DellaLuna
George Takei 
🏳️🌈🖖🏽I did not have “CDC warning of leprosy cases rising in Central Florida” on my 2023 Bingo card. But in retrospect, I should have considered it.
High Yasaiō Natsura 
@georgetakei one couldn't have predicted Biblical plagues swarming any US state tbqh... God is on our side apparently.
WarmasterPalakPharoah DeSantis, let my people go.
@WarmasterPalak @georgetakei not long till they have burning bushes
yeah, but the way Global Warming is going, it won't be long until we all have burning bushes, so that doesn't really count.
Shhalahr
Skeptic@georgetakei
Florida is where sanity goes to die.
Florida is where sanity goes to die.
Christopher Walker@georgetakei Wait, how can leprosy possibly be spreading? Don’t we have a vaccine for…oh, I see.
Cleo@georgetakei well they are reliving the dark ages.
Huw Morris@georgetakei Can't they just take some horse tranquilizer for it?
Inc Hulk 🧪@georgetakei I would like to assure all tRump supporters who refuse to use masks to help protect the vulnerable from Covid, that they should not wear masks near people with leprosy.
Aubrey ♀@IncHulk @georgetakei based on how they were treating COVID, I'm half expecting "leprosy parties" where they lick each others' hands
Bishop Whitewind
Gurre Vildskägg@georgetakei
I'm still missing the Bubonic Plague from my CDC warnings bingo card.
yeah, I had to go for the classic. Still feels like it could land me a win.
I'm still missing the Bubonic Plague from my CDC warnings bingo card.
yeah, I had to go for the classic. Still feels like it could land me a win.
Dr. Daniel Hernández-Velazquez@Gurre @georgetakei Oh, there is black plague doing it's rounds. It is just that in very small numbers and mostly in animals. Nevertheless, certain areas of Arizona, USA and Tamaulipas, Mexico are endemic.
Texty the Bard@Gurre @georgetakei I'm old enough to remember an outbreak of that when I was growing up in Northern Nevada. We were warned never to touch chipmunks.
I just need Spanish Flu for my Bingo.
@WarmasterPalak @georgetakei 1. That one started in Kansas, let's not blame Spain just for not suppressing the news story during ww1.
2. We have a decent flu vaccine aimed at that by now, right? Right??
2. We have a decent flu vaccine aimed at that by now, right? Right??
It got the name because Spain was the first country with the cohones to admit they had an epidemic going on, not because it was the country of origin. No one wanted to be the one to admit they were dying of the flu because that would make their WWI losing asses look weak. And let's face it, there were no winners in WWI or WWII. Props to Spain.
And not necessarily, if its mutated.
spid (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Jaime Robertson@georgetakei And you can’t blame the armadillos there.
BrooklynMan (in exile) 🏳️🌈@georgetakei glad I decided to never go there again back in 2016
Montanareddog@georgetakei With the lunatic Surgeon General that DeSantis appointed, this is shocking but not surprising.
Michael Abner@Montanareddog @georgetakei as a healthcare provider in FL, it is not shocking at all. Our department of health is a joke. Just makes me want to get out of this state as quickly as possible…..
Coyoty
Casper 👻@georgetakei how about boiling seas?
@caspercdn @georgetakei That's where the plague of frogs will be coming from.
JackNorth@georgetakei The fallout from this will be grizzley.
dutchscientist@georgetakei leprosy of the brain, makes it rot.
Threadbane@georgetakei
#Leprosy wasn't one of the plagues, but it's just so - Biblical. We've had lice plagues at #MaraLago and #Disneyland, so if the Word of God is anything to go by (and we all know the Word of God is ALL they go by in Florida), we should expect locusts and boils soon.
#Leprosy wasn't one of the plagues, but it's just so - Biblical. We've had lice plagues at #MaraLago and #Disneyland, so if the Word of God is anything to go by (and we all know the Word of God is ALL they go by in Florida), we should expect locusts and boils soon.
Sue Strong@Threadbane @georgetakei DeSantis and the GOP pervert the Word of God, Declaration of Independence and Constitution. One’s faith should be a choice, all created equal, all loved by God, treat each other with kindness, love. Learn from others, their struggles, history. Find ways to help, lift them up. There’s richness in the diversity of cultures. Learn to appreciate it.
atticus1956@georgetakei
Waiting for Gov. DeathSantis to say "It's not my fault, I didn't do it, the illegals* brought it here".
*I despise this word used to define people.
Aaron@Atticus1956 @georgetakei If you're going to quote them, make sure to spell it illigals
Crochetcat@georgetakei Malaria is staging a comeback, too. The good old days 😐
Richard R Lee
Phoebe Zeitler@georgetakei (insert "this country is falling apart" joke here, followed immediately by "I'm going to hell for that joke")
LibTarg’s 5-Alarm Fire 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨@georgetakei Looks like Florida's 3rd World Shithole speedrun any% is going well.
I was not expecting that. But, I was expecting something to be unexpected, so it doesn't count.
Jenkelly@georgetakei restoring biblical values one verse at a time
@georgetakei I had leprosy on my card but for a different state. Darn, so close.
Nicola Elle 🏳️⚧️@georgetakei Think of it as the 2023 version of IDIC - Infinite Disasters in Infinite Combination.
Skwire Cortez@georgetakei It's like concentrated stupidity manifesting physically in the world.
Martin Rundkvist@georgetakei Florida Man's Nose Falls Off In Food Bank Queue
@mrundkvist @georgetakei The face eaters call dibs.
jonathanpeterson@georgetakei Getting back to Old Testament times in Florida way quicker than I ever would have expected. Plagues of locusts incomming.
@georgetakei Holy crap! I used to live there! GODS! I am so glad I moved away!
@amazing_amazing_roman
kshah@georgetakei so, rename the state to Fleprosyda?
@georgetakei I’m sure someone will recommend a “herd immunity” approach to dealing with it though.
toxtethogrady@Russ_A_M @georgetakei Next they can work on herd immunity for flesh-eating bacteria...
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/health/vibrio-vulnificus-flesh-eating-bacteria-xpn/index.html
https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/22/health/vibrio-vulnificus-flesh-eating-bacteria-xpn/index.html
§ Jason 🥄I'm sure DeSantis will soon be claiming that leprosy is god’s punishment for people disagreeing with him.
surfie@jcct @georgetakei
From The Guardian, the story behind the increase in leprosy in Florida. I am wondering if climate change will give Mycobacterium species new places to hide in the environment other than armadillos.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/01/florida-leprosy-cases-increase-cdc
From The Guardian, the story behind the increase in leprosy in Florida. I am wondering if climate change will give Mycobacterium species new places to hide in the environment other than armadillos.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/01/florida-leprosy-cases-increase-cdc
@jcct @georgetakei No he can't. Leprosy was Miriam's punishment for being a racist...
When has a fact ever stopped DeSantis from lying?
@jcct @georgetakei Depends on whether it would cause him to contract leprosy...😎