Keep your hands to yourself…

[darrin terry]

Hey all, Zach, the owner of another board I frequent posted this link and I thought it a good idea to pass it on. With all the fly tiers and such here it's a good thing to be aware of.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/200 ... nyon_N.htm

Darrin

[Papasequoia]

Note to self: stay away from road kill no matter how good the fur looks. Scary stuff, thanks for the link, Darrin.

[1mocast]

My wife would kill me if I tried to drag a piece of roadkill home!

[RSetina]

That's a scary thing to read about. I wont be kissing fish anymore.

[Benny]

That's a scary thing to read about. I wont be kissing fish anymore.

YOU KISS FISH

[anacrime]

that's pretty freakin insane

it seems like it's miracle that no one else he was in contact with was infected!

[Benny]

That is really is crazy..."The death rate can be as high as 50% even with treatment."

[darrin terry]

Remember, this was a case of pneumonic plague, and that is what has a 50% death rate, even with treatment. Bubonic plague is also common in rodents in the wild. I am not sure, but I believe the effectiveness of treatment of that is much more successful.

Watch those hands folks…

[Sasha]

Wow

Thanks for the info.