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Sin Nombre & WNV
On May 14, 1993, a young, physically fit man living in the American Southwest suddenly collapsed. He was rushed to a New Mexico hospital but died of acute respiratory failure within hours. The man had been on his way to a funeral — his fiancée died a similar death just days earlier. By May 17, medical center officials identified three similar deaths in the Four Corners region where the borders of Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet. All of the victims had been young and otherwise healthy.
Sin Nombre is a disease that broke out in the four corners area of our country back in 1993. It is a rodent borne disease much like the plague. It is also called the Hantavirus. It was last seen by Americans in the 1950′s fighting in Korea. An outbreak leading to human infections can be linked to the weather. There is no cure for this disease and it has shown up every year since 1993 especially around the four corners area. It attacks the lungs and heart with most people drowning within the first 5 days of contracting this virus. By 1995 this virus had been detected in 20 states and kills half the people infected.
WNV The West Nile Virus first came to the U.S. in 1999 from Africa. It is a mosquito borne illness whose victims or overcome with fever and swelling of the brain. When the first case was diagnosed the CDC had no idea what it was and first labeled it as St. Louis encephalitis. If not for the Bronx zoo curator, Nancy Clum, it would have been months before anyone actually knew what it was. The CDC only investigates human deaths caused by infectious disease. The Bronx zoo was experiencing deaths in its owls, eagles, and other bird populations the same time people were showing up complaining of fever and headaches in NY area ER’s. The CDC did not look at her bird samples to see if the same genetic strain of virus could be blamed for the cases of “St. Louis encephalitis” they had diagnosed. She contacted the army and they did look at both human and bird samples and determined it was the same infection. This took several weeks and New York now had eight cases with the same symptoms. The doctors also were puzzled why they had this many cases of encephalitis. They might see that in one year or even two. Even though the army said it was the same strain …even they didn’t know what it was. So now the CDC had to do their tests. That took several more days.
This is just an example of how two major viruses have made their way to the Northern hemisphere in the last few decades. West Nile originated in the Euphrates area of the Nile river. West Nile may have been around for about 1,000 years but the 1937 case in Euphrates is the first case in modern times. The Hantavirus has been around as long as there have been mice in one form or another. Both of these diseases have never been detected here until the 1990′s. This seems to be a natural event and not “planted” by other means. There is a vaccine for the WNV however, nothing is available for the Hantavirus. If this had been a very contagious strain of some flu or air-borne illness the number of deaths would have been staggering. These same procedures are still in place today. The flu is always associated with another species as most viruses are. So if it will take a month to just identify the type or strain, millions of people could be dead before work on a vaccine could start.
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B’Man’s Rights Watch: 2nd Amendment
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The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution states:
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
There are few inalienable rights more important than this one (although I believe that many actually work hand in hand to provide protections of the citizenry FROM a rogue government). As Wikipedia puts it:
The Bill of Rights is a series of limitations on the power of the United States federal government, protecting the natural rights of liberty and property including freedom of speech, a free press, free assembly, and free association, as well as the right to keep and bear arms.
The Bill of Rights is the name given to the first 10 Amendments to the Constitution. Each one initiated by Congress and then ratified by at least 3/4 of the states. In the case of the 2nd, the only real difference between Congress’ version and the ratified version is a couple of capital letter (which may or may not hold significance). Legaleze and certain rules in writing can mean totally different things. But that is beyond the scope of this writing.
It is apparent to me that the original authors and signatories understood that the citizenry needed a way to defend themselves, their homes and their state. To take away such a right is to put oneself, their family and their state in mortal jeopardy.
There are other countries that have taken away these rights (or never had them to begin with) and it is plain to see that it does not make people safer when they are relinquished, but to the contrary, makes them vulnerable to rogue agents both in government and criminal activities such as theft, assault and home invasions. Case in point is Australia:
Crime stats speak for themselves, but in case you missed it, this is what happened to crime as a result of this ban on guns in Australia:
Armed Robberies have gone up 69%
Assaults involving guns up 28%
Gun murders up 19%
Home invasions up 21%
So, would it surprise you that our government would want to thwart the original Founding Fathers’ intent so that they can control the population’s last remaining source of stopping their rogue takeover which culminates in total iron-fisted control? Would it surprise you that they would lie and cheat to attempt to convince an ever-growing gullible Sheople that we need to take away the 2nd Amendment “for our own good”? Do you think that they would actually sell high power automatic weapons to other countries, ultimately disappearing into the hands of the Mexican drug cartels (to the tune of more money made selling weapons to Iraq or Afghanistan)? And do you think that they are killing two birds with one stone by empowering the drug cartels as a way to convince the Sheople that a continuation of a failed Drug War is needed “for our own good”?
To understand the depths they will stoop, let us look at some stunning facts about how many deaths occur from “noble” sources, such as health related deaths, compared to deaths caused by guns. There are far more deaths caused by or resulting from medical treatment or advice than from firearm deaths (homicides and suicides combined): medical related deaths range from 225,000 up to 284,000 depending on where you get the estimates. I’ll use the conservative numbers available.
