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November 30, 2009
Warmists and a wave of disease
J.R. Dunn
[FONT=times new roman,times]One overlooked aspect of the climate change argument is the link between climate and disease. Contrary to the fear mongering of the warmist con game, we have a lot more to fear from global cooling than global warming, when it comes to disease.
[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]While researching my very first [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]article[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] about the warming controversy, I came across evidence that climatic changes may well have been a factor in triggering the Black Plague of the 14th century. The culprit was not warming, but its polar (so to speak) opposite -- long-term cooling across the entire northern hemisphere. (That same article contains what may well be one of the first public assertions that the brief post-70s warming interlude had ended and that we were actually entering a period of cooling.)[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]The last decade of the 13th century saw the end of the little Climatic Optimum (LCO), more widely known as the Medieval Warming Period. During this epoch, roughly the 10th to 13th centuries, Europe experienced a population explosion not seen since the Roman era, along with an episode known to historians as the European agricultural revolution, in which numerous innovations increased both the yield and variety of crops. It also witnessed the first industrial revolution, which introduced such basic mechanical devices as the turbine, complex gear systems, and the rotary crank, along with such amenities as clocks and eyeglasses. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]With the end of the LCO, the weather closed in across Europe. Torrential rains became commonplace. The growing season was curtailed. Continent-wide famine, nearly absent for several centuries, returned with a vengeance. And with hunger, and the accompanying suppression of immune systems, came disease. It's not as well-known as it should be that there was a famine in Genoa just prior to the outbreak of the Black Plague in 1348. From there it spread across Europe on wings of cold that cut food supplies, forced humans to huddle in cramped dwellings, and sent the rats in after them. A third of Europe died as a result. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Now, I'm not going to claim that the H1N1 swine flu is a product of our recent cooling spell, or that -- God forbid -- another great plague is waiting around the corner. But this is not something we can leave out of our calculations. Warmists have spoken lightly of increased rates of disease due to global warming without ever explaining what the mechanism might consist of. In truth, warmer weather cuts disease for all the reasons already mentioned, while colder weather aggravates it. If the current cooling continues for the three-decade period predicted for it, this is something we need to keep in mind and remain on the alert against, particularly as regards the more deprived nations, which can act as incubators for all kinds of nasty strains.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]As for the warmists, all I'll add here is that it's typical for them to call up evanescent, unreal threats while a real one was growing behind their backs. It's another means by which they have truly provided a disservice to the society that supports them. [/FONT]
Warmists and a wave of disease
J.R. Dunn
[FONT=times new roman,times]One overlooked aspect of the climate change argument is the link between climate and disease. Contrary to the fear mongering of the warmist con game, we have a lot more to fear from global cooling than global warming, when it comes to disease.
[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]While researching my very first [/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times]article[/FONT][FONT=times new roman,times] about the warming controversy, I came across evidence that climatic changes may well have been a factor in triggering the Black Plague of the 14th century. The culprit was not warming, but its polar (so to speak) opposite -- long-term cooling across the entire northern hemisphere. (That same article contains what may well be one of the first public assertions that the brief post-70s warming interlude had ended and that we were actually entering a period of cooling.)[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]The last decade of the 13th century saw the end of the little Climatic Optimum (LCO), more widely known as the Medieval Warming Period. During this epoch, roughly the 10th to 13th centuries, Europe experienced a population explosion not seen since the Roman era, along with an episode known to historians as the European agricultural revolution, in which numerous innovations increased both the yield and variety of crops. It also witnessed the first industrial revolution, which introduced such basic mechanical devices as the turbine, complex gear systems, and the rotary crank, along with such amenities as clocks and eyeglasses. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]With the end of the LCO, the weather closed in across Europe. Torrential rains became commonplace. The growing season was curtailed. Continent-wide famine, nearly absent for several centuries, returned with a vengeance. And with hunger, and the accompanying suppression of immune systems, came disease. It's not as well-known as it should be that there was a famine in Genoa just prior to the outbreak of the Black Plague in 1348. From there it spread across Europe on wings of cold that cut food supplies, forced humans to huddle in cramped dwellings, and sent the rats in after them. A third of Europe died as a result. [/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]Now, I'm not going to claim that the H1N1 swine flu is a product of our recent cooling spell, or that -- God forbid -- another great plague is waiting around the corner. But this is not something we can leave out of our calculations. Warmists have spoken lightly of increased rates of disease due to global warming without ever explaining what the mechanism might consist of. In truth, warmer weather cuts disease for all the reasons already mentioned, while colder weather aggravates it. If the current cooling continues for the three-decade period predicted for it, this is something we need to keep in mind and remain on the alert against, particularly as regards the more deprived nations, which can act as incubators for all kinds of nasty strains.[/FONT]
[FONT=times new roman,times]As for the warmists, all I'll add here is that it's typical for them to call up evanescent, unreal threats while a real one was growing behind their backs. It's another means by which they have truly provided a disservice to the society that supports them. [/FONT]
Udder bull $hit. The mechanism is well known. Temperature regulates the metabolism of many infectious diseases, either directly, or through the interactions of vectors, and pathogen-host related metabolic activity.
