Typhus Outbreak - Los Angeles

[Dale00]

Another reason to the build the wall - health screenings for people entering the country.

FEB 09, 2019 | 5:45 PM

‘Absolutely terrifying’: Deputy city attorney says she contracted typhus at City Hall
Los Angeles Deputy City Attorney Elizabeth Greenwood says she contracted typhus while working in her office at City Hall. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Deputy City Atty. Elizabeth Greenwood was at work in City Hall East last fall when her shin began to hurt.
“I looked down and there were a couple of insect bites,” Greenwood recalled. She thought little of it at the time, she said, but within weeks she was gravely ill with what doctors would ultimately diagnose as the flea-borne illness typhus.

“It was absolutely terrifying,” Greenwood said, describing symptoms that included a 102-degree fever, “the worst headache I have ever had in my life,” and dizziness so severe that she needed help walking to the bathroom.
Greenwood’s experience — and her willingness to speak publicly about it — was a driving factor in this week’s admission by city officials that Los Angeles’ iconic seat of government is infested with vermin.

In the wake of media reports about her condition, City Council members and staffers stepped forward with their own accounts of office flea bites and rats skittering down hallways, over official documents and into ceiling panels.
City officials are now pursuing a full-court press to eradicate rats and fleas. Crews are to clean up the entire Civic Center area in coming weeks, including stepped-up street sweeping and removal of vegetation that may provide animals with shelter or food. ...
Typhus has been a growing problem in L.A. The disease is associated with overcrowding and unsanitary conditions, and last year, after a half dozen homeless people came down with typhus, county officials declared an outbreak in downtown L.A. At the time, they urged residents to steer clear of rats and other wild animals.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-city-hall-typhus-20190209-story.html

 

[milsurp2.0]

Not saying we don't need the wall but that's just liberal laziness. Millennial laziness??

 

[dennishoddy]

Another reason to the build the wall - health screenings for people entering the country.

https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-city-hall-typhus-20190209-story.html

Most people don't know that Ellis Island in NY was built to weed out the sick, lame, those in debt, criminals, and lazy to return them to their home countries as unacceptable immigrants.
Yes, we vetted every one of them back in the day and rejected those that were deemed a liability to the US immigration system.
Trump wants to do the same and is vilified by the dims and the media that constantly expound on how this country is a country of immigrants.
Yes it is. Legal vetted immigrants.

 

[SdoubleA]

I'd venture to say that many of today's Americans wouldn't even know where Ellis Island is, let alone any history.

 

[rc508pir]

I'd venture to say that many of today's Americans wouldn't even know where Ellis Island is, let alone any history.

Wherez Elli's island????

 

[rc508pir]

Rats walking down hallways? Thats a pretty good indicator of a **** hole.

 

[Cohiba]

I've always wondered why the CDC here in the U.S. doesn't have teams along the border. I feel the CDC is letting the people of America down and again I can't believe they all but refuse to investigate the border...both North and South.

As for the attorney Ms. Greenwood....it couldn't have happened to a better person. If it were just a clerk , maintenance worker, or any other regular person they probably would still be dragging their feet about the outbreak. Let the "higher" officials get sick and inconvenienced and sh*t hits the fan and somehow things get done.

The kicker to me is...this was a government building with a somewhat set standard of cleanliness. What about the rest of the city and the homeless?

 

[tRidiot]

You guys realize we had a case of typhus here in OK a couple of years ago? As well as a measles outbreak... the typhus was in Ponca City.

 

[Chief Sapulpa]

I've always wondered why the CDC here in the U.S. doesn't have teams along the border. I feel the CDC is letting the people of America down and again I can't believe they all but refuse to investigate the border...both North and South.

The CDC is another government bureaucracy staffed by white-coated liberal lab rats.

 

[Okie4570]

Typhoid fever in Enid a year or so ago as well. Folks leave the country and bring it back with them, it happens.