You know what, there are some really, and I mean really, REALLY, nasty things out there.... germinating and mutating and standing by to really cause us (humans) some trouble. Some of the things I too wish I was not aware of.
There are two relatively new strains of tuburculosis out there, one is MDR or multi- drug resistant and is almost impossible to cure and the treatment is almost worse than the disease. The other strain is no longer treatable. And TB is extremely transmissible from person to person. Both types are prevalent in Africa and NOT in any first- world nations. I fear this will change suddenly though one day when 'that guy' gets infected, does not know it, flies back to the US or Sweden or Germany..... or worse yet, through ALL of those countries and begins a viral spread that cannot be contained. It is estimated that at one point in history, 1 human in 4 died from TB; I can see where that would be considered a low number with modern air travel.
It is estimated that the 'Spanish Flu' pandemic of 1918 killed somewhere between 50 and 100 million people worldwide.... and that was before rapid travel such as by airplane! Today, that same virus would take out a significant portion of the world's population I fear.
There are those who believe it is not a question of if but when the next pandemic wipes out a good portion or all of humanity. The mathematical models do bear this out (the process is called 'doubling' and it is the same underlying math that explains thermonuclear devices for example).
Antibiotics are becoming less and less effective every single day, exactly as was predicted back in the 1940's. Today there are many bacteria that are either drug resistant or simply not treatable.
Ebola is nothing to worry about. Wanna' scare yourself? Study up on some of the models of some deadly and also highly contagious viral spreading scenarios.
Dem dare tamper proof food and medicine product containers ain't gonna' save us methinks. Depressing, ain't it?
Brian
I didn't need to see this. I'm going back outside and sticking my head back in the sand.