@maggiejk @eniko
My sister was among those who went on vacation to #Florida repeatedly *during* the #pandemic when it was the worst #Covid hotspot in the nation.
Florida is the "Plato's Republic" of drunk driving (expanding a lesser problem to the size of a city to make it's flaws more apparent.)
The alcoholic behind the wheel always seems to emerge from a crash unscathed. It's the innocent people they run into who pay the price with their lives. 
#Leprosy #endemic
_The Evening Post_, 23 April 1925:
NEW ZEALAND LEPERS
TO BE TRANSFERRED TO FIJI.
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Some time ago it was announced that an arrangement had been arrived at with the #Fiji Government for the concentration of all lepers from British colonies in the Pacific at the Mokagai leper station, Fiji.
On Quail Island, #Lyttelton Harbour, there are nine lepers consisting of four Maoris, two Chinese, and three Europeans.
The Minister of Health (the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare) stated to-day that it had been decided to close the Quail Island station and transfer the lepers from there within the next two or three months. The cost of their maintenance at Fiji would be borne by the New Zealand Government. All the patients had consented to go to Fiji.
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19250423.2.68
"History comes alive in the voices of those who remember it" - we take a look at documentary The Other World (La Muraille) https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-other-world-2025-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson #VisionsDuReel #documentary #leprosy #film #cinema
For #BlackHistoryMonth pharmaceutical #chemist Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for #leprosy. Though her life was cut tragically short, her research saved 1000s from exile & painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, & she was a trailblazer for women & Black scientists.
Ball studied #chemistry at UW earning a BSc & 2nd degree in pharmacy 2 years later. 
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I have a blog post in honor of #WorldLeprosyDay looking at music as a tool for social change, drawing on examples of leprosy awareness campaigns in India
A blog post on a must-watch short documentary from 1962.
Documenting Lepers' Lives: The House Is Black (1962)
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#BraveWords
LEPROSY Release New Album, Reborn In Yourself
https://bravewords.com/news/leprosy-release-new-album-reborn-in-yourself
“The medieval red squirrel strain we recovered is more closely related to medieval human strains from the same city than to strains isolated from infected modern red squirrels. Overall, our results point to an independent circulation of M. leprae strains between humans and red squirrels during the Medieval Period.”
https://www.medievalists.net/2024/05/medieval-squirrels-leprosy/ #medieval #squirrels #leprosy
A health ministry survey has found some 35% of respondents have prejudiced or discriminatory attitudes toward former leprosy patients and their families. Leprosy is not highly infectious, but Japan's isolation policy was in place for about 90 years https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/04/05/japan/society/ex-leprosy-patients-opinion-survey/ #japan #society #leprosy #surveys #discrimination #japanesecourts #mhlw
Experts Warn Leprosy Isn't Ancient History as Cases Surge in The US
https://www.sciencealert.com/experts-warn-leprosy-isnt-ancient-history-as-cases-surge-in-the-us #health #medicine #disease #leprosy #HansensDisease #Florida #armadillos #treatable
Ron DeSantis: Let’s make leprosy great again!
Leprosy cases are rising in the U.S. What is the ancient disease and why is it spreading now?
@TheConversationUS spoke to Robert A. Schwartz, professor and head of dermatology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.
For #BlackHistoryMonth pharmaceutical #chemist Alice Ball (1892-1916) who developed 1st effective treatment for #leprosy. Though her life was cut tragically short, her research saved 1000s from exile & painful, ineffective lifelong treatment for leprosy, & she was a trailblazer for women & Black scientists.
Ball studied #chemistry at UW earning a BSc & 2nd degree in pharmacy 2 years later. 1/
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"Leprosy" VS "Slowly We Rot" (Old School Death Metal Guitar Riffs Battle)
@TonyStark Don't forget the #leprosy spike in #Florida. What a delightful state to avoid.
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LEFT TO DIE (Ex-DEATH) To Celebrate Scream Bloody Gore & Leprosy On Upcoming US Tour
Terry Butler and Rick Rozz are getting out there.
Anoxinon e.V. 
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