Wednesday 22 October 2014

" Ebola and political point scoring "

 
 

 

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Subject: " Ebola and political point scoring !! "
 
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Mike's Comments - 22/10/2014.
 
Subject; " Ebola and political point scoring "

 

The latest Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4000 people with I gather more than a further 8 - 9000 confirmed cases although this is very difficult to establish if correct because of the countries involved and the lack of effective communications and systems??

Compared to the following.
 

Malaria Statistics


Malaria is a deadly mosquito-borne disease that affects millions each year in Africa and around the world:

  • Over half a million (627, 000) people die from malaria each year, mostly
  • children younger than five years old.
  • There are an estimated 207 million cases of malaria each year.
  • Although the vast majority of malaria cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa,
  • the disease is a public-health problem in more than 109 countries in the world,
  • 45 of which are in Africa.
  • 90% of all malaria deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Malaria costs an estimated $12 billion in lost productivity in Africa.
  • When insecticide-treated nets are used properly by three-quarters of the
  • people in a community, malaria transmission is cut by 50%, child deaths are
  • cut by 20%, and the mosquito population drops by as much as 90%.
  • It is estimated that less than 5% of children in sub-Saharan Africa currently
  • sleep under any type of insecticide-treated net.
  • It is estimated that a child dies every minute of malaria
 
OR?????
 

About Tuberculosis | Aeras

www.aeras.org/pages/about-tuberculosis
 
Many people think of tuberculosis as a disease of the past, but the reality is that TB is an urgent public health crisis. Each year, more than 8.5 million people become sick with TB and 1.3 million people die of the disease.
In fact, TB is the leading cause of death among people living with HIV, causing one out of every four deaths. It is also the third leading cause of death for women, affecting people during their most productive years (ages 15-44)
 
Yet we have various pollies making political capital for reasons better known to themselves out of other peoples misery in regard to the out break of Ebola which I might add has been known about since early this year 2014 and does break out on a regular bases so ? where was Tanya Plibersek the Labor Party Deputy Opposition Leader and Shadow Foreign Affairs & International Developement Minister and Greenie Senator ( and a medical Doctor - retired ) Di Natale back earlier this year and for many years prior to that in regard to Malaria – refer above - and Tuberculosis – refer above - which has and has every chance in the future to far exceed the deaths caused by Ebola???
 
                                                                                          Julie Bishop.
 Maybe the fact that Plibersek's opposite number in the Abbott mobs government the Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop has done such a good job as Chair of the United Nations Security Council where reports state quote " Julie Bishop has conducted herself with poise and professionalism " unquote especially over the downing of Flight MH 17 over Ukraine and now the Iraq/ISIS saga that Plibersek MP considers that she has some catching up to do like " Lets force our military to put themselves into harms way by sending them off to care for foreign nationals in foreign countries with no concrete plan ' B ' should they catch the Ebola virus?? something I very much doubt she would not want her families to do!!! " just to - in my view - as the Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister big note herself with the International Community? bugger us Aussies!!
 
I totally agree with the Abbott mob and that is a governments prime and overriding responsibilities is to their own people first because lets face it if we send our medical teams overseas and we have an out break of Ebola here which ofcourse with modern air travel currently that is more than possible ? who will come to our aid considering the vast distances between us and the nearest modern medical facilities capable of helping us??
 
Plus would they risk sending anyone with the real fear that their people may take the Ebola virus back with them when they return??
 
Could they afford to have their medical teams in quarantine when they return for some ( 21 ) days
 
? " HOW LOW CAN A POLLIE GO TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS WHEN IT CONCERNS THEIR POPULATIONS HEALTH AND WELL BEING AND SAFETY???? "
 
  Tanya Plibersek Deputy Labor Leader.
ABC News updated Sunday 19/10/2014 2.54pm

Ebola crisis: Tanya Plibersek calls

on Government to do more to fight outbreak in West Africa


Senator Richard Di Natale.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
Broadcast: 16/10/2014.
Reporter Tom Iggulden.

RICHARD DI NATALE, GREENS SENATOR.Because there are no votes in poor, black Africans dying

However I realise that Indonesians, Sri Lankans, Indians, and people from Thailand are not necessarily black but they are certainly not white Europeans but never-the-less we went to their aid after the 2004 India Ocean Earth Quake and the following Boxing Day Tsunami which killed 100' s of 1000's of non - white people!!
The extent these Greenies like Senator Di Natali will go too get a " Head Line " is just beyond belief????
Hear Hear!! especially when these pollies put politics and their political self preservation before the interests of the Aussie population!!
However if you are happy with that then " Good on yeah " when life for whatever reason from a political point of view for you goes pear shape then don't whinge!!

Mike Howe.

 
 
 
 
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