Posted on 05/05/2014 5:03:54 PM PDT by CorporateStepsister
"The spread of polio around the world has become so serious it is now an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization warned today.
The agency said the problem could grow in the next few months and unravel the nearly three-decade effort to eradicate the crippling disease.
It described current polio outbreaks in Asia, Africa and the Middle East as an 'extraordinary event' that required a coordinated international response. It was the first-ever international alert on polio.
'Until it is eradicated, polio will continue to spread internationally, find and paralyze susceptible kids,' Dr Bruce Aylward, who leads WHO's polio efforts."
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
I note that these are all areas of high muslim population, and that devout muslims refuse to use a vaccine developed by a Jew on their children...
I agree.
“Childhood vaccines eliminated polio from the U.S. in 1979, and are still used today to prevent new infections. But more and more parents are delaying vaccines or skipping them altogether, leaving their children vulnerable to deadly diseases,”
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/polio-spreading-abroad-threatens-us/story?id=23597103
Thanks for the ping!
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