UN peacekeepers brought it from Nepal, but deny it
"What scares me is that the strain from South Asia has been recognized as more virulent, more capable of causing severe disease, and more transmissible...these strains are nasty...Haiti now represents a foothold for...this deadly disease," said John Mekalanos, head of the Dept. of Microbiology at Harvard Medical School.
"It's outrageous for the UN to try to deny responsibility for bringing cholera to Haiti," said Mark Weisbrot of the Center for Economic Research. "Was it gross negligence on their part? This is one of the questions they won't have to answer if they can sweep this whole thing under the rug."
The UN is well known to be a derelict and now a dangerous organization to boot. The denial by the UN is typical of the irresponsible attitude we see routinely exposed at the organization. Riddled with scandal, corruption, and anti-American sentiment the UN continues to trudge toward irrelevancy.
Isn't it time the USA pull out, stop funding the menace, wind-down this threat to the world?
