History and Biological Warfare

The bubonic plague that killed an estimated 25 million people in Europe, about 50% of the entire population at the time, is an Enterovirus, much like the respiratory virus that is attacking children throughout our country!  We have more to be concerned about than Ebola!

There have been several episodes of Bubonic plague throughout history.  The first recorded episode of the plague was in the Spring of 542 and killed 50 million people in the Roman Empire alone, when the world population at the time was only 500 million!  It was transmitted from port city to port city, shipping being the primary mode of transportation at the time.  It was only stopped when ports were closed and travel was severely restricted.  We need to close our airports to incoming traffic.

Black Death from pages of the Toggenburg Bible

Between 1340 and 1400 the plague struck again killing a third of the human population.  Some of the earliest instances of biological warfare were said to have been products of the plague, as armies of the 14th century were recorded catapulting diseased corpses over the walls of towns and villages to spread the pestilence.  The disease is actually credited with ending serfdom in many countries because so many people died that the few who survived were able to demand higher wages for their services.

Mass grave of plague victims, France, 1400's

Even though we are not faced with the same disease, the results can be the same.  In 1918 this country was hit by the Spanish Flu pandemic and the ensuing dramatic mortality rates.  Some believe that the disease was brought to this country by the American soldiers who were returning from the battlefields of World War I.  Go to any library and check the newspaper archives for the period and you will find records of victims in your area, no matter where you live.  Again, the disease was spread by people entering this country from other lands!  Time to close our borders.

1918 Spanish Flu in St. Louis

Closing our borders is especially important in light of the fact that we have a suicidal enemy that will resort to any means to bring about our destruction.  There is nothing to stop them from becoming infected and “walking amongst us.”

At a time when we need it the most it seems that our government is failing in its primary responsibility; defending and protecting our population.  Where is the defense for Sgt. Tahmooressi, who has been languishing in a Mexican prison for 200 days?  Where is the protection of our citizenry from the possibility of biological warfare being perpetrated on us by suicidal “radical Muslims” streaming across our open borders?