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HOT DISEASE

I’ve been saying for years that one major possibility with climate change is that exotic diseases could reach the UK, causing all sorts of epidemics. It seems I might not have been far wrong.
In the last few weeks, some 200 people in Italy have been infected with chikungunya, causing crippling muscle pains and fever, and spread by mosquitos. One person has died.
This should sound a warning bell regarding invasions, into Europe, of more and more exotic insects and diseases, for which we have no natural immunity. I fear those who think global warming will bring nothing but sunshine are being too optimistic.

© Anthony North, September 2007

NAY TO DNA

At last a bit of common sense. The Nuffield Council on bioethics has called the idea of a National DNA Database unjustified. This follows a judge who suggested, recently, that the whole UK population should be on the database …
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YOBS FOR THE ARMY

A British Army Brigadier has said that many of our young troublemakers from deprived areas should be seen as ideal recruitment material for the army. But instead, they just hang around, causing trouble and indulging in petty crime …
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