Ebola: the re-emerging Black Plague? Back in History: It was October 1347, instead of merchandise of silk and cotton from Asia and Black Sea region, twelve Genoese merchant ships delivered undesirable cargo of corpses; undelectable gift and present at Italian port of Sicily, in the city of Messina. A gift that turned curse- a pandemic disease of international dimension; a bubonic disease of groin, a pneumonic disease of lung, and more so, a flea and rodent carrying disease, which ravaged Europe, destroyed Asia, and decimated Africa. Within ten years down the road, Europe had lost about hundred million souls of its own; a loss that took Europe another 150 years to recover. Today in History: About forty years ago, at Nzara, Sudan and Yambuku, Congo at Ebola River tributary in Africa- we were told, five Ebola species were discovered. Zaire ebolavirus-one of the quintet viral carrying diseases the most dangerous is like the 14th-century-bacillus- Yersina-Pestis-the carrier-agent of Black Plague. From then on, Ebola-a-death-dealing-virus has created a notorious personality, personality of affliction- turned to both political and economic issues around world capitals; by international bloodsuckers: money before common good- pharmaceutical industrial complex. Ebola a thread-like-viral-infection, whenever in action, it can bring a nation on its knees; shut down a government, makes ships stand-still at deep sea, crash-land jumbo-jets, de-rails a thousand-coach-train. Ebola, once mentioned man becomes fearful, whenever it sneezes, man-anywhere he is catches cold. Ebola-the cruel and tormentor- its presence leaves nothing good, but trail of woes, anguish, cry, and pain- a bitter pill that leaves sour taste in mouth for a long time to come. Mankind and the Future of Ebola: Ebola-the double-stranded Ribonucleic Acid (RNA); a monster that turns all scientific solutions to naught, a giant that makes scientists look like Lilliputians. Ebola fear by all, but hated by everyone- is now on global rampage; it carries no passport- freely, it enters country of choice. Ebola pays no fare, yet, it rides on public transport- anytime, anywhere, any day. Is Ebola the modern day equivalent of Pandora of Greek mythology- whose disobedience resulted in evils escaping from- do-not-open-box in her care? Or is EBOLA-the new found acronym- Everything, But Our Life At risk, because of man’s moral decadence, permissiveness and lust? Whichever way, pray Ebola without cure has not come to stay, even as Ebola made it on list of seven world deadliest diseases; pray, Ebola should not join the league of: AIDS, cancer, cardiovascular diseases, and Alzheimer. Because the world has more than enough problems in hand to deal WITH.
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 03:55:45 +0000
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