I too would consider your CV to be a very adequate background. Are you familiar with the work of Madeleine Mumcuoglu ? She worked under the direction of Jean Lindemann. She developed the first protocals for Sambuca Nigra.
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In animal trials it gave 100% protection for H5N1. The control group had 100% mortality. H5N1 was reported 86% fatal in humans in Korea, I believe. It's recombinant powers are unbelieveabl;
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It remains to be seen just how long they can keep a lid on it. Today H1N1,,, tomorrow, who knows?
I've never been to Sub-Sahara Africa. After getting Ramses Revenge and Dehli Belly and Moctezumas Revenge, I had no desire to see what else I could pick up. I drank out of the Nile not knowing about shistosomiasis.
Kathmandu seems to be THE place to get Hep. Irian Java seems to be a good place to get malaria. Some of the mutations are really bad. I recently recommended cats claw to a guy with Malaria. It shows indications of effectivnes with the spirochetes from Lyme. I thought it might help for malaria. It was better than telling him "geee, that's too bad"
India is the supreme testament to the powers of the human immune system. Though I do believe I read the figure of 68% gastroenteritis for the population of Benares [Varanasi] Nothing like a good swim in the Ganges to recharge your flora and fauna.
Vancomicin is slowly being trod under. Do-it-yourselfers with antibiotics are spawning new challenges. As humanity presents 6 billion new hosts, oportunists are moving in.
The "new" TB wants back in our lives. BSE would like to be a close friend. The new [old] influenza kills mostly healthy people. It's not a good time for a weakened immune system.
Fido, Homo-sapiens is trying to make the whole planet his niche. Those in the marginal areas are at high risk if they don't have lots of money. As our numbers increase, there are more poor shifted to marginal areas. They die.
I believe that the Greeks invented the form of birth control that involves the least killing [and dying] Males trysted witrh males until they were financialy able to support offspring. Then , they switched to females. This resulted in fewer abandoned children and a lower birth rate.
Europe resorted to endless wars to maintain constant populations. The pop of Britain was maintained at 5 million for centuries until the industrial revolution allowed a much higher food production.
The Amerinds in the Yucatan peninsula endured endless cycles of famine and war. The Yucatan peninsula is raised up seabed. It's just limestone with very few nutrients. There aren't even any rivers because the limestone is so porous. The flora is very nutrient poor and won't support a large number of fauna [man] The fauna came up with the idea of taking and killing captives to maintain the pop levels.
You may have seen Apokalyptica. It's terribly inaccurate but you get the idea. They considered it better to kill than to starve to death.
There are just too many people. If their own land won't support them, they are going to die,,,or be supported by others. Is it "better" to let 5 million die now or to let 50 million die when there is no longer enough food to feed them.
We're entering a "phase" where there is not enough food to support all our numbers. Sure, you can produce enough food today for everyone, but eventually, there will come a time when you can't. Isla de Pascua [Easter Island] reached that point. Polynesia has had other episodes of mass famine. Search "long pig"
Here is a graph to think about
FOOD, LAND, POPULATION and the U.S. ECONOMY
Our ocean fisheries are in collapse [about 50 % of them]
Some think that our pop is runaway
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Others are very pessimistic
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When you talk about saving people and providing healthcare, you need to look at the long-term results. People will always compete for living space. Idi Amin killed 1.4 million of the Matabele,,, or was it the ngoronongoro. The Hutus and the Tutsis killed 1/2 million or so.
If there isn't some kind of responsible population control [birth control], there will always be some mechanism that will diminish our numbers.