The Dangerous Gas Theory in relation to drug-resistant bacteria and mutating viruses
Chapter 15 of my book, Fever Rising, is dedicated to this theory and examining all the bacterial and viral outbreaks. I’ll describe it in greater detail in a bit, but first, a little about the current outbreaks. There’s the new enterovirus that is raging across America. This disease is scary and mysterious. It’s making kids very ill and sometimes even killing them. To make matters worse, it’s drug-resistant.
US outbreak of rare illness spreads to ten states
Then, there are the outbreaks of measles and mumps over this past year striking hundreds of people, despite being vaccinated. Measles was declared eradicated in 2000, but there were 600 reported and known cases in the U.S. this last year.
Nearly 600 cases of measles despite being eliminated in 2000
The one getting all the headlines of course is the Ebola outbreak in Africa. This outbreak is the worst that the world has ever seen. Ebola outbreaks have normally been contained to African villages for the past 40 years. But now, as many other diseases are breaking out, Ebola decided it's not going to be outdone. This disease has so far killed over 2,300 people (that we know about) and threatens many more. The death toll is rising rapidly with over 200 deaths in one day recently. The CDC reported that at this rate, there will be over 20,000 deaths within 6 months. I believe those numbers are being downplayed. In my opinion, there are many more cases than we are being told about. For one, many Africans are leery of western doctors and blame them for bringing the disease there in the first place. They refuse to seek treatment from these doctors and that means there would be a lot of unreported cases.
Ebola arrives in fifth country in worst-ever outbreak
I also believe that Ebola may be mutating. It’s not an airborne disease at present, but there are some experts who believe it may easily go airborne. If this happens, then we’re all in trouble. Some people try to downplay the significance of this disease, but consider that it is completely out of control in Africa right now and threatens to spread any where in the world because air travel to the region continues as usual.
Finally, just a few days ago, reports surfaced out of Venezuela that an unknown disease outbreak has occurred there very similar to Ebola. There were 8 deaths within a few days and the chief doctor of the Maracay hospital said they were dealing with an unknown virus. He said it wasn’t Ebola, Dengue or meningitis. The victims were ill with fever and vomiting, then they broke out with blisters and finally, coughing up blood prior to death. The governor of the state where the hospital is came out with a statement denying there were any strange deaths and called the doctor a liar, saying he was a terrorist just trying to stir up fears. While just days later another person, a 40-year old man died there in the same fashion and the family said it’s true. This death occurred on Saturday, while on Sunday, another death in Venezuela happened at a nearby clinic. Same symptoms again and this time, the entire clinic was shut down. I think the governor is full of BS and just trying to prevent economic troubles for the country.
Unknown disease kills 8 in Maracay, Venezuela in just a few days
There are many other disease outbreaks, which include Dengue Fever in Japan, chikungunya in the Caribbean and now Florida, and West Nile in California and Texas. The animal kingdom is also suffering immensely. Pigs have a new virus to contend with, as do elks, deer and cattle. There are die-offs every day in the oceans and there is a virus that is killing off many bat species spreading across the United States. Go head, take a look outside tonight, and I’ll bet you don’t see any bats. They are very rare now. Let’s not forget about the honeybee and bumble bee die off.
Nasty outbreak of West Nile virus in Orange County due to mosquitos
Whooping Cough outbreak in four Maryland schools
Japan facing first Dengue Fever outbreak in 70 years
Now that I've gotten your attention, here is a little excerpt from my book, Chapter 15, The Dangerous Gas Theory and Disease Outbreaks. This is what I think is the reason for the rapidly increasing presence of disease in our world. The full chapter is 27 pages and it examines the differences in bacteria and virus and what they are; a future world without drugs; a dozen of the new diseases we face; the flu and other viruses; and of course, the why, which has everything to do with the dangerous gases, methane and hydrogen sulfide, pluming into our atmosphere and warming the planet. Key words…warming the planet. A warmer planet will create an environment for bacteria and viruses to thrive.
From Fever Rising
You may be asking yourself how diseases and pandemics have anything to do with dangerous gases and atmospheric heating. It’s simple really. There are various types of microbes that eat methane. They live deep underground and they live 30,000 feet into the air. Basically, they are everywhere and they feed off methane hydrates.
The theory goes something like this. The more methane increases it becomes a feeding frenzy for the microbes. What happens when these microbes have more than enough to eat? They multiply. As methane release escalates, there is naturally going to be a rapid increase in the microbes that feed.
Through the evolution of bacteria over millions of years you can expect that other species of bacteria can also experience growth. As one species of bacteria rapidly increases, others will follow. I propose in this theory that as the microbes continuously feed on the increased methane hydrates, other bacteria are following the lead, thus, literally thousands of species of bacteria and viruses are experiencing phenomenal growth all over the planet.
To back this idea up, let’s first take a look at what bacteria really are. Bacteria are made up of the same genetic stuff that we are, only we have our DNA stored in the nucleus of the cytoplasm of a cell, while bacteria DNA isn’t stored in the nucleus. Their DNA is stored in the cytoplasm without a nucleus and that gives way for genetic mutation. The bacteria are made up of a genetic material called plasmids, which are small ring-like structures that float in the cell. They are separate from the chromosomal DNA and each has a specific job. One plasmid will cause the production of a chemical which negates antibiotic a, while another plasmid will cause the production of a chemical which negates antibiotic b. Then there is horizontal and vertical transfer of the plasmids to other bacteria. Vertical transfer is when a bacterium transfers the plasmid through its offspring, but it’s the horizontal transfer that may be responsible for the rapid rise in disease. This is when a plasmid replicates itself independently of the host cell and a single bacterium transfers a copy of that plasmid to every bacterium within range, and this includes bacterium of another species.
The chapter goes on to examine the different types of bacteria that feed off methane and where they live, deep underground and as high as 30,000 feet into the air. They are every where and as more methane levels rise, there is more to feed on for these methanotrophs. As they increase, horizontal transfer allows them to replicate themselves and any other bacteria that are nearby, which are many. It’s something to think about. Others have their theories, but when you take a look at the big picture, which my book, Fever Rising, does, you’ll begin to see that this makes sense and explains why diseases continue to escalate and will only get worse as more methane plumes into our atmosphere.
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