British Tourist killed in Morocco

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British tourist died in Morocco after contracting Rabies from an infected cat bite.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7718299/rabies-brit-tourist-death-morocco-holiday/

 

[normanandsue]

I always find comments like mine a little bit smug, after the event but I excuse myself this time. If you were to look on the Government travel health website you would quickly find Morocco is a country on the high risk of contracting Rabies, it also suggests when travelling in areas not close to medical facilities that vaccination is necessary.

Living in the UK where most diseases have been eradicated by vaccinations we tend to think we are immune from many diseases including Rabies and therefore take the risk. The risk of contracting these diseases is low but devastating when they do happen. Lots of sympathy for the family.

 

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I always find comments like mine a little bit smug, after the event but I excuse myself this time. If you were to look on the Government travel health website you would quickly find Morocco is a country on the high risk of contracting Rabies, it also suggests when travelling in areas not close to medical facilities that vaccination is necessary.

Living in the UK where most diseases have been eradicated by vaccinations we tend to think we are immune from many diseases including Rabies and therefore take the risk. The risk of contracting these diseases is low but devastating when they do happen. Lots of sympathy for the family.

Awareness is the best protection, we have to be aware that cats dogs and wild animals have to be treated with suspicion. Human to human transfer is also not unheard of..

 

[The Wino]

Theres also the question of one death out of how many visitors how high is the risk compared to the risk of driving tot he airport?

 

[Portland]

I have a good way of avoiding contact,I HATE Cats, Dogs, most animals apart from on plate medium rare, and carry a water pistol to keep them off

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[Cheshirecat57]

Cracking "DAILY MAIL STYLE" Headline
From "TOURIST KILLED" to DIED FROM COMMON DISEASE in less than 1 sentence

 

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Theres also the question of one death out of how many visitors how high is the risk compared to the risk of driving tot he airport?

significant number of livestock, especially cattle, die from rabies every year in Morocco as well as a number of humans. A small scratch from an infected animal would be enough to transfer the virus.

 

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Cracking "DAILY MAIL STYLE" Headline
From "TOURIST KILLED" to DIED FROM COMMON DISEASE in less than 1 sentence

The tourist was killed by a cat bite. A tourist died after being bitten by a cat. Take your pick..

 

[The Wino]

significant number of livestock, especially cattle, die from rabies every year in Morocco as well as a number of humans. A small scratch from an infected animal would be enough to transfer the virus.

Yes but a lot of other countries are much higher risk especially India



I suspect in both countries you are much more likely to die in a road accident or from food poisoning!!!

 

[The Wino]

As I was still thinking about this thread I looked up the riskiest countries to visit (in terms of risk of death) Pakistan is well up the list next is the States of course the risk would be different in terms of the number of visitors but the fact the Sun is making a big deal of it suggests its a rare event.

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[mitzimad]

kill all the cats

 

[pappajohn]

Cracking "DAILY MAIL STYLE" Headline
From "TOURIST KILLED" to DIED FROM COMMON DISEASE in less than 1 sentence

Well it was The SUN

 

[pappajohn]

The tourist was killed by a cat bite. A tourist died after being bitten by a cat. Take your pick..

'A tourist was KILLED' is much more of an attention grabber that 'A tourist DIED'.

 

[pappajohn]

Duplicate post

This one died or was it killed

 

[pappajohn]

And now I can't stop it resurrecting.

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[The Wino]

And now I can't stop it resurrecting.

Viagra?

 

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Yes but a lot of other countries are much higher risk especially India



I suspect in both countries you are much more likely to die in a road accident or from food poisoning!!!

This thread was posted in the motorhome section, not many motorhomes travel to India but some do travel to Morocco living in open spaces with local wildlife where cross infection could be a problem wino..

 

[hilldweller]

Rabies from an infected cat bite.

Lots of cats, friendly, you are never far from one in town. I never thought of that danger when close to them.

 

[Cheshirecat57]

The tourist was killed by a cat bite. A tourist died after being bitten by a cat. Take your pick..

KILLED is your word not the Sun's, your Avatar is rubbing off on you
Too serious man, just saying

 

[The Dotties]

It’s how I lost my sister.

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[Langtoftlad]

It’s how I lost my sister.

Sorry for your loss ...

...but from the same article;
"...between 2000 and 2017 five UK residents became infected with rabies after "animal exposures abroad".

Five, in 17 years - hardly an epidemic worthy of splash headline... doesn't seem to be a major risk/health hazard ...
...and five infected, doesn't mean five fatalities.

A more responsible headline might have been along the lines "first Briton to die of rabies in 17 years"

 

[The Dotties]

Sorry for your loss ...

...but from the same article;
"...between 2000 and 2017 five UK residents became infected with rabies after "animal exposures abroad".

Five, in 17 years - hardly an epidemic worthy of splash headline... doesn't seem to be a major risk/health hazard ...
...and five infected, doesn't mean five fatalities.

A more responsible headline might have been along the lines "first Briton to die of rabies in 17 years"

This was early 80’s.
Bitten by a dog in India while on holiday. Attended local hospital, stitched wound and told to go to hospital on return to uk three days later, which she did.
Wound was cleaned by a senior nurse that had spent many years in India herself, and advised to come back a week later for stitches to come out.
Blood tested for bacteria, not virus.
Her fate as they say was sealed.
Big press coverage at the time

 

[Geo]

I Had the sense to have the Jab
But not the sense to leave the cats alone, were our own worst enemies

KILLED is your word not the Sun's, your Avatar is rubbing off on you
Too serious man, just saying

He can have a less serious Christmas one

 

[pappajohn]

And now I can't stop it resurrecting.

Odd... When I posted this there were four duplicate posts after deleting the second one.

 

[pappajohn]

Bit of a no news item really.

A BRIT has died after contracting rabies while on holiday in Morocco, it emerged today.

The visitor contracted the disease after being bitten by a rabid cat.

Thats it........ The rest of the article is just telling us about rabies.

It may as well have said..A BRIT has died of heat stroke while on holiday in Morocco.
The visitor contracted the illness after being
out in the sun

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[Geo]

Bit of a no news item really.



Thats it........ The rest of the article is just telling us about rabies.

It may as well have said..A BRIT has died of heat stroke while on holiday in Morocco.
The visitor contracted the illness after being
out in the sun

Thats two dead in the same week

 

[bladerunner]

No one has ever survived clinical rabies.
I’ve seen clinical rabies - it is very not pretty.
Worth vaccination and rush to good hospital is bitten.

 

[Northernraider]

Cracking "DAILY MAIL STYLE" Headline
From "TOURIST KILLED" to DIED FROM COMMON DISEASE in less than 1 sentence

Funny I thought that too lol

Tourist died in morroco would have been better.

I don't think the cat had murder on its mind lol

Accidental death due to misadventure

 

[Silver-Fox]

'A tourist was KILLED' is much more of an attention grabber that 'A tourist DIED'.

My thoughts as well.

 

[Northernraider]

This thread was posted in the motorhome section, not many motorhomes travel to India but some do travel to Morocco living in open spaces with local wildlife where cross infection could be a problem wino..

@DavidG58 will be along soon to tell you it's in the wrong section as it isn't really motor home related

Unless the tourist was in one

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