Show some skepticism Walt.
Oh, by the way some trivia for the readers; the immunity that is found in European populations to HIV is traced back to the disease outbreaks during this period. It's called the CCR5[/FONT]Δ32 mutation. This is a protein that the HIV virus needs to bind to the immune system components like macrophages, and can't with this mutation.
It's an issue of current debate whether this mutation evolved due to small pox, or the plague.
Unreal? roflmao That from the "American Thinker"? That guy is no more an expert on climate change than I am. He writes about everything having to do with politics from "Dumbya" to "shoelaces" and is as much an expert on things as Sir Pompa ... Joke is.
Someone who really fears global cooling would insist on conservation of fossil fuel for this occurrence thereby solving the current debate about climate change.
It's Called Climate change ...And yes Humans affect this change ..There is both Warming and cooling .It is all part of this Planets ecosystems .It is the severe sporadic weather changes that will be the issue for us, Fragile Humans, now and into the future...Let's hope Mother nature (with our growing awareness and positive action ) will Calmly Balance it all out before we Pay the ultimate pirce...
The Global trend is Warming ....
A good Video to watch is " Faces of Earth" by the Science Channel ...Check it out..It will change your view..Education is the always the Key to understanding ..
Ecosystems of Our World
The Global trend is Warming ....
A good Video to watch is " Faces of Earth" by the Science Channel ...Check it out..It will change your view..Education is the always the Key to understanding ..
Ecosystems of Our World
Just a so called 'Mini Ice Age" caused Western Europe to experienced a general cooling of the climate between the years 1150 and 1460 and a very cold climate between 1560 and 1850 that brought dire consequences to its peoples. The colder weather impacted agriculture, health, economics, social strife, emigration, and even art and literature. Increased glaciation and storms also had a devastating affect on those that lived near glaciers and the sea.
Impact on AgricultureLamb (1966) points out that the growing season changed by 15 to 20 percent between the warmest and coldest times of the millenium. That is enough to affect almost any type of food production, especially crops highly adapted to use the full-season warm climatic periods. During the coldest times of the LIA, England's growing season was shortened by one to two months compared to present day values. The availability of varieties of seed today that can withstand extreme cold or warmth, wetness or dryness, was not available in the past. Therefore, climate changes had a much greater impact on agricultural output in the past.
The Little Ice Age in Europe - Influence of Dramatic Climate Shifts on European Civilizations: The Rise and Fall of the Vikings and the Little Ice Age
Impact on AgricultureLamb (1966) points out that the growing season changed by 15 to 20 percent between the warmest and coldest times of the millenium. That is enough to affect almost any type of food production, especially crops highly adapted to use the full-season warm climatic periods. During the coldest times of the LIA, England's growing season was shortened by one to two months compared to present day values. The availability of varieties of seed today that can withstand extreme cold or warmth, wetness or dryness, was not available in the past. Therefore, climate changes had a much greater impact on agricultural output in the past.
The Little Ice Age in Europe - Influence of Dramatic Climate Shifts on European Civilizations: The Rise and Fall of the Vikings and the Little Ice Age
Thirty years ago it was called Global Cooling and when the weather got warmer the name was changed to Global Warming. Then, when they thought they could do some social engineering, they called it Anthropogenic Global Warming(AGW). Now that the models don't fit any of the emperical data they have changed the name to Climate Change to cover their collective asses(CYA) no matter what happens to the weather or the climate.
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