Nanny's Victorian Values - Scarlet Fever Makes a Comeback!

Despite an all pervasive Nanny state, that lectures from dawn til dusk about our health, lifestyles, eating, drinking etc it seems we are not actually getting any healthier.

In fact, in certain areas, we appear to be reverting to Victorian levels of health.

It transpires that the UK is in the grip of a Scarlet Fever outbreak. As per ZeroHedge scarlet fever cases are now at 50-year-high sparking concerns for researchers, as they are baffled as to how “Victorian-era” diseases are making a comeback.

Scarlet fever hit its highest level in England for 50 years, with more than 17,000 cases reported in 2016 according to research in the Lancet. The infection is most common in children under the age of 10 and although highly contagious (being spread easily with a cough) is easily cured with a round of antibiotics. But that, in and of itself, raises concerns of the disease becoming resistant to antibiotics, creating a global pandemic.

Doctors are urging the public to be aware of symptoms, which include a rosy rash, and seek help from their doctor. Data for 2017 suggests the rate of infection may be falling, but experts remain cautious, saying it is “too early to tell.” Normally, first world nations have a better chance of handling an outbreak such as this, but England is on the verge of losing control over this scarlet fever outbreak.

“We are concerned – it’s quite a dramatic rise,” said Dr. Theresa Lamagni, head of streptococcal surveillance at Public Health England, who led the study.

Well then, instead of advancing we appear to be heading back to the good old days!

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Zuckerberg To Heal The World

Apparently Mark Zuckerberg intends to cure the world of all disease by the end of the century.

Call me a cynic, but I suspect that diseases (in some shape or from) will be with us as long as we exist as a species and most certainly as long as so many people waste time and mental resources on Facebook!

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Hot Drinks Cause Cancer - Probably!

The World Health Organisation (WHO), the organisation that spread aids in Africa via infected needles and that has mismanaged the Ebola and Zika outbreaks, has decreed that hot drinks "probably" cause cancer.

In other words they don't know!

Not withstanding the fact that WHO hasn't a clue, it has decreed that hot drinks should always be left for a few minutes to lower the temperature, or cooled down with milk to avoid disease.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an agency of the WHO, said very hot drinks of 65C and over double the risk of developing cancer of the oesophagus.

However, the panel found there was no evidence that coffee or tea causes cancer and said any link was because of the hot temperature of the drink. Ironically, a few years ago, IARC claimed that coffee did cause cancer!

Dr Christopher Wild, director of IARC, is quoted by the Telegraph:

"These results suggest that drinking very hot beverages is one probable cause of oesophageal cancer and that it is the temperature, rather than the drinks themselves, that appears to be responsible."

Aside from the word "probable" destroying any facet of credibility of this so called "research", who the fark drinks liquids at 65 degrees plus?

That's too bloody hot, you would burn yourself!

The WHO should focus on sorting out the mess it has created wrt Zika and Ebola, instead of sticking its nose into peoples hot beverages!

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The Dangers of Weight Training

 

Gym weights carry 362 times as many bacteria as a toilet seat!

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Prats of The Week - The WHO

Despite the fact that Ebola is still raging in West Africa, and various other diseases are running amok (eg malaria and HIV) it is refreshing to see that the World Health Organisation (The WHO) has its priorities right.

It has decided that naming diseases after places and occupations may just be too offensive, as such it wants certain diseases renamed.

Included in the list of offensive diseases are German measles, Legionnaire's disease, Cooks syndrome, Psoriasis butchers disease, Japanese encephalitis, Middle East respiratory syndrome and Rift Valley fever.

For why?

They might offend countries and professions!

FFS!

WHO assistant director general Dr Keiji Fukudasaid is quoted by the Telegraph:

“This may seem like a trivial issue to some, but disease names really do matter.  

We’ve seen certain disease names provoke a backlash against members of particular religious or ethnic communities, create unjustified barriers to travel, commerce and trade, and trigger needless slaughtering of food animals. 

This can have serious consequences for people’s lives and livelihoods.”

Bollocks!

Will this save lives?

No!

Is this a good use of The WHO's time, money and resources?

No!

The WHO, well deserving Prats of The Week!

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Prats of The Week - Brighton and Hove Council

As ever, the Green led council down of the sarf coast manages to make a mockery of itself by imposing petty and arbitrary rules and regulations based on Nanny's mantra of "health and safety".

This time Brighton and Hove council, in its infinite "wisdom", has decreed that two small ornamental fountains in a couple of sheltered housing schemes pose a risk of legionnaires' disease.

The council's solution?

Fill them in!

One fountain in Elwyn Jones Court in South Woodlands, London Road, Brighton was paid for out of the bingo winnings of one of the residents (Joyce Hutson) and installed by THE COUNCIL a year ago.

Now the council wants to fill it in, even though it was THE COUNCIL that installed it!

Elderly residents of Laburnum Grove sheltered complex in the Hollingdean area of Brighton were also told by the council that their fountain might have to be filled in.

Mrs Hutson has told The Argus that residents will sit around the fountain if the council tries to disconnect it.

The council said no decisions have been taken and that a report will be produced once risk assessments have been carried out.

The risk assessment will be carried out by someone with a clipboard ticking off all sorts of inane "what if?" scenarios, that have as much chance of occurring as the fountain being a source of ebola.

Oddly though, the council has also said the action only concerns water features in housing schemes and not public fountains.

Why is this odd?

Answer: because Brighton has at least one farking large fountain that, during the summer, spews water droplets (which can carry legionnaires' disease) all over the place.

Why isn't the council doing a risk assessment on its own fountains?

Brighton and Hove Green council, well deserving Prats of The Week!

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No Mollycoddling

I see that Welsh Nanny has issued an edict that warns of the dangers of mollycoddling kids who have glandular fever, tonsillitis etc.

Kids who have been struck down with tonsillitis and glandular fever should carry on going to school. The booklet, given to families in South Wales, says pupils should take “zero days off”; despite suffering a range of childhood illnesses such as conjunctivitis, head lice, threadworm and hand, foot and mouth disease.

Foot and mouth?

I thought cows got that?

Nanny goes on to recommend that kids should spend just four days away from school for measles, and take no more than five days for chicken pox, whooping cough and mumps.

The Telegraph notes that the guide was produced by a consortium of five local councils, including Cardiff.

As to whether this is workable or not remains to be seen, given that "one size" does not fit all and kids take different times to recover. I would also note that forcing them to come to school, whilst still contagious, simply spreads the bugs to others.

I wonder what Nanny's recommendation will be for Ebola?

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Knobhead of The Millennium

There are fools, idiots, prats and knobheads.

Most certainly the man who followed up a sneezing fit on a plane by saying loudly he had Ebola, is the knobhead of the millennium.

The Mail reports that following this outburst a Hazmat team rushed on to a plane from Philadelphia in the Dominican Republic.

The American passenger, who did not have Ebola, was detained by four officers and taken to the airport's medical centre in Punta Cana where, after numerous tests, I assume he was given a sound kicking for being a knobhead.

The remaining 255 people were forced to stay on board for two hours until he was cleared.


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