Some think I am simply an alarmist or just a
negative person. Truly, I do not want to
be but I am not one who denies or does not look at truth, no matter how
unpleasant because in truth, science is our superior brain's armor against extinction.
I posed a thought I had about Ebola (and other
viruses like D68) to a cousin of mine who is a doctor and a Stanford Medical School
graduate. I value his opinion when I try
to evaluate lots of positions I take because he is so well read and most
especially, on medical issues, because it is his area of expertise.
I ran by him things I was thinking about and asked
if I was correct in an opinion about the Ebola virus I wanted to write. He said what I said is well known and that I
should publish it. So I did below:
What I fear is not only
Ebola but is the fact that every living thing is geared for survival and
viruses are no exception. What Ebola
could do and what even AIDS does is show viruses' uncanny ability to mutate. It provides living proof of evolutionary
truth and the biological imperative of all living things -- man and viruses alike
– to survive by any means necessary.
Unable to be seen with
the naked eye aids the virus's amazing ability to survive sometimes too through
mutation and to find a host – us – who have no immunity to it. It is the mutation of these viruses into
something easier to transmit that is the possibility which chills one’s soul. Is D68 simply a mutation of the polio
virus? We do not know yet. In the case of Ebola what I have read and
what the CDC does not always say in public is they worry about its mutation.
So far Ebola is NOT
easily caught. So far like AIDS it is
spread only through contact with bodily fluids of an infected patient. Unlike AIDS, though, one is only allegedly
contagious when symptoms appear. The biggest
problem with AIDS is its ability to mutate rendering treatments and especially
vaccines improbable if not impossible to develop.
That reality is
especially worrisome. If Ebola did morph into another virus like it which could
be easily spread through a cough, a sneeze or touching the button of an
elevator then it would pose a societal existential threat. It is then and only then that we are looking
at a pandemic that could kill millions.
In addition, when our medical support system are coming down with the
disease and dying who will treat the living sick?"
My cousin labeled it
“Pneumoic Ebola” and further said it could "kill millions."
From climate change to
infections disease science rules the day.
Those who would deny it do so at not only their peril but ours and not
only their children's peril but everyone's children as well.
We must let science and
its truth lead the way and then we, who are not science proficient, should
scrupulously follow what its experts say we should do. Science and the truth it brings is the only
truth that, in truth, can set us free!
The
ONLY science deniers are Republicans and it is why we must elect
Democrats, the believers in science, to become our leaders. It is true
in the governor's office, it is true in the national Congress and it is
true in the Presidency as well. DEMOCRATS GET OUT THE VOTE. Elect
Martha Coakley governor no matter how many phoney ads Baker has trying
to trick Democratic Massachusetts voters into voting for him, a
Republican. DO NOT DO THAT. His party is the party of ANTI SCIENCE and
ANTI CHOICE whether he says he individually is not. When push to shove
he will toe the Party line because the money sits there!
Pass this to anyone you like!
