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Global Warming: Is Recent Ice Melt Awakening New Strains of Viruses and Viral Diseases
Posted by:
Dr Dr
()
Date: December 05, 2012 03:44PM
http://guardianlv.com/2012/11/global-warming-is-recent-ice-melt-awakening-new-strains-of-viruses-and-viral-diseases/
*** Note: Republicans you can skip this post. It involves an understanding of science. ***
EV71, West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever, HIV/AIDS, Ebola, the SARS Virus, Bird Flu, Pertussis (Whooping Cough), H1N1 Virus. All deadly and all seeing a resurgence of reported cases Worldwide.
And there’s more: Small Pox, Polio, Bubonic Plague, Marburg Disease virus, Hepatitis, Anthrax, Human Monkey Pox, Yellow Fever, Malaria, Cholera. There are too many to name all of them here, but these diseases have been multiplying and spreading the world over in the last few years.
Has the Ice Melt of recent years, caused by Global Warming, released these diseases from their frozen hibernation?
With ancient ice melting rapidly in Greenland, Antarctica, and the Arctic Ocean, can ancient mosquito eggs, and the associated viruses and parasites they may carry, be responsible for the obvious worldwide disease outbreaks of the last few years?
Glaciers in the European Alps have been melting as well, and this can’t be good either, as the Black/Bubonic Plague outbreaks of the 14th, 17th and 18th centuries were centered in Europe and Asia, and of Pandemic proportions.
Could the melting Ancient ice be releasing mosquitoes and fleas from another century, insects carrying parasites and viruses from another time and place in world history?
The answer is yes and it may be happening even as we speak.
Let’s take a look at some of these Viruses and Viral Diseases.
West Nile Virus:
According to The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) there have been 5,207 cases of West Nile Virus reported in 48 out of 50 states in the U.S. this year, with 234 deaths attributed to the virus.
There are 2 different types of the virus, and of the 5,207 reported cases, 49%, or 2,564 were classified as a non-neuroinvasive disease, with the other 51%, or 2,643 were classified as a more virulent neuroinvasive disorder along the lines of meningitis or encephalitis.
The estimate of cases of West Nile Globally is over 100,000 annually.
This is the greatest number of cases of West Nile Virus reported to the CDC since calendar year 2003, and fully 80% of these reported cases were in 13 states, California, Ohio, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Michigan, Colorado, Nebraska, Illinois, Arizona, South Dakota and New York State.
80 % of people who are infected with West Nile Virus will not show any symptoms at all.
20 % of the people who become infected with West Nile Virus will have symptoms such as fever, headache, and body aches, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a skin rash on the chest, stomach, and back.
*** Note: Republicans you can skip this post. It involves an understanding of science. ***
EV71, West Nile Virus, Dengue Fever, HIV/AIDS, Ebola, the SARS Virus, Bird Flu, Pertussis (Whooping Cough), H1N1 Virus. All deadly and all seeing a resurgence of reported cases Worldwide.
And there’s more: Small Pox, Polio, Bubonic Plague, Marburg Disease virus, Hepatitis, Anthrax, Human Monkey Pox, Yellow Fever, Malaria, Cholera. There are too many to name all of them here, but these diseases have been multiplying and spreading the world over in the last few years.
Has the Ice Melt of recent years, caused by Global Warming, released these diseases from their frozen hibernation?
With ancient ice melting rapidly in Greenland, Antarctica, and the Arctic Ocean, can ancient mosquito eggs, and the associated viruses and parasites they may carry, be responsible for the obvious worldwide disease outbreaks of the last few years?
Glaciers in the European Alps have been melting as well, and this can’t be good either, as the Black/Bubonic Plague outbreaks of the 14th, 17th and 18th centuries were centered in Europe and Asia, and of Pandemic proportions.
Could the melting Ancient ice be releasing mosquitoes and fleas from another century, insects carrying parasites and viruses from another time and place in world history?
The answer is yes and it may be happening even as we speak.
Let’s take a look at some of these Viruses and Viral Diseases.
