ViroBlogy

This is actually unconscionable: given that SA was doing so well, with the largest number of people in any country on ARVs, to fail them now is to completely discredit our health system – and our government.

Seriously: why do we have a problem?  First, failures in local and national government; second, indefensible behaviour by local government and others in intimidating whistle-blowers, rather than dealing with the problem at hand.

Isn’t that exactly what happened in the pandemic in 2009 – and in 1918?  A disproportionate number of young healthy adults dying, compared to babies and old folk?

I blogged about this during the pandemic (https://rybicki.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/ah1n1-2009-gets-to-parts-the-other-flu-doesnt-reach/) and noted somewhere (that I can’t find) that the death toll was about as high as normal seasonal flu – but WITHOUT people over 50, who seemed to be protected by prior exposure.

This is a nasty virus: if I weren’t protected by prior exposure – being over 50, I would be worried enough to be vaccinated against it specifically.  So should you be!

Yup!  The wait-and-see brigade who say there’s no evidence the vaccine(s) prevent cancer should really shut up: successfully preventing the precursor stages of cervical disease that have been shown to lead to cancer MUST be evidence enough – surely?