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Shigella Cases on the Rise in Portland
Posted on 12/28/23 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 12/28/23 at 12:28 pm
Nothing quite like Portland…..
KGW8
KGW8
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PORTLAND, Ore. — For people living on the streets of Portland's Old Town neighborhood, staying clean is a full-time job, and now more than ever. Late last week, the Multnomah County Health Department issued a public health warning after increased cases of Shigella were found in Old Town, including among those living outside and in shelters.
Shigella is highly contagious and spreads through fecal matter. Symptoms include diarrhea, fever, stomach cramps and sometimes vomiting, and can last three to 10 days.
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"I spent Christmas at Providence Hospital. This is not a game," said Michael Lynn Moreland Jr., who found out he had Shigella after checking himself into a detox facility. "When I went to Fora Health, I couldn't hold any food down. It's gross, but I soiled my clothes. It's disgusting. To the point where they weren't medically equipped for it," Moreland Jr said. He was sent to the hospital where he spent five days, including Christmas. "I couldn't even leave my room because it's that contagious," he said.
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County health officials are encouraging people who live and work in Old Town to wash their hands often and remove shoes before going inside their home or tent. "Or even just sharing a cigarette with someone that you don't know," Moreland Jr. said. "Sharing a vaporizer pen if it has fecal matter on it and you ingest that, you get that infection."
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One way homeless people try and stay clean is by going to the county's Behavioral Health Resource Center on the corner of Southwest 9th Avenue and Harvey Milk Street. A county van parks at Northwest 5th Avenue and Glisan Street in Old Town, where outreach workers hand out tickets for people who want to use the hygiene services at the resource center.
"Go over there so you can have a healthy place to kick it for a second," said one homeless man leaving the van Tuesday morning.
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Most strains typically enter regions from returning international travelers or through social-sexual networks, which is why Shigella among people experiencing homelessness is abnormal, the CDC said. Unfortunately, when Shigella does spread within homeless communities, which have limited access to hygiene and sanitation and barriers to accessing healthcare, it spreads more easily.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 12:31 pm to DingLeeBerry
quote:Username checks out.
DingLeeBerry
Posted on 12/28/23 at 12:34 pm to DingLeeBerry
Shigellosis is horrible and is linked to poor sanitation.
I remember suffering from shigella dysentery as a young one living in Long Beach, MS. It was horrible, with protracted painful diarrhea. It turns out the drinking water of that community was contaminated, possibly from improper treatment. It had a nasty odor of raw sewage.
I remember suffering from shigella dysentery as a young one living in Long Beach, MS. It was horrible, with protracted painful diarrhea. It turns out the drinking water of that community was contaminated, possibly from improper treatment. It had a nasty odor of raw sewage.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:05 pm to DingLeeBerry
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Sharing a vaporizer pen if it has fecal matter on it and you ingest that, you get that infection."
ughhhh
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:08 pm to DingLeeBerry
Sounds very “progressive”.
Yay progress, right Dems?
Yay progress, right Dems?
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:11 pm to DingLeeBerry
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said. "Sharing a vaporizer pen if it has fecal matter on it and you ingest that, you get that infection."
Why does a vape pen have shite on it, I wonder?
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:30 pm to teke184
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Why does a vape pen have shite on it, I wonder?
Take a dump, wipe your arse with just a tiny accidental finger smear, don't wash your hands, head out for a pull on the vape.
shite is on everything.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:32 pm to DingLeeBerry
Portland is the least surprising element to this story.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:32 pm to teke184
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Why does a vape pen have shite on it, I wonder?
My guess would be someone with horrible hygienic practices got poo on his hands and didn't wash/sanitize afterward.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:34 pm to DingLeeBerry
GROSS! I just walked through Olde Town like 5 night ago and actually thought it looked way better. Probsbly bc all the meth heads were in hospital.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:35 pm to tarzana
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I remember suffering from shigella dysentery as a young one living in Long Beach, MS. It was horrible, with protracted painful diarrhea. It turns out the drinking water of that community was contaminated, possibly from improper treatment. It had a nasty odor of raw sewage
Is this what made you a mongoloid?
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:36 pm to DingLeeBerry
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:37 pm to mtntiger
Or pushed it into someone's fartbox.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 1:48 pm to SirWinston
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Probsbly bc all the meth heads were in hospital.
Or a hotel….
LINK
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Sara McCall, a communicable disease program manager in Multnomah County, said that the most effective intervention is to provide motel vouchers for people who have contracted Shigella.
"It gets them off the streets at the time when they are potentially most infectious, so they aren't visiting shelters or potentially spreading it to other people," McCall told Oregon Public Broadcasting. "It also gives them ready access to hygiene and toileting so they can take care of themselves."
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Posted on 12/28/23 at 2:35 pm to DingLeeBerry
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remove shoes before going inside their home or tent.
Posted on 12/28/23 at 2:36 pm to roadGator
I thought the shigella was that dance Jerry Nadler did when he had to walk away from the podium and leave Pelosi standing there
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