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Leprosy outbreak causes concerns in Northwest Arkansas
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SPRINGDALE - The medical community is warning the public: a leprosy outbreak in Springdale could blossom into an epidemic, if something isn't done soon.
Doctors say at least nine cases of leprosy have been confirmed in Springdale. Local doctors say they would be shocked by even one case of leprosy in their entire career, so they say something must be done soon, in order to stop leprosy's spread.

Springdale MD Jennifer Bingham says, "my initial response was: I am shocked. I am shocked we are seeing this. It's a true reason to be very worried."
Medical specialists say the Marshall Islands have the most cases of leprosy, in the world. And the city with the largest number of Marshallese people, outside the Marshall islands, is Springdale. And Bingham says, it makes sense, then, that leprosy is spreading to the city. "It's from the Marshall islands; that's why we're seeing it."

Bingham says she is all for Marshallese people entering the United States, after proper medical tests. But whether they're immigrants or not, she says people must stick to treatment, when infected. And she says, when she treats those from the Marshall Islands, this doesn't happen. "We're not getting the compliance that is absolutely essential to take care of this process."

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I suggest carpet bombing the town of Springdale.
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Leprosy has a cure. Heck. Even the bubonic plague has a cure now.
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Leprosy has a cure. Heck. Even the bubonic plague has a cure now.

Springdale is also reporting over 100 cases of tuberculosis.
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Sorry Cybergal... I have to call BS on this one. Leprosy is quite curable.

This sounds like more of an attack on Tyson Foods.
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Sorry Cybergal... I have to call BS on this one. Leprosy is quite curable.

This sounds like more of an attack on Tyson Foods.
It is treatable. The article stated that there was no vaccine. A vaccine is something used like the small pox vaccine to stop an epidemic. The epidemic can no happen and treatment will then have to follow. The doctor is only trying to get the info out to the public.
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Leprosy is treatable when detected early. If not.... you're screwed.
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Scarecrow just rolled thru there.
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Scarecrow just rolled thru there.
Uh oh, you saying that he caused the outbreak?
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Uh oh, you saying that he caused the outbreak?
Hmmm. I didn't think that. Thought he might catch it. You were thinking?
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