Key West 2011

[kent_island_sailor]

So just suddenly started to do research on the health issues of everyplace that has sailboat racing?

:lol: :lol:

I bet they have a crack whore epidemic down there too. maybe THAT needs some in depth research, complete with live streaming video

Do what you want, but please don't think you are fooling anyone.

You've got a bug up your ass about Premiere, and you take a jab at them whenever you can. You're not fooling anyone, and we're pretty sick of it.

We could've taken jabs at Premiere five times in the past year when each Dengue article came out. But we didn't, and in fact we didn't write anything about them over the past six months at all, leaving Premiere to its own devices to see how they'd handle their failures of the past two years. In fact we waited until the CDC confirmed that the number of cases doubled from 09 to '10, and stated that they were quite worried about its spread, which even fanboys can't argue ain't news. Sorry you don't like the news, but a dengue epidemic that the CDC is worried about would be irresponsible as hell not to report. Then again, most of the other US pubs are sponsors of Key West, so they certainly won't do it. You obviously wouldn't either - better to just stay quiet than tell people about a potentially fatal disease in Key West?

 

[No Bargers]

27 cases all of last year and 18 cases as of July 2010, if it gets to 36 that will be a 33% increase. You have a better chance of getting hurt on the drive down. Most people they tested didn't even know they had it, not exactly a big deal.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/health/24dengue.html

This epidemic brought to us by the same folks that brought us Swine Flu, opps sorry I mean H1N1.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

So just suddenly started to do research on the health issues of everyplace that has sailboat racing?

You really, really don't understand how this site works. I rarely have time to do my own independently inspired stories, because I spend all my time turning the information I get all day and all night from anarchists around the world into stories.

And I've been getting negative stories about KW for years, and I've gotten the same Dengue stories sent to me a dozen times. Deal with it.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

27 cases all of last year and 18 cases as of July 2010, if it gets to 36 that will be a 33% increase. You have a better chance of getting hurt on the drive down. Most people they tested didn't even know they had it, not exactly a big deal.

http://www.nytimes.c...h/24dengue.html

This epidemic brought to us by the same folks that brought us Swine Flu, opps sorry I mean H1N1.

The difference being that piggy flu is just flu. Dengue is a fucking horror show, as anyone who's picked it up will attest. My crew in Costa Rica had 105 degree fever for two days and was bedridden - like he couldn't get up to take a shit - for 8.

But only a fucking pussy wouldn't go sail KW because of it.

 

[mad]

I see on the front page that Clean is still doing his best to promote the sport of sailing. Go to KWRW and get Dengue fever & die.

buy my citronela rubber wristbands and the mosquitoes will never come near you.

Why do you always find out about these things after the fact?

 

[mad]

I see on the front page that Clean is still doing his best to promote the sport of sailing. Go to KWRW and get Dengue fever & die.

What I hear is that Dengue is not generally fatal the first time you get it. A second time is often fatal. It's present in Singapore, doesn't stop people playing golf for example. It's carried by a specific mosquito with white markings on the legs (photo from Wiki

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Oh fucking great, something else to look forward to.

 

[kent_island_sailor]

Don't listen to people who know nothing about the disease telling you you would be immune cos you got it once. Dengue is unusual that way--it gets more serious the second time around. The reason is that there are 4 strains of dengue and if you contract any one of the 3 strains different from the one you got the first time round, your body will use all its resources to fight what it thinks is the first strain, leaving it defenseless against the new virus. You may then get Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever - which effectively destroys the platelets that cause blood to clot, meaning you can bleed to death.

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Nasty!

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I see on the front page that Clean is still doing his best to promote the sport of sailing. Go to KWRW and get Dengue fever & die.

What I hear is that Dengue is not generally fatal the first time you get it. A second time is often fatal. It's present in Singapore, doesn't stop people playing golf for example. It's carried by a specific mosquito with white markings on the legs (photo from Wiki

/monthly_10_2010/post-3223-069940400%201286519132_thumb.jpg.

Oh fucking great, something else to look forward to.

 

[pogen]

This epidemic brought to us by the same folks that brought us Swine Flu, opps sorry I mean H1N1.

EVERYBODY PANIC!

h34r: h34r: h34r: h34r:

 

[the grand wizard]

That reads more like the Ed's work. He needs to get over this one.

