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Post by bessie on May 6, 2010 21:27:40 GMT -5
I am posting this for a Morgie friend in Australia. She has been communicating with the producer for nearly a year, and hopes that others in Australia do as well:
60 Minutes (Australian Channel 9 network) is in the process of putting together a story on "Morgellons", to go to air on Australian Television some time this year.
Stephen Taylor (Producer) of 60 Minutes would like to hear from other sufferers in Australia.
Please write to Stephen at: sttaylor@nine.com.au
Bessie
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Post by Sidney on May 6, 2010 23:02:37 GMT -5
Thank you, Bessie. This is excellent news indeed.
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Post by gezunked on May 9, 2010 5:27:22 GMT -5
It looks like 60 minutes are warming up for morgellons... This aired in Australia tonight Sun 9th May The Virus Hunters Reporter: Liam Bartlett Producer: Howard Sacre, Tim Toni It's that time of year again. The flu season used to mean household variety snuffles and sore throats. But nowadays, catch the wrong strain and you could end up in hospital or worse. Last year it was swine flu, we picked that one up from pigs. And, as Liam Bartlett discovered, that's just the start of it. Bats, birds, horses, monkeys, they all carry bugs that could kill millions. Ground zero is Africa where our frontline scientists, the virus hunters, are scouring the jungles tracking down the next big killer. Full transcript arrives Monday. from: sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=1049536The reporter has started a blog on the subject with the oppportunity for people to comment. The link is at: sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/Blog.aspx?mode=preview&blogentryid=643672&showcomments=true
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Post by kmarie on May 9, 2010 8:16:09 GMT -5
Gezunked,
You always have such great posts.
That link is very scary.
Can't wait to read the Full Transcript.
Thanks for posting!
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Post by kmarie on May 9, 2010 8:21:34 GMT -5
From Gezunked's Link above:
Excerpt:
For someone who already harboured closet paranoia about diseases, reporting this story really only served to reinforce my worst fears.
Every one of the experts we challenged essentially agreed on the same thing; the next pandemic will come from animal transmission and is not a question of if, but when. This was especially sobering coming from the CSIRO's bio-containment facility in Geelong, the go-to lab for scientists around the world whenever there is a global threat. As an aside, it is something that we can be immensely proud of as Australians.
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Post by bessie on May 10, 2010 8:58:13 GMT -5
Newsweek article appeared a few days ago... Adorable animals that can make you sick Sweet, adorable creatures can also be hosts to some nasty bugs. "Zoonotic diseases" are what scientists call illnesses that start in animals and then jump to humans. As many as 75 percent of newly emerging infectious diseases are zoonotic, and thanks to globalization, zoonoses that start in China, Africa, or Latin America can easily make their way to America. We're not saying you shouldn't coo at the following photos of (mostly) fuzzy, itty-bitty animals. Just respect their ability to cause a global health pandemic. "Cute, Cuddly, and Contagious" photo.newsweek.com/2010/4/animals-that-spread-disease-to-humans.html?ocid=xnetr3-1Bessie
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