Indi, no one is asking you. Just to add to the debate, and for no other reason. The rednecks don't care how many people die from what ever, as long as they are non whites! The only concern some would have with tuberculosis in PNG is its to close to home. Just a hop, skip and a jump from North Queensland, ah Indi!

The rednecks don't care how many people die from what ever, as long as they are non whites!
Paul1405,
I'm closer to them then you realise & your racist quip confirms your moron status. One of these poor young woman some time ago was condemned to die because of your Leftie mates in immigration who wouldn't provide her with a visa to get medical help in time. She was 20. Don't you feel a real philanthropist now knowing that your leftie bureaucrat mates did their job ? Btw. that was during the Federal & Qld State Labor years.

Indi, everyone is a moron if they do not agree with you! To make light of poor people with TB shows you have little regard for them. Your certainly not known for having any sort of compassion for indigenous people at the best of times. It was you who posted <<If you ask me that outbreak of TB is from our Leftie morons talking so much crap.>> Back in your tree.

G’dayBruce, I reckon you’re spot-on.

We are certainly spending big bucks on trying to address TB and all manner of other diseases, and yes there are numerous others that could morph into highly drug-resistant entities at any time.

We won’t politically be able to implement real restrictions, until an epidemic is underway, at which time we will implement very draconian restrictions. But of course it will be too late by then.

I think Gaia is paused to hit back at the human ‘plague’.

everyone is a moron if they do not agree with you!
Paul1405,
Are you totally incapable of any reason, even wrong ones ? A moron is not someone who disagrees with me, a moron is a human being with insufficient sense to be a proper human being but has enough brain cells to be a damn nuisance kept by the rest of us. I have yet to see a moron self-employed. Nor have I thus far encountered a moron who is not a Leftie or worse, a Greenie..

Yes, Ludwig has a point: it is good to have 2 billion people less on this planet. In fact, it would be ideal to reduce the number of remaining humans to some 5-digit figure, as this would give us the best conditions and independence to concentrate on spiritual practices rather than having to waste our time competing for economic resources or following the dictates of society and governments.

But No, it is not good to have 2 billion people die, how more so suffer such terrible and painful death from tuberculosis.

So how can we square the circle? Sending people to Mars cannot outpace human population growth. The only way, as several mentioned already, is to stop procreating.

As everyone who is born must die, consider giving birth to a new baby an act of murder - a direct cause of that baby's death! Even when conception is not intended, this is still a case of reckless manslaughter. Why then are parents rewarded instead of punished?