US says Haiti cholera epidemic was imported, probably UN Nepal peacekeepers

Thursday, June 30th 2011 - 20:17 UTC

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Evidence strongly suggests UN peacekeepers from Nepal were the source of a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has killed more than 5,500 people, said a new report by the US Centres for Disease Control Prevention. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
Don't get it.
UN disaster aid workers are given pre-emptive dosing for the diseases of disasters before entering the zone.
Was this not done?
It may be true - they may not have had the injections, but I doubt it.
Much more likely to me is that the USA is doing a pre-emptive propaganda job.
Jul 01st, 2011 - 04:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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lsolde
Geoff,
African UN soldiers introduced Aids into Cambodia in the 1990's.
We were in lndonesia at the time & l remember reading about it then.
lf memory serves me right the soldiers were from Gabon & D.R.of Congo.
l would have thought that health screening had improved since then, but maybe not.
Jul 02nd, 2011 - 10:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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