Like most others, I'm happy to see KWRW is on the rebound.

They have stooped to a new low.

If you get a chance to go to KWRW, go, it's an awesome regatta.

if you could only do one regatta in the US then go to Key West Race West

 

[War Dog]

I have only done KWRW 2x but both times is was great racing and a fucktaboulous time………………..Would do it again in a heartbeat!!

But then again I don't put much stock in anything out of Cleans pie hole!!

 

[pogen]

I have only done KWRW 2x but both times is was great racing and a fucktaboulous time………………..Would do it again in a heartbeat!!

Hi WD, I thought you got flick'd for promoting another site, Precious Doobie or something (can't remember the URL). :lol:

 

[War Dog]

Nope still here flying under the radar …………..ducking and weaving like a Predator Drone………….that would be PD for short

 

[us7070]

I see on the front page that Clean is still doing his best to promote the sport of sailing. Go to KWRW and get Dengue fever & die.

What I hear is that Dengue is not generally fatal the first time you get it. A second time is often fatal. It's present in Singapore, doesn't stop people playing golf for example. It's carried by a specific mosquito with white markings on the legs (photo from Wiki

/monthly_10_2010/post-3223-069940400%201286519132_thumb.jpg.

well..., if florida has it, south carolina - including charleston (where i hear they also have a big regatta) is probably not far behind...

there have been well documented outbreaks of both dengue fever and malaria in the SC low country - just not recently..., at least as far as i know.

these outbreaks were mostly in colonial times, but there's no reason it couldn't happen again.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

well..., if florida has it, south carolina - including charleston (where i hear they also have a big regatta) is probably not far behind...

there have been well documented outbreaks of both dengue fever and malaria in the SC low country - just not recently..., at least as far as i know.

these outbreaks were mostly in colonial times, but there's no reason it couldn't happen again.

That's why the CDC is so nervous - if it gets to Miami, it can go anywhere the mosquito can live, which is pretty much the entire Southeast. Ans as the North Queenslanders are finding out after Dengue's totally fucked the Cairns tourism market, it's a real bitch to eradicate. We'll be running a piece on Sunday night about fthe new testing that they're doing down there with biological agents implanted into mosquitoes, but it's not going to be ready in time for KWRW even if it works. To be clear, if things stay the same as they are today, the likelihood of one sailor in the 1500 or so at the event coming down with Dengue is at this point quite high. The likelihood of a lot of sailors coming down with it is pretty low. There's just too much marsh and standing water in the backyards of KW to be able to get rid of the mozzies, but there have only been 50 known cases in 18 months, so do the math.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

And funnily enough, a biotech firm in Charleston might be the one that finally cures it - the below story from just before the Dengue outbreak in KW started:

Vaccine 'effective' against dengue

Researchers, Navy plan to begin human trials

By Prentiss Findlay

The Post and Courier Monday, June 15, 2009

Buzz

MOUNT PLEASANT — A vaccine created here has proved "100 percent effective" in protecting monkeys against all four strains of dengue fever. Now, researchers plan to see if they get the same results with humans, a local scientist said.

The medical development has major health implications because about 2.5 billion people live in dengue-infested areas, according to the World Health Organization.

The Naval Medical Research Center will conduct human clinical trials of the vaccine created at GenPhar's headquarters on Seacoast Parkway.

The potential economic impact for the state and region is enormous. The worldwide market for an approved dengue vaccine is estimated at up to $4 billion annually, said Dr. John Dong, president and chief science officer of GenPhar Inc.

The research could lead to the world's first vaccine for all forms of dengue fever, which infects an estimated 50 million people annually, making it second only to malaria among tropical diseases. Dengue virus infection can result in shock, encephalitis, hemorrhagic fever and even death. Dengue goes by other names, including "breakbone fever." Victims of dengue often have contortions because of intense joint and muscle pain, hence the name.

Although expensive to develop, a dengue vaccine is cost-effective to manufacture, Dong said.

GenPhar hired bio-tech firm Sigma-Aldrich to make its dengue vaccine in California until the local firm's new $33 million headquarters is completed at year's end. Vaccine manufacturing operations then will shift to the 55,000-square-foot building under construction on South Morgan's Point Road behind The Market at Oakland shopping center, Dong said.

The operation poses no public health threat because live virus is not used in the creation of any of the vaccines made here for deadly diseases such as dengue fever, Ebola and Marburg, Dong said.

