Leprosy recorded in Ireland for the first time in decades - Irish Examiner

hatrickpatrick

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/leprosy-recorded-in-ireland-for-first-time-in-decades-596861.html

In before "Religious orders: Leprosy case a clear sign from God regarding upcoming abortion debate" or some such bollocks :rolleyes:

**Vai**

Yay!!!

AlmightyCushion

Fecking recession.

The Backwards Man

Close off Louth!! Build a wall and barricade the bastards in!!


Nothing to to do with the leprosy, just in general like. . .

kraggy

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Fecking recession.

Yeah, leprosy is just a series of cutbacks.

Hownowcow

Laughed my head off.

The Backwards Man

Hownowcow wrote: »

Laughed my head off.

You would if you had leprosy. Literally.

TheBody

What did the leper say to the prostitute?





Keep the tip......

The Backwards Man

**Vai** wrote: »

Yay!!!

Yay all you like. If you lose both your legs to leprosy don't come running to me

Kylo Ren

He better be swinging that bell when he comes into town.

who the fug

kraggy wrote: »

Yeah, leprosy is just a series of cutbacks.

Or the ultimate danger ****

IM0

so let me get this right, we let a man who was known to be a lepper into the country

Seachmall

IM0 wrote: »

so let me get this right, we let a man who was known to be a lepper into the country

First we let Poles in, then Nigerians, then Roma Gypsies and now lepers!

PC gone mad I tells ya!

Anyone

BOW TO LEPER MESSIAH!!

Celly Smunt

What's funnier than one leper?















2 lepers in clown suits.

Norfolk Enchants

IM0 wrote: »

so let me get this right, we let a man who was known to be a lepper into the country

Heads will roll for this.

tin79

One case of leprosy noted in one foreign person.

Sure the country is fecked.
Much worse to come.
Its the fault of the property tax.
Its the fault of the immigrants.
Its racist to point out he is not from Ireland.
This gives Ireland a bad name.
Sterilise him so he cannot breed.
Bad puns.

I didnt read the thread.

Franticfrank

The first time in years?? I thought Rugged Island was a leper colony...

hatrickpatrick

Franticfrank wrote: »

The first time in years?? I thought Rugged Island was a leper colony...

Nah it's not leprosy. But did you ever think how strange it was? Three priests living alone on an island like that? There's something not quite right there...

mathie

The Backwards Man wrote: »

You would if you had leprosy. Literally.

http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/483/894/463.jpg

Jimminy Mc Fukhead

hell and blood.

Surveyor11

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wf1xmUOB7Sk

JD DABA

They need to be isolated from the general population.

They need a separate town for themselves.

We shall call it Lepers-town.

ericl

If he has no medical card it could cost him an arm and a leg.

who the fug

JD DABA wrote: »

They need to be isolated from the general population.

They need a separate town for themselves.

We shall call it Lepers-town.

What was the name of that nightclub ?

efb

Leprosy,
Bits and pieces falling off of me...

hfallada

I always thought it was one of those made up parable in the bibles associated with greed or lust.

Like I think it's a non news story. We let people enter the county with tb and although there is antibiotics it's hard to threat now still

Gweedling

Ah sure Louth is miles away.











































It's no skin off my nose.

mcwinning

who the fug wrote: »

What was the name of that nightclub ?

Club 92? Or am I too stupid to get a joke?

viper006

i heard this guy has failed his driving test 3 times already.. keeps leaving his foot on the accelerator

IM0

IM0 wrote: »

so let me get this right, we let a man who was known to be a lepper into the country

I know, we might as well throw in the hand.

Calm down, it's treatable with antibiotics.

NuckingFacker

Is this the same lad who got sacked for having his fingers in the till? If locals find out he has this, they'll shun him like a leper. Then again, it is Louth, so they probably are already.

Norfolk Enchants

Do we screen people from non EU countries at all?

You need a clean bill of health and a medical cert saying as much to get into Canada, Australia etc long term.

Lightbulb Sun

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Close off Louth!! Build a wall and barricade the bastards in!!


Nothing to to do with the leprosy, just in general like. . .

Since when did "North East" automatically mean Louth?

Gmol

efb wrote: »

Leprosy,
Bits and pieces falling off of me...

I'm not half the man I used to be...

Chris Ryan

Well, it's no skin off my nose

*ba dum tss*
I'm here all week, make sure to tip your waitress

Push Pop

What do you do if you see an epileptic having a fit in the bath? Throw in yer washing

Ps I'm posting this joke as all the good leper jokes I know have been used.

"Shakes fist in the air"

Smidge

I hope the person in question isn't reading this thread with all of the slagging he is taking.
Hope he has a thick skin














*slinks out the door*

RikkFlair

I remember many years ago in school the teacher asked "Does anyone know what a leper is?"

And my very dim cousin replied "It's a kind of a tiger"

Phill Ewinn

Candie wrote: »

I know, we might as well throw in the hand.

Calm down, it's treatable with antibiotics.

