The official’s bulletin noted the man lived in a forested area where he had cared for a stray cat that hunted smaller animals. The cat frequently scratched him. more
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Ted Nugent warned us all back in the 70’s.
It’s called Bartonella, and it’s real.
The first deadly case of Alaskapox or the first deadly case that wasn’t counted as Covid?
Voles and mice. Varmints lives everywhere here in Mat-Su Valley. They tunnel in the snow and thrive in their Vole made igloos. Come breakup one sees the remnants of their paths and abodes. Super small and will slip into any small space under garage doors, gaps in foundations. Resilient animal that seems to thrive in Alaska’s harsh environment. Folks need to stop snuggling and smooching lil’ kitty. Common sense folks.
It sounds to that much like COVID, he died “with” Alaskapox, not “from” Alaskapox.
He had a compromised immune system from cancer. Still…
I’ll take on the dirty job of blaming the victim here.
Alaskapox is a nasty bug but generally doesn’t kill. I’m sure his oncologist told him that chemotherapy would suppress his immune system and that he needed to avoid infections. Yet he continued to deal with a feral cat that frequently scratched him. He was an idiot, and now he’s dead because of it.
Usually the culprit is a diseased beaver.
Feral cats, even just cats, are a major vector for disease to humans.
See: https://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/pets/cats.html
Add to that list, Q-fever (Coxiella burnetii), and I am sure there are a few more.