And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the
voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name
that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto
them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger,
and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Quotation from
Revelations 6:7-8, King James Version
Looks like Jamaica is caught in a four way battled
with viruses; Chikungunya, Zika, Dengue and H1N1 (Influenza A).
The ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletic
Championships, is set to get underway from Tuesday March 15th to
Saturday March 19th 2016 at the National Stadium as reported in the
article “2016
Boys And Girls’ Champs Launched”, published Wednesday March 2, 2016 by
Shayne Fairman, The Jamaica Gleaner.
But first, a quick joke about the Ebola Virus.
Still, this is no joking matter once Champs is
involved!
Ticket sales have been slow as noted in the article
“Quiet
Start To Champs Ticket Sales At National Stadium”, published Saturday March
12, 2016 by Andre Lowe, The Jamaica
Gleaner, possibly because many Jamaicans are still recovering from General
Elections 2016.
But I suspect it may also be that many Jamaicans
fear becoming ill after going to the National Stadium, as it'll be the perfect
way for these viruses to more rapidly spread islandwide as predicted in my blog article
entitled “How
Jamaica's February 2016 Sports Calendar will help spread the Zika Virus”.
So fancy coming to Kingston and being infected by
all four at the same time?
Virus
to spread thanks to Champs - Track and Field and Viruses mingle
Let’s do a roundup of the four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse now running amok through Jamaica.
First, the H1N1 (Influenza A), more commonly called
swine flu, is on a rampage as noted in my blog article
entitled “How
4 Jamaicans dead and 35 infected as H1N1 (Influenza A) goes on a Rampage”.
It’s already killed four persons, all elderly,
including a 49-year-old woman medical doctor Dr. Suzanna Roye, as reported in my blog article
entitled “Why
Dr. Suzanna Roye died from Influenza A (H1N1) as Ministry of Health stocks up
on Tamiflu”.
There is now a total of thirty five (35) Jamaican
infected with H1N1:
1. 28
adults
2. 7
Children
Seven (7) more from Clarendon are suspected to have
this highly contagious and deadly version of the flu since Friday March 11th,
2016 as noted in the article “Three
Suspected H1N1 Cases In Clarendon – Medical Officer”, published Friday
March 11, 2016, The Jamaica Gleaner.
And at the rate it is spreading, everyone will have
it by Easter 2016.
Zika
and Chikungunya Tag Team - No sex or babies if you want to remain healthy
Then there is the Zika Virus, for which only one
case has been officially reported, making me suspect a cover-up as noted in my blog article
entitled “Why
the Ministry of Health is covering up Local Transmission of Zika Virus in
Jamaica”.
Something tells me that the Zika Virus is a sleeping
time bomb, as it's now being shown to cause Microcephaly, acute myelitis and
Guillain-Barré syndrome as noted in my blog article
entitled “How
the Zika Virus now connected to Microcephaly, acute myelitis and Guillain-Barré
syndrome”.
Not to mention being sexually transmitted, making
condom a potentially hot seller at ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletic
Championships……..for adults of course!
As if this wasn't enough, Chikungunya Virus is
coming back for part two with St. Catherine on Thursday March 10th,
2016 reporting two new cases as noted in the article entitled “St
Catherine Records Two New Chik V Cases”, published Thursday March 10, 2016,
The Jamaica Gleaner.
So no sex or babies and drink plenty of Water and
take multivitamins….. if you want to remain healthy!
New
Lab for Viral Testing at UHWI - More Vaccine will be needed as Social
Gatherings spread disease
This time around, the Ministry of Health has decided
to actually spend some money where it's really needed; Detection.
They recently plunked down some JA$10 million to
upgrade the National Virology Reference Laboratory at the UHWI (University
Hospital of the West Indies) to be able to test for Zika, H1N1 (Influenza A)
and Chikungunya as reported in the article “Jamaica now fully equipped
to test for ZIKA”, published Friday, March 11, 2016, The Jamaica Observer.
This lab makes it unnecessary for Jamaica to send
samples to Trinidad and Tobago-based CARPHA (Caribbean Public Health Agency)
and wait seven (7) days to get the results as noted in the article “Local
ZIKV-Testing Lab Kicks Off Operations Today”, Published Monday March 7,
2016, The Jamaica Gleaner.
Vaccination against H1N1 (Influenza A) is coming for
doctors and nurses, with 700 already vaccinated out of the 5000 order by the
Ministry of Health as reported in the article “Get
Vaccinated - Senior Medical Doctor Urges Action Against H1N1”, Published
Saturday March 12, 2016, The Jamaica
Gleaner.
Those 5000 H1N1 Vaccines that Minister of Health Dr.
Christopher Tufton mentioned breaks down as follows:
1. 1000
from Trinidad and Tobago
2. 3000
from PAHO (Pan American Health Organization)
3. 1000
from Belize
I suspect he'll have to order 100 times that number
as reported in “Ministry
Stepping Up Procurement Of Flu Vaccines For Frontline Health Workers”,
Published Friday March 11, 2016, The
Jamaica Gleaner.
The flu season is expected to end in the next six to
eight weeks. But I suspect with gathering like ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and
Girls’ Athletic Championships and the rainy season coming at the end of June
2016, the four horsemen of Viruses will be with us a lot longer.
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