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Mysterious illness Outbreak in Canada, Train Quarantined

cnews.canoe.ca — Ambulances and police scrambled to the hamlet of Foleyet, Ont., on Friday after one person died and several others fell ill on a Via Rail passenger train en route from Vancouver to Toronto. The train was under quarantine as authorities rushed to tend to those with flu-like symptoms and find out what was causing the illness.

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  • xdeliriumx, on 05/10/2008, -2/+59::goes to half.com and orders "The Zombie Survival Guide"::
  • stonedthot, on 05/10/2008, -9/+3'sake, 60 diggs and down already. Mirror anyone?
  • jjustice, on 05/10/2008, -2/+17omg umbrella corporation
  • vroom101, on 05/10/2008, -2/+851. Canadian authorities say no infectious disease outbreak on quarantined train: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/09/america/ ... (www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/09/america/NA-GEN-Canada-Train-Illness.php)

    2. Train death likely not due to infectious disease: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNew ... (www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080509/train_alert_080509/20080509?hub=Canada)

    3. No sign of outbreak on quarantined train, health officials say: http://www.nationalpost.com/most_popular/story.htm ... (www.nationalpost.com/most_popular/story.html?id=504180)

    4. B.C. train bound for Ont. quarantined: one dead: http://www.ctvbc.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080 ... (www.ctvbc.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080509/BC_train_quarantined_in_ontario/20080509/?hub=BritishColumbiaHome)

    5. Train quarantined in Ontario with mystery illness: http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp= ... (news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&ct=us/0-0&fp=482405656ae52932&ei=GNMkSJ6tC53w8ATAq5GxBA&url=http%3A//www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/5768499.html&cid=1211391134&usg=AFrqEzeVDhqNusXunr5bEol97JTZAgLEng)
    • coolmanmax2000, on 05/10/2008, -1/+41Already, the cover up has begun
      • romistrub, on 05/10/2008, -2/+16I lol'd!

        *****, I should've bought that shotgun when I had the chance (which was never).
      • davidschuster, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1Yes, the thousands of people that coincidently got sick in Ontario at the same time have nothing to do with an infectious disease. The only condition possible is mass hysteria, so please turn off all televisions, radios, computers, cellphones and any other media devices to avoid contracting this 'condition.'
    • bxblox, on 05/10/2008, -1/+17Why would you quarantine noninfectious disease?
      • AROZ, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6For reasons unknown even to me...
      • cheezintern, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9cause they're clearly trying to cover up the zombie infection.
      • emjaymj, on 05/10/2008, -1/+20I'm guessing that's because they were uncertain about the fact that it was noninfectious immediately when it happened, but logic doesn't really matter.
        • bxblox, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1I was unaware of whether or not they were still quarantined, and assumed they were. On that basis the question is valid. Save the sarcasm.
      • Yazilliclick, on 05/10/2008, -1/+2So you would suggest that when something odd medically happens that could be infectious that we do nothing until we know it in fact is? interesting strategy.
    • Picaroon, on 05/10/2008, -1/+10Yeah, sure, believe vroom101 and his "facts"
      I'll be the one alive while you're trying to get my tasty brains
    • jsaya, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/05/09/5519 ... - Public health officials have determined that a women who died on a Via train today did not die of an infectious illness.
  • vroom101, on 05/10/2008, -4/+6Direct link for #5...

    5. Train quarantined in Ontario with mystery illness: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/57684 ...
    (www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/5768499.html)
  • duddy, on 05/10/2008, -3/+50At the beginning of the 21st century, the Umbrella Corporation had become the largest commercial entity in Canada.

    Nine out of every ten homes contain it´s products. It´s political and financial influence is felt everywhere.

    In public it is the world´s leading supplier of computer Technology, Medical Products and Health Care.

