08-08-2012, 05:09 AM
i need to do some up-to-date reading so i can say something reasonably intelligent in here. years ago i read a book called "The Coming Plague", it was extremely well-researched, scientific, and scared the living hell out of me. it had to do with emerging viruses in the world. mainly Ebola/Marburg that could rapidly spread around the planet and cause utter devastation. we have to be grateful for the first-line defense of doctors combating it. some of them die.
so recently i read about a polio strain coming back, now the original post here, and syphilis may be on the list. damn viruses are tougher than we as humans are. although it does appear that HIV is under control, where it was once the "gay plague". but only under control in countries that can afford the meds.
so Ebola, which is the scariest damn thing on earth, has sprung up again. it gets quashed, but never for long. whenever i read about a new outbreak i am reminded of our vulnerability. if it got out of Africa unabated (just one infected person on an international flight) it would be the stuff of horror movies. i really don't think we should panic, but i do think people need to pay attention to the CDC. and maybe alter some practices accordingly.
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so recently i read about a polio strain coming back, now the original post here, and syphilis may be on the list. damn viruses are tougher than we as humans are. although it does appear that HIV is under control, where it was once the "gay plague". but only under control in countries that can afford the meds.
so Ebola, which is the scariest damn thing on earth, has sprung up again. it gets quashed, but never for long. whenever i read about a new outbreak i am reminded of our vulnerability. if it got out of Africa unabated (just one infected person on an international flight) it would be the stuff of horror movies. i really don't think we should panic, but i do think people need to pay attention to the CDC. and maybe alter some practices accordingly.