Posted on 09/18/2019 1:05:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Between 2011 and 2018, WHO tracked 1,483 epidemics worldwide, including Ebola and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), the report said.
These epidemics and pandemics devastated many of their host countries -- the West Africa Ebola outbreak resulted in a loss of $53 billion in economic and social cost. These huge economic costs translate to severe real-life consequences -- lost jobs, forced displacement, inaccessible healthcare, and greater mortality.
While disease, epidemics, and pandemics have always existed, greater population density and the ability to travel anywhere in the world within 36 hours means disease can spread rapidly through a country and then go worldwide
Poorer countries, especially those without basic primary health care or health infrastructure, are hit the hardest by disease outbreaks. In these places, the problem is often compounded by armed conflict or a deep distrust in health services, as seen in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has been ravaged by an Ebola outbreak for more than a year. Community mistrust has led to violent, sometimes fatal attacks on heath care workers.
Scientific and technological advancements have helped fight these diseases -- but the WHO report warns they can also provide the laboratory environments for new disease-causing microorganisms to be created, increasing the risk of a future global pandemic.
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People in 1912 weren’t ‘ready’ either...
Thank you, TIK!
“ if a similar contagion happened today, it could kill up to 80 million people and wipe out 5% of the global economy.”
I hope your family is doing better. If Ebola spreads out over here (even Trump isn’t banning flights from affected countries), either we are sooooo screwed, or only our first world practices will save us (except in the poop-riddled-sidewalks deep blue cities like Seattle, S.F. and L.A.)
Good.
The new vaccine has had some success in the affected countries over in Africa, IIRC. It’s time to start production for First World countries as well.
In other words, don’t drink the Civet cat poop coffee. At $100/lb, it’s probably not worth it financially, anyway.
That’s an airport job, not TSA.
Fair enough. The point remains . . .
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