    Unknown even to it´s own employees, it´s massive profits are generated by Military Technology, Genetic Experimentation and viral Weaponry.
    • Mononuclear, on 05/10/2008, -8/+5If the employees don't know about it then who makes military tech, does genetic experiments and creates viral weaponry? Is tit just the CEO and a bunch of robots? Does the CEO count as an employee?
    • megaton, on 05/10/2008, -8/+3It's "its," moron.
      • flogistan, on 05/10/2008, -0/+11Not to sound like Rodney king, but do you have to say moron? I mean just help the guy out nicely so he learns what he's doing wrong. Sorry, you gave me flashbacks to my dad in childhood.
    • geartype2, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6watch Cube, Cube 2, and Cube 0.
      • danwallace, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4There's a Cube 0?
        • geartype2, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1yes, it leads right into Cube, and is a great movie, explains a lot of things and opens up more questions.
      • masterm1nd, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5Or watch cube and shoot yourself in the head before you even think about watching any of the other ones.
    • masterm1nd, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3I wonder how many 'nuts' dugg without getting the reference.
    • OnlyShawn, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1ITS!!! You're making my head explo---

      pop.
  • gadimus, on 05/10/2008, -13/+0Don't forget the Poutine and Maple Syrup they make! Supposedly it snowballed when they mixed the two together on the train.
    • Farik, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3Lame joke to begin with, but for accuracies sake you are one province too far to the left.
  • cinematiks, on 05/10/2008, -0/+13yeah apparently false alarm
    http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/05/09/train-qu ...
    • thebadkitty, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4That's what they want you to think.
    • danwallace, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1God damn it. Nothing exciting ever happens here.
    • sKiLLa182, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2I work for an charter airline and we were actually hired to fly over the scene and take pictures by one of the companies involved. The general consensus in the office was that if it was anything, it was the "Norwalk virus" which has the wonderful attribute of being passed from humans to other humans via (no pun intended) feces. Makes sense that it was a false alarm, and I'm still convinced that the minor viral infection mentioned is Norwalk.
  • teambosun, on 05/10/2008, -20/+5I'm stuck on the last level of Portal. Anyone know what you're supposed to do in the big computer room?
  • Khaos, on 05/10/2008, -0/+27Resident Evil 5 viral marketing gone wrong?!?!
    • Tryptomine, on 05/10/2008, -0/+15Of course not, it is viral marketing after all.

      Get it? Hah!

      ...Okay, I'm sorry for that one.
    • silfiriel, on 05/10/2008, -2/+1is there even a RE 4?
  • flogistan, on 05/10/2008, -0/+53The only people who got sick were the ones who had fish for dinner. I'm glad there was someone aboard who knew how to land the train.
    • PaddyUK, on 05/10/2008, -0/+13Looks like I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.
    • DetStones, on 05/10/2008, -0/+8Yes, yes, I remember, I had lasagna...
  • regulations, on 05/10/2008, -7/+1This story is the biggest joke, an old lady died and some tourists said they had gas - on the same train!
    Thumbs down.
  • Shalaby, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7it's gone!
  • cutevie, on 05/10/2008, -1/+5omg Zombies DX
  • Apokalyps2547, on 05/10/2008, -9/+5Flu-like symptoms?!
    Oh noes!!
    It might be someone with... THE FLU! Heaven help us!
    • hardD, on 05/10/2008, -3/+1Flu kills,haven't you been watching fox news?
      • browwiw, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4As much as I hate Faux News and their incessant fear mongering...the flu epidemics are pretty goddam dangerous when not immediately pounced upon. And yes...the flu can kill.

        Wash your hands. Drink your orange juice. That should do it.
    • browwiw, on 05/10/2008, -0/+7The Spanish Flu ended WWI, smart guy. It killed more people than the goddam war. We're more than due for a flu outbreak of that magnitude, btw.
      • sKiLLa182, on 05/10/2008, -2/+3Weird, I thought it was Germany surrendering that ended WWI.
        • browwiw, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2Because they ran out of warm bodies to send to the front. You can't deploy an army that's been decimated by the flu. Read a book, people.
    • Risingashes, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1More like ZombieFlu- amirite?
    • Apokalyps2547, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Yeah yeah I know the Flu can kill, but these guys were making it out to be E.bola or something.
    • sc0rpi0n, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Everyone panicks!
  • COlson87, on 05/10/2008, -1/+18The article was removed? False alarm?

