Lawyer Warns of Risk of Valley Fever Outbreak to Prison Pop

[cronus]

http://www.californiahealthline.org/art ... ation.aspx

Lawyer Warns of Risk of Valley Fever Outbreak to Prison Population

On Monday, an attorney for prisoners at two California prisons told a federal judge that thousands of inmates should be transferred from the facilities immediately because of the threat of valley fever, the AP/Sacramento Bee reports (Zaveri/Thompson, AP/Sacramento Bee, 6/17).
About Valley Fever
Researchers estimate that more than 150,000 people nationwide contract an airborne fungus known as valley fever, or coccidioidomycosis, each year.
The cocci fungus is commonly found in soil in much of the Southwestern U.S., and is especially common in California's Central Valley.
People can contract valley fever by breathing in cocci fungal spores.
Details of Current Outbreak
In early May, CDC began investigating the deaths of more than three dozen California inmates who had contracted the fungus at Avenal and Pleasant Valley state prisons in San Joaquin Valley.
The investigation was launched after federal receiver J. Clark Kelso -- who is charged with monitoring the state's prison health care system -- ordered the relocation of about 3,200 high-risk inmates from the two prisons.

(continued, lawyers in charge of a disease outbreak....not much hope for the prisoners then? )

Read more: http://www.californiahealthline.org/art ... z2WgMbSJoy

[JacksSmirkingRevenge]

This is bound to cause annoyance but no doubt they'll see the fungicide soon enough.

[Thinking Aloud]

There was I, wondering what the hell kind of genre "Prison Pop" was.

[Bella Fortuna]

There was I, wondering what the hell kind of genre "Prison Pop" was.

Duh, it's a soda!

[Jason]

Best served in the shower?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

There was I, wondering what the hell kind of genre "Prison Pop" was.

Duh, it's a soda!

It's sold in Saudi as "Al Kat-Traz".