West Nile Virus:
According to The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) there have been 5,207 cases of West Nile Virus reported in 48 out of 50 states in the U.S. this year, with 234 deaths attributed to the virus.
There are 2 different types of the virus, and of the 5,207 reported cases, 49%, or 2,564 were classified as a non-neuroinvasive disease, with the other 51%, or 2,643 were classified as a more virulent neuroinvasive disorder along the lines of meningitis or encephalitis.
The estimate of cases of West Nile Globally is over 100,000 annually.
This is the greatest number of cases of West Nile Virus reported to the CDC since calendar year 2003, and fully 80% of these reported cases were in 13 states, California, Ohio, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Michigan, Colorado, Nebraska, Illinois, Arizona, South Dakota and New York State.
80 % of people who are infected with West Nile Virus will not show any symptoms at all.
20 % of the people who become infected with West Nile Virus will have symptoms such as fever, headache, and body aches, nausea, vomiting, and sometimes swollen lymph glands or a skin rash on the chest, stomach, and back.
Re: Global Warming: Is Recent Ice Melt Awakening New Strains of Viruses and Viral Diseases
Posted by:
bob black
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Date: December 05, 2012 03:48PM
"Note: Republicans you can skip this post. It involves an understanding of science"
As long as it is not some article on people with AIDs are heroes. Never did find that argument the least bit convincing.
As long as it is not some article on people with AIDs are heroes. Never did find that argument the least bit convincing.
Re: Global Warming: Is Recent Ice Melt Awakening New Strains of Viruses and Viral Diseases
Posted by:
BatBoy Lives
()
Date: December 05, 2012 03:59PM
You crack on Republicans and science and then you post a whack job article from the Guardian?
Worse yet, from the Guardian's short attention span kid's pages. lmao
No wonder you idiots believe half of the shit you do.
Worse yet, from the Guardian's short attention span kid's pages. lmao
No wonder you idiots believe half of the shit you do.
Re: Global Warming: Is Recent Ice Melt Awakening New Strains of Viruses and Viral Diseases
Posted by:
correlation/causation
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Date: December 05, 2012 04:07PM
Ever hear of cause and effect? What scientific evidence do you have to prove that melting ice caps caused the more cases of this disease? Over the same time period, more single women had birth than in previous years. Did the melting ice cause that?
The word is "correlation does not imply causation." Google it.
Funny how you mock Republicans for not understanding science then proceed to prove that you have no understanding of it. LOL.
The word is "correlation does not imply causation." Google it.
Funny how you mock Republicans for not understanding science then proceed to prove that you have no understanding of it. LOL.
Re: Global Warming: Is Recent Ice Melt Awakening New Strains of Viruses and Viral Diseases
Posted by:
truck driving scientist
()
Date: December 05, 2012 04:12PM
Bwahahahaahhahahahaha. This is the guy that wrote the article:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-donahue/59/a16/a24
When I want hard hitting scientific journalism, I always look to former truck drivers who run a shitty news site.
OP, you are a fucking idiot. What's your next source? Alex Jones?
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-donahue/59/a16/a24
When I want hard hitting scientific journalism, I always look to former truck drivers who run a shitty news site.
OP, you are a fucking idiot. What's your next source? Alex Jones?
Re: Global Warming: Is Recent Ice Melt Awakening New Strains of Viruses and Viral Diseases
Posted by:
ICU
()
Date: December 05, 2012 04:30PM
truck driving scientist Wrote:
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> Bwahahahaahhahahahaha. This is the guy that wrote
> the article:
>
> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-donahue/59/a16/a24
>
>
> When I want hard hitting scientific journalism, I
> always look to former truck drivers who run a
> shitty news site.
>
> OP, you are a fucking idiot. What's your next
> source? Alex Jones?
No. Mittens.
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> Bwahahahaahhahahahaha. This is the guy that wrote
> the article:
>
> http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-donahue/59/a16/a24
>
>
> When I want hard hitting scientific journalism, I
> always look to former truck drivers who run a
> shitty news site.
>
> OP, you are a fucking idiot. What's your next
> source? Alex Jones?
No. Mittens.