At 13%, not really a reliable man killer, but nevertheless, hope springs eternal…
On 21 January 2016, the National IHR Focal Point of Angola notified WHO of an outbreak of yellow fever (YF). The first case with onset date on 5 December 2015 was identified in Viana municipality, Luanda province.
As of 7 April 2016, a total of 1,708 suspected cases, including 238 deaths (CFR: 13.9%), had been reported from 16 of the country’s 18 provinces. >snip< A total of 581 cases have been laboratory confirmed in 59 districts of 12 provinces. >snip< The risk of spread to other provinces and to neighbouring countries remains very high. Transmission of the disease is no longer restricted to Luanda. As of 7 April 2016, the National Final Classification Committee had confirmed local transmission in five other provinces (Benguela, Cuanza Sul, Huambo, Huila and Uige) and in a total of 10 districts. In addition, international spread of the disease has already been documented. Recent imported cases of YF have in fact been detected in China, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (see DONs published on 11 and 6 April).
You never know for sure what will happen when various strains of these African diseases break out into populations which have no evolutionary history of exposure to them. Zika was viewed as relatively harmless, and it was within Africa – until it hit the populations that hadn’t adapted to it outside of Africa.
Of course we are finding that a lot of these disease are also sexually communicable for some time after symptoms abate, meaning that the one means of transmission for many of these diseases which the health experts are prohibited from addressing is the one means which will gradually genocide the rabbits.
Disease accompanies the K-shift, and we appear to be heading for a K-shift of epic proportions.
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It’s strange to feel so upbeat about the news lately, but I am.
Did the black plaque aid in K selection?
As they would say on Jeopardy, “What is the Renaissance?”