Worsts of Healthcare Reform

Foreign Policy magazine enlightens us with a list of four of the worst healthcare reforms attempted around the world. Not surprisingly, the United States makes the list, alongside Russia, Turkmenistan, and China.

It's a Sick, Sick, Sick World

Last night I posted a link about the pneumonic plague in China. Today, the BBC reports on the same thing.

What's more, the AP has an article about a new strain of the HIV virus, possibly originating in Yaounde, Cameroon.

On top of that, there's daily news on the fatal A1H1 flu virus (a.k.a. swine flu) that I don't care to recount here.

Honestly, I don't think we have to fear a comet or asteroid impact or even global warming or nuclear warfare; I think the world (or humanity, at least) is going to succumb to bacteria and viruses.

(I honestly don't mean to sound pessimistic and apocalyptic. It's just food for thought.)

The Plague Is Here

Really. I speak the truth.

Not the bubonic... it's the pneumonic, but still....