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2018-03-11 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

mysterious and deadly new epidemic called Disease X that could kill millions around the world

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Posted by Fred 2018-03-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 um...so it's the "Global Warming" of diseases?

Posted by Mercutio 2018-03-11 07:05|| 2018-03-11 07:05|| Front Page Top

#2 to recognise the fact that the next deadly pandemic could be started by an illness that has not caused any problems before.

So Disease X doesn't actually exist and the placement is simply a 'placeholder'?

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-03-11 08:30|| 2018-03-11 08:30|| Front Page Top

#3 So, they just discovered that if you have an X chromosome, you are going to die?

Posted by Beau 2018-03-11 08:59|| 2018-03-11 08:59|| Front Page Top

#4 File under - we need more funding.

Posted by Procopius2k 2018-03-11 09:40|| 2018-03-11 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 "could be started by an illness that has not caused any problems before"
So, they've basically just admitted that they don't know why any of this happens at all. Right?

Posted by ed in texas 2018-03-11 10:33|| 2018-03-11 10:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Apparently, we don't do that whole Germ Theory of Disease thing anymore. But do give us money though.

Also, the sky is falling! Or could fall, at some point in the future from some cause we are not aware of. Did I mention send money?

Posted by SteveS 2018-03-11 10:59|| 2018-03-11 10:59|| Front Page Top

#7 The WHO is trying to get money for something that doesn't exist? That reads like it defines a scam.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-03-11 11:23|| 2018-03-11 11:23|| Front Page Top

#8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_diseases_(X) That's a big list.

Posted by Dale 2018-03-11 11:28|| 2018-03-11 11:28|| Front Page Top

#9 IMO, we're talking about requests for funds here. That is "Suppose we hit by disease X - we need another 10 billion $".

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-11 11:37|| 2018-03-11 11:37|| Front Page Top

#10 The sky is falling! The sky is falling!! Well - it could!!!

Posted by KBK 2018-03-11 14:28|| 2018-03-11 14:28|| Front Page Top

#11 Uhm...see German Measles and Amniotic Banding

Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-11 15:42|| 2018-03-11 15:42|| Front Page Top

#12 #4 File under - we need more funding.

Also:

Don't restrict mass immigration from known disease vectors and shitholes, because hey, there's no way to predict these things.

Posted by charger 2018-03-11 15:42|| 2018-03-11 15:42|| Front Page Top

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