“———–diseases desperate grown
By desperate appliance are relieved,
Or not at all.”
Hamlet, Act IV, Scene III
Thanks to Pamela for sending this along and keeping me in line. I have good intentions with this silly thing, but of course we all know where that road leads. I’m going to take a bit of advice from my Violence and [...]
It seems to me that far more zombie/disease related films come out during the fall/winter than do in the spring/summer. I’m not exactly sure why, but I would speculate it has something to do with zombie films not being able to stand up to huge summer blockbusters like “The Dark Knight” or other superhero movies [...]
Yes, that’s right. As I write this in the part of September that is edgeing into “late” we can already see the Halloween costumes lining the walls of shops, bags of candy corn piled high, stacks of pumpkins outside of the market.
I enjoy Halloween, I do. I see no reason in beginning festivities a month [...]
I just saw a news story with some horrifying stats.
Teen suicide is through the roof! Yikes.
Some scary thoughts:
–60% increase in suicide in 45 years
–Suicide is in the top three leading causes of death for people ages 15-44
–In 2005, more than 32,000 people committed suicide in the U.S. (there are 1 million suicides a year globally)
Now [...]
Despite the title, this doesn’t have anything to do with the commercial again, other than that and a post over at SystemsThinker.com has me thinking about what actually qualifies as epidemic. His really excellent discussion of Borderline Personality Disorder was at one point deemed an epidemic. I found this really interesting mostly because it reminded [...]
I just this very minute saw a commercial for a new model of Volkswagen that used the word epidemic in the most bizarre context ever. Or was it?
The woman in the commercial says a new epidemic is sweeping the nation. At this, I perked up…
She continues to say that women all over the country are [...]
The author of the A Pandemic Chronicle wrote a post last night about the demand for 100% accuracy in any crisis. She points out that it is improbable for all workers and aide required to be there in a crisis could provide 100% of anything if they are concerned about their own family and friends, [...]
Morning!
I read a post this morning over at the Avian Flu Diary announcing a conference taking place tomorrow from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm EST in Wisconsin on Preparing an Organizational Response to Pandemic. They are also broadcasting the conference over the internet, so I am lucky enough to get to watch.
You have to register, which [...]
http://www.vitabeat.com/death-of-38-venezuelan-indians-may-be-linked-to-rabies/v/8893
Well, while we are on the subject of rabies…
There is apparently an outbreak of rabies in Venezuela.
“Preliminary studies of the latest outbreak that killed at least 38 Warao Indians in northeastern Venezuela indicate that it may be a type of infectious rabies transmitted by bites from bats, according to indigenous leaders and researchers from the [...]
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Rev. J. Reed Braden
