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I was reading the AP Article about the Haitian earthquake (Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped)this morning and one line struck me as being completely ridiculous. This struck me as being one of the most asinine statements I have read in a news article in a long while:
Dead bodies piled on the streets typically don't pose a public health risk
Can anybody corroborate this? I learned in biology class and in several army classes that unburied bodies in mass casualty/catastrophe situations are one of the biggest health risks there are because they are breeding grounds for whatever disease the dead person had being spread through flies and such, not to mention the risk of them contaminating water supplies. Common sense would tell you that piles of bodies laying around pose a health risk.My Respectometer for the AP just went down another notch, it is goind to start going Subterranean if they keep up their stellar reporting.
I was reading the AP Article about the Haitian earthquake (Thousands feared dead in Haiti quake; many trapped)this morning and one line struck me as being completely ridiculous. This struck me as being one of the most asinine statements I have read in a news article in a long while:
Dead bodies piled on the streets typically don't pose a public health risk
Can anybody corroborate this? I learned in biology class and in several army classes that unburied bodies in mass casualty/catastrophe situations are one of the biggest health risks there are because they are breeding grounds for whatever disease the dead person had being spread through flies and such, not to mention the risk of them contaminating water supplies. Common sense would tell you that piles of bodies laying around pose a health risk.My Respectometer for the AP just went down another notch, it is goind to start going Subterranean if they keep up their stellar reporting.
The major concerns are when it rains afterward which allow bacteria like dysentery to explode. More will die of thirst, disease, and starvation than from the earthquake itself because of the denial of basic needs now that there is virtually no infrastructure left in Haiti.
I had lost respect for the AP back when they delivered 15 (or however many) journalists to Alaska to dig up stuff on Sarah Palin last year, while the Democratic ticket went largely unvetted. But concerning Haiti, it is a huge travesty and I hope that other nations pull together to help the people who have been hit. It's sad to hear about all the destruction and to know that the country lacks the means to effectively help its people. Haiti is one of those nations that is somewhat of a mystery to me; I know there's a lot of poverty there and that the government has mishandled things there, but I wonder why it hasn't been able to pull itself up like other Caribbean islands have.
I can tell you from personal experience that mass casualty situations in which bodes lay around unburied is extremely unhealthy even in a desert.I just wonder what retard of a writer and editor let that line get put into print. They probably checked Wikipedia for their "facts". That is just poor reporting and the sad part is there are plenty of idiots who believe everything they read or hear in the news.