First, firearm deaths:
Firearms deaths:
All firearm deaths: 30,694
Firearm homicides: 12,352
Firearm suicides: 17,002
If you do the math, you find: 12,352 + 17,002 = 29,354. 30,694 – 29,354 = 1,340 (the accidental deaths from firearms). Needless to say, the figure for accidental firearm deaths is probably much less than 30,694, no matter how you cut it.
Accidents with firearms are mostly categorized as negligent homicides.
But, to be clear, let’s break it down even further to make a point:
(DETAIL DATA FOR FIREARM DEATHS)
All firearm deaths
Number of deaths:30,694
Deaths per 100,000 population: 10.4
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Table 18
Source and further information:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/injury.htmAssault or Homicide
(Data are for the U.S.)Number of emergency department visits for assault: 1.8 million
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, Table 13Mortality
- All homicides
Number of deaths: 18,124
Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.1
Cause of death rank: 15
- Firearm homicides
Number of deaths: 12,352
Deaths per 100,000 population: 4.2
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables B, 18″
Source and further information:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/homicide.htmSuicide and Self-Inflicted Injury
(Data are for the U.S.)
Number of emergency department visits for self-inflicted injury: 594,000
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, Table 13Mortality
All suicides
Number of deaths: 32,637
Deaths per 100,000 population: 11.0
Cause of death rank: 11Firearm suicides
Number of deaths: 17,002
Deaths per 100,000 population: 5.7
Source and further information:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/suicide.htm
So, let us compare firearm deaths (intended or not, suicide or homicide or accidental) to other accidents or unintentional injuries:
Accidents or Unintentional Injuries
(Data are for the U.S.)
Number of emergency department visits for unintentional inujuries: 27.7 million
Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, Table 13Mortality
All unintentional injury deaths
Number of deaths: 117, 809
Deaths per 100,000 population: 39.7
Cause of death rank: 5Motor vehicle traffic deaths
Number of deaths: 43,667
Deaths per 100,000 population: 14.7
Unintentional poisoning deaths
Number of deaths: 23,618
Deaths per 100,000 population: 8.0
Unintentional fall deaths
Number of deaths: 19,656
Deaths per 100,000 population: 6.6
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Tables B, 18″
Source and further information:
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/acc-inj.htm
No matter how you calculate the numbers, when you compare the firearm deaths of any nature to all other deaths we see quite a radical difference which suggests to me that we are being hoodwinked into believing we have a much bigger problem than we actually do.
What makes it even worse is when you look to the “noble” sources of death from the medical field’s ineptitude and knack for making mistakes. To understand, let us review what is termed Iatrogenesis at wikipedia:
The terms iatrogenesis and iatrogenic artifact refer to adverse effects or complications caused by or resulting from medical treatment or advice. In addition to harmful consequences of actions by physicians, iatrogenesis can also refer to actions by other healthcare professionals, such as psychologists, therapists, pharmacists, nurses, dentists, and others. Iatrogenisis is not restricted to conventional medicine and can also result from complementary and alternative medicine treatments.
In other words, medical mistakes and many other medical phenomena, such as: medical error; poor prescription handwriting; negligence; faulty procedures, techniques, information, or methods; prescription drug interaction; adverse effects of prescription drugs; over-use of drugs leading to antibiotic resistance in bacteria; nosocomial infection; blood transfusion; and others.
Wiki continues:
“Iatrogenesis is a major phenomenon, and a severe risk to patients. A study carried out in 1981 more than one-third of illnesses of patients in a university hospital were iatrogenic, nearly one in ten were considered major, and in 2% of the patients, the iatrogenic disorder ended in death. Complications were most strongly associated with exposure to drugs and medications. In another study, the main factors leading to problems were inadequate patient evaluation, lack of monitoring and follow-up, and failure to perform necessary tests.
But how bad are the numbers?
In the United State alone, recorded deaths per year (2000):
12,000—unnecessary surgery
7,000—medication errors in hospitals
20,000—other errors in hospitals
80,000—infections in hospitals
106,000—non-error, negative effects of drugsBased on these figures, 225,000 deaths per year constitutes the third leading cause of death in the United States, after deaths from heart disease and cancer. Also, there is a wide margin between these numbers of deaths and the next leading cause of death (cerebrovascular disease).
225,000 deaths per year from iatrogenic causes. But you must understand that most of the data is derived from studies in hospitalized patients (what about the ones who died and never went to the hospital).
I can also point to an Institute of Medicine report entitled “To Err Is Human“, which points out JUST the mistakes, disregarding the other iatrogenic disorders that ended in death:
Health care in the United States is not as safe as it should be–and can be. At least 44,000 people, and perhaps as many as 98,000 people, die in hospitals each year as a result of medical errors that could have been prevented, according to estimates from two major studies. Even using the lower estimate, preventable medical errors in hospitals exceed attributable deaths to such feared threats as motor-vehicle wrecks, breast cancer, and AIDS.
Do the math. See that medical procedures, medications, mistakes, etc far out weigh firearm deaths of ANY sort, yet you NEVER hear of banning them, nor will you ever hear of it. So, what does any thinking person see in this: that we are being lied to. That we are having information held from us, unless you dig like I have. Why? To take away more of our liberties and to keep the inept and criminal medical industry alive, ensuring political campaign money flowing to the criminals we elect.
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