With all the signs of the impending doom (Gaza War, Ukranian/Russian War, Ebola outbreak, planes falling out of the sky...), how long is it until people start to look to shift the blame?
If history has taught us anything, it is that in times of despair and crisis, the world leaders will look to give the people someone to hate and blame. In the end, it's good policitcs, right?
With the recent updates in the Ebola outbreak (you know, how that guy with Ebola got on a plan, vomitted eeverywhere, made a stopover and then landed in Nigeria - which now means Ebola has spread outside of remote African villages), it is only a matter of time until the leaders of the western world look to blame the African people and government.
Considering the people of these remote villages who are infected with Ebola are turning away the WHO in favor of witch doctors, it shouldn't be hard for Obama or Abbot to ensure there is a villan in all this...
If you think the outbreaks and wars aren't bad enough, wait until the citizens start taking things into their own hands...
It's the end of the world as we know it
Showing posts with label Pandemic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pandemic. Show all posts
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Thursday, 3 July 2014
Pandemics are scary
Well isn't this just terrifying.
There is now a major ebola epidemic in West Africa, one of the biggest if not the biggest ever on record. Ebola is a particularly terrifying disease, with a 90% mortality rate for those who are unfortunate enough to contract it.
Ebola toll jumps to 467, worst outbreak on record
With such a high mortality rate, it isn't at all surprising that numerous movies and pieces of fiction have centred on ebola or a mutation of ebola as the cause of the next great global pandemic. The knowledge that infection is an almost certain death sentence creates a terrifying image of desperation and inevitability that cannot be dismissed. It defeats optimism and kills hope.
There is now a major ebola epidemic in West Africa, one of the biggest if not the biggest ever on record. Ebola is a particularly terrifying disease, with a 90% mortality rate for those who are unfortunate enough to contract it.
Ebola toll jumps to 467, worst outbreak on record
With such a high mortality rate, it isn't at all surprising that numerous movies and pieces of fiction have centred on ebola or a mutation of ebola as the cause of the next great global pandemic. The knowledge that infection is an almost certain death sentence creates a terrifying image of desperation and inevitability that cannot be dismissed. It defeats optimism and kills hope.
What would happen if transmission of this disease were to suddenly become easier? What would happen if the outbreak were to jump to a place other than the remote parts of West Africa to say London or Paris?
Monday, 30 June 2014
Are you a germaphobe?
There has hardly been any reporting done on the MERS outbreak that has been affecting the Middle East.
Big jump in MERS cases reported
With the disease occurring largely in Saudi Arabia, who knows what the true figures are?
Could this be the beginning of global pandemic that sweeps across borders? It's a terrifying thought. There doesn't seem to have been a truly global outbreak since the Spanish Flu after the First World War. With the level of global connection our society now has, it wouldn't take long for such a pandemic to take hold and spread.
The damage wrought by the disease itself could be minor relative to the complete chaos and terror that it could create as well. I remember clearly the level hysteria and panic that occurred during the height of the SARS outbreak and the recent swine flu scare. Neither of these proved to be the doomsday events feared and yet they were still significant enough to cause people to go just a touch crazy. Something a bit more real could send people completely over the edge.
Big jump in MERS cases reported
With the disease occurring largely in Saudi Arabia, who knows what the true figures are?
Could this be the beginning of global pandemic that sweeps across borders? It's a terrifying thought. There doesn't seem to have been a truly global outbreak since the Spanish Flu after the First World War. With the level of global connection our society now has, it wouldn't take long for such a pandemic to take hold and spread.
The damage wrought by the disease itself could be minor relative to the complete chaos and terror that it could create as well. I remember clearly the level hysteria and panic that occurred during the height of the SARS outbreak and the recent swine flu scare. Neither of these proved to be the doomsday events feared and yet they were still significant enough to cause people to go just a touch crazy. Something a bit more real could send people completely over the edge.
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