HOLY CRAP! World disease map!

[ColbertWatcher]

(first found on fark)

http://www.healthmap.org/en

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

1. I just emailed to one of my hypochondriac friends.

:evilgrin: :rofl:

[ColbertWatcher]

4. LOL! Do tell when your friend emails back! n/t

[Auggie]

2. What fun!

[XemaSab]

3. Oh noes! Monkeypox!

:o

[ColbertWatcher]

5. As the globe warms up, those diseases will be seen in places...

...they've never been seen in before.

It's a funny name, but a serious and deadly problem.

[madeline_con]

7. That's what DUH-bya's got. n/t

[MonkeyFunk]

20. MONKEYPOX?!?!?!

RUN!!!

[madeline_con]

6. No mention of AIDS in Africa. ???????? n/t

[XemaSab]

9. I thought that was odd too

Like, maybe it's too obvious to be mentioned? :shrug:

[madeline_con]

14. Maybe too many little balloons covering the whole continent? n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

12. Good question, I don't know why. n/t

[Subdivisions]

8. Isn't it strange to see such high concentrations of diseases

in North America and Europe considering we're the most medically advanced societies?

[XemaSab]

10. It might just be better tracking of what's around

:shrug:

[Subdivisions]

11. You could be right. n/t

[MsLeopard]

13. Yes, it is

Salmonella and West Nile virus especially prevalent in the US. Where I live in San Diego County, a local Friday evening jazz festival had to cancel two concerts after a dead bird with West Nile Virus was found at the location planned for those weeks. I think I see the marker for it.

Very interesting site.

[madeline_con]

15. Also huge population centers. n/t

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

16. Most Of Ours Were Local And Isolated, Whereas Many Of The Others In Other Countries Were More

widespread.

Most of ours had far less severity levels as well.

To many are just looking at the map and almost simple mindedly seeing a bunch of dots and going wowwwww, look at north america! But looking at the details yields a much different story.

[MsLeopard]

19. You're right

I didn't look into it further. The markers do make it look worse than it is. Good point.

[SoCalDem]

17. Microbes, bacteria, viruses, spores, germs are out to kill us all..all the time..

It's nothing personal..it's just what they do :)

[NV Whino]

18. I'm moving to Greenland

I'll be good for another couple of months anyway.