U.S. researchers predict cholera will hit almost twice as many
Haitians this year as the U.N. has estimated. The new analysis suggests
there will be more than three quarters of a million cases of the
disease.

Haiti had been free of cholera for about a century until last
October, when the first cases were reported. The outbreak came nine
months after the devastating earthquake, though it's not exactly clear
how the two are related.



Jason Andrews of Harvard Medical School and colleagues have just
published a new study projecting the course of the epidemic over the
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Andrews says the United Nations originally projected there would be
200,000 cases of cholera. "They then revised that estimate to project
that 400,000 cases would occur over the next year. In our model, we
projected 779,000 cases of cholera and 11,000 deaths."

The new study uses a more sophisticated mathematical model of the
likely course of the outbreak than the U.N. used for its estimates.

Andrews' projection includes assumptions about improving water
supplies, vaccination, and the use of antibiotics. He says his model
indicates that those interventions can make a real difference in the
ultimate impact of the epidemic.

"Certainly, if more aggressive interventions were done, such as
vaccinating a larger proportion of the population or a faster rollout of
clean water, the impact of interventions could be greater," he says.
"But what we found was by doing all three of these interventions, you
could avert a substantial burden of cholera and a substantial burden of
deaths over the coming year, and that's one of the main messages of my
analysis." (eppisode:black and orange tungsten ring)



Public health experts continue to debate the best way to control cholera
- vaccination versus antibiotics versus sanitation. But Andrews says
his model shows that even modest use of all three can have a significant
impact in reducing cholera illness and death.

The model in Andrews' study projects the course of the epidemic for
the next year, but it doesn't indicate when Haiti will again be free of
cholera.

"This is not something we looked at in the model, and it would be
extraordinarily difficult to predict right now. Our prediction right now
is that it will be endemic in Haiti at least over the next year and for
some time to come, which means that a significant number of people will
continue to be infected with cholera."

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To give back tungsten engagement rings?

She lost her fiance and now a court in Bridgeport decided a woman has to give back her ceramic wedding bands, too.

A Superior Court judge on Wednesday decided that a Bethel man should
get back the $10,000 ring he gave to his girlfriend, reports the
Connecticut Post.

"After thoroughly reviewing the law on this subject, the court
aligned itself with the more modern view that, regardless of fault, the tungsten engagement ring should be returned to the donor," Judge John Kavanewsky said, according to The Post.

Charles Miller, of Bethel, and Nicolette Chiaia met at work in 2007. In
November 2008, Miller flew Chiaia to Italy to propose and gave her a
$4,000 tungsten ring.

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"She took one look at the tungsten&ceramic ring and told (me) she didn't like it and took it off her finger," Miller's lawyer told The Post.

Miller then bought Chiaia a $10,000 ring and financial difficulties later caused problems between the couple.

During their court dispute over the tungsten carbide rings, Chiaia argued that the ring was a Christmas gift because he gave it to her a few days before the holiday.

The judge, however, sided with Miller but said Chiaia could keep the couple's Tupperware, mattresses, daybed and rocking chair.

Miller will likely sell the tungsten steel ring.

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