    I guess Mainstream Media felt we were scared enough this week. Or the shadow government miscalculated and it would be more profitable to do a large genocide-by-infectious-disease a few month from now.

    /joke

    /sorta
    • hempydave, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1no infectious disease outbreak on quarantined train
  • ThadeusMaximus, on 05/10/2008, -2/+1whoa
  • Slython, on 05/10/2008, -0/+11Jesus H. Christ. I live in Ontario and I got the flu yesterday. I'm freaked out now, thanks digg!
    • BeOrange, on 05/10/2008, -1/+9Can I have your stuff?
      • thebadkitty, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3Dude you're gonna have to fight his reanimated zombie corpse for it.
    • Slython, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1You really wanna risk being infected and spreading the virus? Be my guest! If I go down you're all coming with me!
      • crazyjake, on 05/10/2008, -0/+0well, before you turn, can you ship me over a WII? zombie apocalypse or not, i need to play some super smash bros.

        sarcasm /maybe i can even use that wii fit to get me into post apocalyptic shape?
    • Risingashes, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3You will not get my brains you preundead fiend.
  • isntreal, on 05/10/2008, -0/+8Honsetly, I'm glad they reacted the way they did.
  • funzo, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Geez, if you've been watching the news, the people that have been getting sick at the same time was just a coincidence.
  • j1ggy, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3I call food poisoning.
  • cbegin, on 05/10/2008, -1/+0And of course, everyone overlooks the outbreak in SFO... (sorry, PDF only)

    http://www.sfcdcp.org/UserFiles/File/Norovirus_Hea ...
  • everlast88, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Two Words: Zombie Apocalypse
  • Kajman, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2sounds like a case of monkey see, monkey do.
  • defmer, on 05/10/2008, -3/+0thats a x-file right there. whr the hell are those two when you need a them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Mekko, on 05/10/2008, -0/+0Now where's my machete.....
  • spons, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Here in Belgium there's a new series from the canadian television Regenesis about a virus heading for Toronto killing people...
    • hardness, on 05/10/2008, -0/+0WHERE'S NORBAC WHEN YOU NEED THEM?!
  • collinong, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2"There appears to be an event happening..."
    http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/thehappening/
  • jsaya, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3"The requested document could not be found." 404WTF
  • jozb, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1I didn't know I Am Legend was based on a true story. Who will be the last one left? probably will smith.
  • jsaya, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Ok found: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/05/09/5519 ...
  • beavismorpheus, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2Anyone else catch that respiratory illness? Im getting owned here. Some kid in my town died.
    Excerpt from the Lincoln Journal Star, Lincoln, Nebraska.
    http://journalstar.com/articles/2008/05/04/news/lo ...

    Tuesday night, Bryan Backhaus woke up with chills. On Wednesday, he didn't make it through the work day at Bike Pedalers, a shop where he started tinkering in his teens and bought a couple of years ago with his friend Greg Dunbar.

    At about 5 on Wednesday, his girlfriend, Jenni Dickey, found him at their home. He was visibly ill, and went to the hospital with flu-like symptoms.

    Doctors tested him for every kind of infection and virus, and told the family they didn't know what was happening, but it was serious.

    They tried everything they could, Bryan’s mother, Judy Backhaus, said. But by about 11:30 p.m. Wednesday, he was gone. An autopsy is being conducted to determine the cause of death.

    Could this be a terrorist attack and the internet is our only means to communicate? Or did I just not eat my vitamins?
    • Goathead2008, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3Could be, since everyone had forgotten about Canada eh?
  • JosephCarpenter, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1everyone has said it, but all i want to see is zombies as well
  • ElementCDN, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Direct link to Canoe article.
    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2008/05/09/5519 ...
  • Danfischer81, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1Mysterious illness a false alarm: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/05/09/train-qu ...
  • JazzClutchkick, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1T-Virus!
  • crowbarred, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1If something like this happens .. expect 404's and guess what ... you wont be reading it here on digg.
  • hempydave, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1FAIL
    Already been determined that the death on the train was not due to any thing you can catch.
    Buried as inaccurate.

  • Stuchus, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1The requested document could not be found.
    That's pretty scary.
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