Today my radio told me an African man visiting a relation in Texas was seriously ill with ebola, a highly infectious disease. He had flown from Africa. He was not ill when he set off. Its all entirely predictable and YOU saw it coming didn't you ? Yes, but those in power dare not take unpopular travel controls to prevent a crises BEFORE it happens.
We have mealy mouthed medical experts with cutting edge funding, research and training, but this makes us complacent, nay even arrogant that we are above nature. Nature is not feared anymore, but the truth is it is always the winner. We need a reality check and some humility, and some caution. A crises never starts of as a crises, it SUDDENLY becomes one ! Things SUDDENLY explode...
Oh, and of course we all new that the removal of certain dictators in the Middle East would backfire didn't we ? Yes we ranted in out kitchens, to our friends and on-line, we all saw it coming.... so why couldn't our leaders see it coming ? Was it their own self interests that blinded them ? If so then shame on them. We " ordinary " people rant about so much, but we see the world as it is, and without sounding arrogant, what needs to be done. If we were in power, would we DO it ? Mmmm....
Supposedly there is a second person with Ebola who caught it from the first one in the USA. I am trying to find out more about this...
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