01-05-2009, 04:19 AM
Malaria death statistics by worldwide region:
My point is that whatever this "flu" is, it really is just a blip on the radar of all the things that constantly assault human beings on this planet. Is it a beta-test of a race specific bioweapon? Maybe. But is it going to require a draconian change in government's role in our lives to allow us to deal with it? Undoubtedly.
Look at the data above about Malaria. This current "Pandemic" has a loooong way to go before it even approaches the carnage caused by germs we all face every year. So I wonder if this is just a limited, natural event or a "Beta Test" that is being managed and monitored to see how "We The People" react to yet another massive push by government to take over our lives. If it is the former, it could certainly still be exploited by Government to its ends. If it is the latter, well, we have enough historical precedent to help us deal with the horror of the thought. It's happened before and we know it. Either way we are left with a very mysterious disease that, in the grand scheme of things, seems intended to get government more power over you.
- About 1,136,000 deaths from malaria in Africa 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 1,000 deaths from malaria in The Americas 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 65,000 deaths from malaria in South East Asia 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 2,000 deaths from malaria in Europe 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 57,000 deaths from malaria in Eastern Mediterranean 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
- About 11,000 deaths from malaria in Western Pacific 2002 (The World Health Report, WHO, 2004)
My point is that whatever this "flu" is, it really is just a blip on the radar of all the things that constantly assault human beings on this planet. Is it a beta-test of a race specific bioweapon? Maybe. But is it going to require a draconian change in government's role in our lives to allow us to deal with it? Undoubtedly.
Look at the data above about Malaria. This current "Pandemic" has a loooong way to go before it even approaches the carnage caused by germs we all face every year. So I wonder if this is just a limited, natural event or a "Beta Test" that is being managed and monitored to see how "We The People" react to yet another massive push by government to take over our lives. If it is the former, it could certainly still be exploited by Government to its ends. If it is the latter, well, we have enough historical precedent to help us deal with the horror of the thought. It's happened before and we know it. Either way we are left with a very mysterious disease that, in the grand scheme of things, seems intended to get government more power over you.
"If you're looking for something that isn't there, you're wasting your time and the taxpayers' money."
-Michael Neuman, U.S. Government bureaucrat, on why NIST didn't address explosives in its report on the WTC collapses
-Michael Neuman, U.S. Government bureaucrat, on why NIST didn't address explosives in its report on the WTC collapses