GenPhar makes vaccines for biodefense and chronic diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Its vaccines for Ebola, Marburg and a combination of Ebola and Marburg proved 100 percent effective in U.S. Army animal studies. Human trials of those vaccines are planned in collaboration with the Army, GenPhar said.

There is a small risk for dengue fever outbreaks in the continental United States. Six instances of dengue virus transmission have turned up in South Texas in the last 25 years. American travelers to tropical areas where den

Road behind The Market at Oakland shopping center, Dong said.

The operation poses no public health threat because live virus is not used in the creation of any of the vaccines made here for deadly diseases such as dengue fever, Ebola and Marburg, Dong said.

GenPhar makes vaccines for biodefense and chronic diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Its vaccines for Ebola, Marburg and a combination of Ebola and Marburg proved 100 percent effective in U.S. Army animal studies. Human trials of those vaccines are planned in collaboration with the Army, GenPhar said.

There is a small risk for dengue fever outbreaks in the continental United States. Six instances of dengue virus transmission have turned up in South Texas in the last 25 years. American travelers to tropical areas where dengue viruses are endemic are at risk, according to the CDC. "Any traveler potentially can bring the virus into the U.S.," Dong said.

Sanofi-Aventis is building a plant in France to manufacture a dengue fever vaccine that will work against only one strain of the virus.

A person who contracts one form of dengue is not immune to the other three strains.

Getting dengue once is bad enough. Those unlucky enough to later come down with a different strain of the virus have been known to wish for anything but another bout with dengue. Some have said they'd rather die than experience the disease again, Dong said.

The French government tried to lure GenPhar overseas from its headquarters east of the Cooper, but the company decided to stay here. "They actually wanted us to move to Paris," Dong said.

The new GenPhar headquarters were made possible by town, county and state government incentives. GenPhar envisions a cluster of biotech companies in the town along the lines of Research Triangle Park in North Carolina.

The town of Mount Pleasant, Charleston County and Mount Pleasant Waterworks shared the $60,000 cost for roads, water and sewer at the new GenPhar facility. The state provided tax breaks and job development credits. South Carolina Electric & Gas and AT&T chipped in utility tax credits.

 

[johnnysaint]

Is KWRW the only regatta or racing down that way?

The reason I ask is how is it that only KWRW participants run the the risk of Dengue fever?

 

[MR.CLEAN]

Is KWRW the only regatta or racing down that way?

The reason I ask is how is it that only KWRW participants run the the risk of Dengue fever?

That's the only place down there it's been found recently. There were a few cases in South Texas a couple years ago, but other than KW, that's it I think.

 

[johnnysaint]

That's why the CDC is so nervous - if it gets to Miami, it can go anywhere the mosquito can live, which is pretty much the entire Southeast. Ans as the North Queenslanders are finding out after Dengue's totally fucked the Cairns tourism market, it's a real bitch to eradicate.

That's bullshit!

Commonwealth Games on in Delhi right now. Dengue is prevelant there. Didn't stop 1000's of athletes from around the world. And tourists.

 

[Silverbullet]

Is KWRW the only regatta or racing down that way?

The reason I ask is how is it that only KWRW participants run the the risk of Dengue fever?

Because it's a Premier Racing event.

If it was a SA event, the skeeters would know that it was in the G.S.I.'s not to bite any sailors.

 

[MR.CLEAN]

That's why the CDC is so nervous - if it gets to Miami, it can go anywhere the mosquito can live, which is pretty much the entire Southeast. Ans as the North Queenslanders are finding out after Dengue's totally fucked the Cairns tourism market, it's a real bitch to eradicate.

That's bullshit!

Commonwealth Games on in Delhi right now. Dengue is prevelant there. Didn't stop 1000's of athletes from around the world. And tourists.

Dude, the Commonwealth Games are fucked, and are projecting like half the spectators they originally expected. Don't know if it's the Dengue, but it's certainly cited as one of the reasons. Some of the athletes pulled out, but no countries - but the ticket sales are a big issue.

Cairns and the Aussie health org are spending a ton of money to try to get rid of Dengue, because tourism is pretty much all their income, and diseases fuck tourism up. Exotic sounding diseases even more so.

But it won't stop me from going to Cairns any more than it would Key West, and I'll be closer to there anyway in January.