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#DeathSantis has given #Leprosy the "freedom" to return, to his anti-vax #Florida .

Another highly communicable - and spreading disease he can ignore or help, as he did with #TrumpVirus 1 (COVID-19)

On top of #TrumpVirus, #COVID, & #malaria!
This is real...

Leprosy Outbreak in Florida: What You Need to Know

So come on down! Guns, gators, #malaria mosquitos & leprosy, but no #woke in #FL ! Yee-haw! Freedom! Go #GQP

No wokeness here! No science, #Shakespeare, #AP #psychology, #history, teachers, doctors, insurance, farm workers, or corporate/hospitality growth plans either... But lots of sunshine! And the warm glow of the governor's plans for the future...

#truth

Why Is There a Leprosy Outbreak in Florida? Here's What You Need to Know

Central Florida is experiencing a leprosy outbreak, according to a new report from the CDC. This leads researchers to believe the infection is endemic to the region.

Republicans turning Florida into a Leper Colony. I guess that’s one way to “make America great again”

Leprosy now a big thing in Florida. Leave it to Republicans to bring disease and terror to America

#Florida #Republicans #Leprosy

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/8/2/2184780/-Leprosy-now-a-big-thing-in-Florida-Leave-it-to-Republicans-to-bring-disease-and-terror-to-America

Leprosy now a big thing in Florida. Leave it to Republicans to bring disease and terror to America

I just don’t know what to think. We have some serious problems in this state and people actually back DeSantis? He is running all over the country saying he wants America to be Florida. His ratings have slipped but this man does not know how to...

Forugh Farrokhzad

Short film from 1963, by the Iranian poet Forugh Farrokhzad. Her poems was published in a Danish translation and I have read it with much fondness. So this Iranian guy on Hive tells me that she also made a short film about a leper colony in the north of Iran. It is really beautiful - and ugly - as is its theme.

https://vimeo.com/236940006

#Film #documentary #poetry #ForughFarrokhzad #Iran #leprosy #ugliness #loneliness #religion #fatalism #isolation #beauty #life #1963

..."back to normal" (today): courier leaves parcel by the door, bangs on door, walks back to gate, door opens, "you have a parcel!" #covid19 #socialdistancing #leprosy

Alice Ball Steamrolled Leprosy

#biography #chemistryhacks #featured #medicalhacks #originalart #chaulmoogra #chaulmoograoil #estercompound #leprosy #theballmethod #hackaday
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Alice Ball Steamrolled Leprosy

Leprosy is a bacterial disease that affects the skin, nerves, eyes, and mucosal surfaces of the upper respiratory tract. It is transmitted via droplets and causes skin lesions and loss of sensation…