Epidemic of Epidemics

I have heard several news sources echoing what I have been getting at in this blog for the past few months:  We are in a epidemic of epidemics.  This news article from the Washington Post is along the lines of what I have been saying, but it really only goes into the West Nile and the Yosemite Hantavirus.  Apparently they aren’t reading the Funk Freedom Press as religiously as they should be otherwise they would know about ALL the various diseases that are back en force (outlined here for new readers to the FFP) .  Coast to Coast recently dedicated half of their nightly show to the strange outbreaks that have been plaguing the US some of which slipped under my watchful eye.  People are taking note, and you read it here first.

Mid-West nile Virus Outbreak Day 3

Also known as Egypt Fever, The West Nile Virus has been ripping through the Midwest and Texas this summer.  As you can see from this article, 90% of the Mosquitoes tested were positive for West Nile.

The real question is, how can we absorb the tax burden of vaccinating all these mosquitoes?

Mid-West Nile

I was never convinced West Nile was a serious threat, but this story comes from theFunklord’s old stomping grounds.  The mayor gets West Nile while recovering from Cancer.  He was not the first, as apparently others have been effected in the neighboring towns.

Every article is the same:  Some “rare” disease rears it head, an expert explains how the chances of the disease effecting anyone are “one-in-a-million”, and the report goes on to detail all the people that have been infected.

Again, I have no idea why so many of these diseases are making the news, but they are.  Is the Media seeking them out because they are so rampant, or are they rampant so they have no choice but to report?