Subject: PRO/ALL> Hurricane Katrina - USA (Gulf coast):
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HURRICANE KATRINA - USA (GULF COAST):
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Doctors
on the scene are seeing some cases of diarrhea and skin infections.
Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans appeared today on CNN saying that mosquitoes
are breeding there and will be feeding on dead bodies and spreading
disease. He is wrong; mosquitoes are not attracted to dead bodies,
since they feed on blood.
For further information, the following
links are provided as a public service:
Includes: -
Decaying bodies create very little risk for major disease outbreaks. -
Outbreaks of infectious diseases following hurricanes are rare in developed
countries (such as the USA). - Because cholera and typhoid are not
commonly found in the U.S. Gulf States area, it is very unlikely that they
would occur after Hurricane Katrina.
Physicians
and other medical professionals with any state license who can commit to
short-term, long-term or rotating coverage are urgently needed in Louisiana,
Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.
If you are a Healthcare Professional
interested in volunteering your services to the relief effort, visit the
Health Care Professionals and Relief Personnel Volunteer Page (URL above) to
sign up. You can also call (866) 528-6334.
-- Jack
Woodall Associate Editor,
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