Comments on: Bird Flu – Possible Catastrophe http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2005/05/23/bird-flu-possible-catastrophe/ Making the Connections Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:52:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: eric http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2005/05/23/bird-flu-possible-catastrophe/#comment-1051 eric Tue, 24 May 2005 04:31:33 +0000 /?p=107#comment-1051 When Hong Kong was hit by SARS, its hospital system - a modern, first-world hospital system - was almost overwhelmed. This from a disease that in reality was pretty difficult to catch and had infected only several hundred people. Many of those who died were overworked hospital staff apparetnly left with inadequate stocks of protective equipment which they were forced to reuse. Hey, that's the petty minded penny pinching attitude the public sector gets straight from the private sector under capitalism! 'False economy' is the phrase. When Hong Kong was hit by SARS, its hospital system – a modern, first-world hospital system – was almost overwhelmed. This from a disease that in reality was pretty difficult to catch and had infected only several hundred people. Many of those who died were overworked hospital staff apparetnly left with inadequate stocks of protective equipment which they were forced to reuse. Hey, that’s the petty minded penny pinching attitude the public sector gets straight from the private sector under capitalism! ‘False economy’ is the phrase.

]]> By: Stan http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2005/05/23/bird-flu-possible-catastrophe/#comment-1048 Stan Tue, 24 May 2005 01:19:44 +0000 /?p=107#comment-1048 The response of the capitalist world to AIDS will be remembered in history alongside the holocaust. It has not been merely neglect, but intentional neglect, with a genocidal purpose. The response of the capitalist world to AIDS will be remembered in history alongside the holocaust. It has not been merely neglect, but intentional neglect, with a genocidal purpose.

]]> By: blah http://www.feralscholar.org/blog/index.php/2005/05/23/bird-flu-possible-catastrophe/#comment-1047 blah Mon, 23 May 2005 23:38:43 +0000 /?p=107#comment-1047 "Anywhere between two and fifty million people could die." There are 25 million people with AIDS. 40% of the population in many countries. And it keeps mutating to kill people faster. I know people who were among the first diagnosed and are still alive yet more recent cases are killing people in as fast as 2 years. But nobody is worried anymore because they know if they are rich and have access to condoms and clean needles then it will only kill social scum and people in the third world. “Anywhere between two and fifty million people could die.”

There are 25 million people with AIDS. 40% of the population in many countries. And it keeps mutating to kill people faster. I know people who were among the first diagnosed and are still alive yet more recent cases are killing people in as fast as 2 years. But nobody is worried anymore because they know if they are rich and have access to condoms and clean needles then it will only kill social scum and people in the third world.

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