimes fatal fungal infection.  The exact number of patients is unclear, but one doctor who has treated some of them puts the number at at least nine.

Dr. Uwe Schmidt, an infectious disease specialist at Freeman Health System, said three or four people with the infection -- known as zygomycosis -- have died.   "It's difficult to say if it killed them, but it definitely was a contributing factor," he said.

The Springfield-Greene County Health Department sent a memo Monday to area health providers warning them to be on the lookout for the infections.


Kendra Williams, the administrator of community health and epidemiology for the health department, said the common fungus likely came from soil or vegetative materials imbedded in the skin by the force of the tornado.

Schmidt said about five patients at Freeman have had the infection. He said he heard that four cases had been found at another hospital.

Cora Scott, a spokeswoman for St. John's Hospital in Springfield, referred all questions to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department.

"Any report of numbers of cases of reportable diseases are handled by public health departments," Scott said. "This ensures accurate reporting."

Stacy Fender, a spokeswoman for CoxHealth, said Cox South hospital in Springfield has one patient who may have a fungal infection, but it hadn't been confirmed Wednesday evening.

Schmidt said a week after the tornado, Freeman admitted three patients who had aggressive fungal infections. Doctors tried to control the fungus with intravenous medicine and by removing tissue that had been killed by the rapidly spreading infection.

"We could visibly see mold in the wounds," Schmidt said. "...It rapidly spread. The tissue dies off and becomes black. It doesn't have any circulation. It has to be removed."

Schmidt said one woman who was taken to another hospital had her arm amputated in an effort to control the fungal infection but ultimately died. Another patient who died was on life support and had a fungal infection to the head.

"This fungus invades the underlying tissue and actually invades the underlying blood vessels and cuts off the circulation to the skin," Schmidt said. "It's very invasive."

Schmidt said the infection is sometimes seen in survivors of mass trauma such as the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia or in people with suppressed immune systems. He said he had previously seen only two cases of zygomycosis.

In the aftermath of the tornado, which destroyed St. John's hospital in Joplin, doctors at Freeman treated more than 1,700 patients. Doctors from St. John's treated patients at makeshift facilities at Memorial Hall and McAuley Catholic High School.

Schmidt said some wounds that were stitched up had to be reopened because they weren't adequately cleaned and had debris such as gravel in them.

"These were very extensive wounds," Schmidt said. "They were treated in the emergency room as quickly as possible."

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