Posts Tagged Haiti

Fear and rumors during an epidemic

The story looks like its straight from a history book about the dark ages. Doctors without Borders tried to setup a clinic in Haiti to treat cholera patients. Instead of being welcomed by the local people, the doctors were met with fear, a small riot and rock throwing. The situation got so bad that armed troops had to be brought in to protect the clinic and doctors.

Cholera fears spark anti-clinic protest in Haiti

During the middle ages, people that did not understand the plague looked for groups of people to blame for the outbreaks. Finger pointers would pick someone in the village that had a bad reputation, brand them a witch for the outbreak of the plague, and burn them at the stake. An unknown number of Jews were murdered and burned during the Dark Ages for “supposedly” spreading the plague. There are stories of people being rounded up, locked in a barn, and the barn set on fire – because it was believed the people were witches, or were Jews and were responsible for causing the plague.

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Posted on October 27th, 2010 in Preparedness Articles

Sean Penn on the Cholera outbreak in Haiti

Sean Penn talks about the Cholera outbreak in Haiti. By the latest number, over 250 dead and over 3,000 infected. Until people start getting safe drinking water, the problem is just going to get worse. Once Cholera gets into the drinking water supply, the water has to be chemically treated or filtered to remove the…

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Posted on October 26th, 2010 in Preparedness Articles

Haiti and the 3 day food supply

On January 12th, 2010 a magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit about 16 miles west of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The Haitians are now 5 days into the disaster, and relief efforts are being stifled by damage done to the cities infrastructure. If we listen to FEMA, they suggest we keep 3 days of food and…

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Posted on January 17th, 2010 in Preparedness Articles