Toad’s Chorus

Toad’s Chorus has been alerted to an outbreak of AXLPI-Z, scientifically called Anthrax Leprosy Pi – Ebola Hybrid.

At this stage we have confirmed 67,000 deaths in the last hour.

West of Sealy, south of Brenham and north of Louise is under military quarantine.

A statement from the local military governor is expected shortly.

Authorities request all civilians stay away from the Houston area until further notice.

“The Post Card Killer” was thought to been close to capture. However, an elite police team sent to “down below” in New York were routed by a vicious attack. Five officers were killed, two others escaped with serious injuries.

They have been killed.

Officials have stated that the two remaining officers were killed at Harlem Hospital overnight. Each having a postcard placed between clenched teeth with “Cya” written on it. The word has always been written in an Old English cartography script in the victim’s blood. Experts have indicated it appears the words have been written with an traditional, although dated, fountain pen.

At this time there is no further information available.

In 1918, a virus wiped out tens of millions of people.

In 1998, the United States was able to prevent another outbreak of a similar virus, although later it became apparent the use of nuclear weapons in remote parts of the USA were needed. It appears this may have been covered up as simple “tests”. This is still being investigated, and we will return to this once we have more information.

The current situation is now dire however. It is estimated that the new variant of what is now known as the “swine flu” (A/H1N1) is likely to claim the lives of close to 20% of the western world.

Initially the virus was deemed less serious, although more contagious than the common influenza virus.

Recent evidence indicates that the virus has become highly “volatile”, and seems to have acquired some characteristics of the almost 100% fatal Ebola virus. It has been speculated that the Ebola virus was actually a US Military experiment from the late 50s that went horribly wrong.

Could it be the latest variant of H1N1, last seen on US Soil in 1998 near a military base could in fact be based on the same virus allegedly released by US Military in Africa around 1958?

Be assured we will get to the bottom of this.

Today is a sad day in New York.

After seven years, “The Post Card Killer” was thought to be close to capture. Authorities believed the killer had been traced to “down below”. “down below” is the unofficial name of the sub-city formed after the fires of 2002 post terrorist attack riots that largely destroyed New York and resulted in close to two hundred thousand deaths.

An elite squad of police was sent down based on leads from reliable informants.

It was expected they would return with the killer in custody.

Today, only two of the original squad returned, one with horrific facial injuries, and the other seriously injured. Harlem Hospital Center reported the second officer was in a serious but stable condition, and should be able to speak to his superiors sometime tomorrow.

The bodies of the other five members have yet to be recovered. However, as the two officers were pulled from the entry to “down below” near Harlem Hospital, an eye witness heard the less wounded officer screaming: “They are all dead, he killed them all, he knew we were coming. Oh my god, he killed them all.”

Officials have yet to confirm or deny the fatalities.

Tarantula

“That makes me feel good when I hear that. I love this job. It’s a fantastic job,” says Chuck Kristensen of Arizona.

He has been working in the hills of Yarnell, located a couple of hours northwest of Phoenix, for 30 years. For most people, hunting down scorpions and spiders, as well as a range of other venom carriers would not be the ideal job.  For Kristensen, it’s a fulfilling job. “I can actually milk the venom and sell it to medical research companies,” he said.

The job can be tedious, having to capture the creatures, often with bare hands, and placing a small tube on their fangs or stingers. They then need a small shock to get them to release their venom. It’s not a quick job however.

“Sometimes we have to milk 10,000 spiders just to get enough venom for one order,” he said.

The venom milked from these critters had become extremely valuable in medical research.

Keiji Fukuda, Acting WHO Assistant Director-General, states “the virus is transmissible”.

Okay, here we are in the 21st century, and they have only really worked this out?

Countries around the world are struggling here.  This so called pandemic has caused insurmountable damage to variously economies. But people seem to have forgotten something.

In 2008, across the world, 0.1 per 1000 people were murdered.

In a city the size of Los Angeles, that would be 384937 people dead. Every year.

Now, as far as I know, we are looking at less than 1% of that being killed by the “Swine Flu” across the world before it gets contained.  Hello?

Several million dollars are being spent on this.

Why not focus on murder? 3849 versus hundreds of thousands of deaths through violent crime.  Hmmm….

Keiji Fukuda needs a reality check. I know they are just doing their job. But, maybe a focus on education (educated people are far less likely to commit a violent crime) is a better option. What will it take for society to focus on positive development of individuals, rather than punitive punishment?

Could this be the answer?  Or is Swine Flu another failed Ebola?