Re: German E. Coli Outbreak
There is some truth in this. Well, if you stretch "truth" to - "this might lead you to the right general thinking", thus again showing the brilliance of the blind hen or broken watch.Originally Posted by Strike For The South
I would rather state it more along the lines of:
- Bacteria are wickedly good at adapting.
- Globalization.
- Stuff like this happens from time to time.
- Mass media actually get money when people buy/watch their stuff.
If you look at history we have had WAY worse. Most recent case I believe was simultaneously with WW1, and we still have no idea what that disease was, or if it can hit us again.
Oh, and one of the worst plagues were not a plague at all. And the old history book theory of rats spreading that particular one does not ring true with todays scientific methods. That plague was aerosol and wiped out half the western world. Let us hope that will not happen now.
A scary note: I think we were better prepared for something like that during the medieval times than now. Civilization now seem more brittle somehow. We are relying way more on advanced infrastructure and advanced agriculture - if that breaks we can not just pick up like they could back then.
Thoughts?
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