The joys of inbreeding - MERS
Not
MRSA, this is Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
From the
Wall Street Journal:
Deadly Virus's Spread Raises Alarms in Mideast
Saudi Arabia on Sunday confirmed a surge of cases of a deadly virus in the kingdom over the past two weeks, even as it tried to counter criticism that it wasn't doing enough to contain the outbreak.
The United Arab Emirates over the weekend separately announced six confirmed cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, among paramedics there, one of whom died of the illness. The high number of cases among medical workers raised questions about how effective Arab Gulf governments have been in controlling the 1�-year-old outbreak.
This is a very specific and unique disease. It was first identified in September 2012 and there have been 228 infections and 92 deaths.
The middle-east culture has a long history of
inbreeding in general. The
high instance of hemophilia bears witness to this. Who is to say that this is not some new plague waiting to really blossom.
Thank God that it is difficult to spread to healthy people.
Posted by DaveH at April 14, 2014 8:18 PM