95% of the time. You'd imagine he'd have had treatment already, before the long, expensive, indirect journey here. We're probably the only country who let him in.

stupid isn't it.

Norfolk Enchants

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

95% of the time. You'd imagine he'd have had treatment already, before the long, expensive, indirect journey here. We're probably the only country who let him in.

stupid isn't it.

HIV and TB are on the rise too. We should really screen people who intend to settle here long-term. Its common sense, really.

Cavehill Red

To be honest, if someone wandered in through Dublin airport and infected half the country with bubonic plague, there'd still be idiots claiming that health screens for immigrants was racist or something.
The fact that the IMO have been calling for it (unheard by government) for aeons appears to pass unnoticed, even by the former IMO president who is now health minister.
This is one of the many reasons why I assume that the free hallucinogens being pumped into the Dail chamber must be really potent.

Norfolk Enchants

Cavehill Red wrote: »

To be honest, if someone wandered in through Dublin airport and infected half the country with bubonic plague, there'd still be idiots claiming that health screens for immigrants was racist or something.
The fact that the IMO have been calling for it (unheard by government) for aeons appears to pass unnoticed, even by the former IMO president who is now health minister.
This is one of the many reasons why I assume that the free hallucinogens being pumped into the Dail chamber must be really potent.

"Calm down, its treatable by antibiotics".

As is TB, which was eradicated from this land, up until recently and HIV which has risen dramatically since we opened the doors.

Even on Ellis island, they checked people for contagious diseases. But not in Ireland today.

charlemont

Norfolk Enchants wrote: »

"Calm down, its treatable by antibiotics".

As is TB, which was eradicated from this land, up until recently and HIV which has risen dramatically since we opened the doors.

Even on Ellis island, they checked people for contagious diseases. But not in Ireland today.

Tis far more important ta keep the drugs out then them disease thingys...:p

Cody Pomeray

Norfolk Enchants wrote: »

Even on Ellis island, they checked people for contagious diseases. But not in Ireland today.

So what? They also inspected them for deformities, ascertained whether they were anarchists, and de-loused them. Are we supposed to hold up Ellis Island as some sort of minimum best practice?

Nodin

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

95% of the time. You'd imagine he'd have had treatment already, before the long, expensive, indirect journey here. We're probably the only country who let him in.

stupid isn't it.

I know this probably conflicts with your religious beliefs or philosophy, but did you read the article?

Scruffles

sorry to piss on everyones parade but leprosy doesnt cause peoples bits n bobs to fall off,that was a urban legend or whatever they call it.:cool:

Cavehill Red

Cody Pomeray wrote: »

So what? They also inspected them for deformities, ascertained whether they were anarchists, and de-loused them. Are we supposed to hold up Ellis Island as some sort of minimum best practice?

Um, yes actually.
At Ellis Island, they practised a rudimentary 19th century health screen on immigrants whose aim was to protect the health of the nation by identifying and treating immediately any illness among people arriving on their shores.
We're not screening people at all. Our TB and HIV rates have inevitably shot up in response. Now we're seeing leprosy. We've already had a SARS scare. How long until Ebola or Marburg is let into the country to run riot?
We should certainly be adopting the 21st century equivalent of Ellis Island.

Grayson

Cavehill Red wrote: »

To be honest, if someone wandered in through Dublin airport and infected half the country with bubonic plague, there'd still be idiots claiming that health screens for immigrants was racist or something.
The fact that the IMO have been calling for it (unheard by government) for aeons appears to pass unnoticed, even by the former IMO president who is now health minister.
This is one of the many reasons why I assume that the free hallucinogens being pumped into the Dail chamber must be really potent.

To be fair, I'd say 99% ofr the people going through the airport aren't actually moving here permanantly.

Cody Pomeray

Cavehill Red wrote: »

Um, yes actually.
At Ellis Island, they practised a rudimentary 19th century health screen on immigrants whose aim was to protect the health of the nation by identifying and treating immediately any illness among people arriving on their shores.
We're not screening people at all. Our TB and HIV rates have inevitably shot up in response. Now we're seeing leprosy.

Firstly, no; now we've seen a case of leprosy. It's hardly an epidemic. It would cost a lot more to screen all of our visitors for leprosy than it costs simply to treat the person with leprosy.

And secondly, it's no good saying that the visitor should pay for the cost before coming here. The view usually taken by the authorities is that if you allow visitors to be screened in their home country, you may be doing yourself more damage because they may attempt to take steps to deliberately evade detection; as such they have an incentive to cover up their illness on arrival, and may pose a greater health risk.

Thirdly, and crucially, it is illegal to enact any automatic restriction on visitors who are HIV positive and, it would appear to me, those who have leprosy. A border agency who so restrict the movement of individuals would have to have very particular and very compelling reasons in respect of that individual, e.g. a deliberate intention to spread the disease. An outright ban on entry would be illegal.

Clareboy

Leprosy - its part of the ' New Ireland ' with its ' new communities ' and its ' new diversity '. We will just have to live with it.