Fighting Fire with Fire

For over 100,000 years pathogens have wrought hell upon humanity.
It's about time we unleash our own hell upon them...

Music: Era - Reborn

As previously discussed in detail within The Next Industrial Revolution, Wolbachia bacteria holds the potential to wipe out Dengue fever. If this unique innovation works, it will potently demonstrate just how effective analogous applications can be. In light of the complex social, political, and economic limitations that greatly hinder health delivery on the global scale, the the importance of this particular methodology is discussed.

Zero maintenance solutions (such as this) devoid of the usual limitations that plague traditional disease control & prevention methods is what is going to eliminate pathogenic diseases.

While such applications will no doubt be limited, for those diseases to which such a methodology can be taken, I suspect that this unique innovation will be the choice approach in the future.

On an unrelated note, the internet connection I have is really slow (It took a couple hours just to upload this video). Watching videos is impossible unless I let it download for an hour, and internet-intense activities like stickam will be impossible. While I am still available via private messages and comments, do not expect immediate responses. As well, my mike is broken, so I can't communicate orally even if the connection was better.

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[buttonsg1]

With its vast oil wealth, Nigeria should be one of the richest countries in Africa. The fact that the wealth has been stolen by its own leaders and left it's population and infrastructure in such conditions, relying of foreign charity, is a national and international disgrace.

[UNFFwildcard]

@buttonsg1 It is a disgrace. But I think it will end someday. The people are determined, and there have already been improvements since 1999 democratic elections.

[minnieleong]

Wolbachia is not genetically modified.

[DecentralizedByGuilt]

yep

[TheSwitzer1234]

for once, no negative ratings.

[VicTheVicar]

As an engineer in biotechnology myself, I think it's just sad with all the negative attitudes towards GMO - it has such a big potential!

[whydid666]

@dreadpiratedan I'd say third world...and developing countries are a reminder and window to our past, Africa reflects Europe dark ages in both technology, superstition, and quality of life, while nations like India show us what life was like during the industrial revolution, pollution and deadly work shifts. But Both Europe and North America had gone through that phase and survived, if only we could share our technology now with the rest of the world, we'd have similar standard of living.

[HonestDiscussioner]

Dude. You need to remember to ask me for favors. I have 3000 subs now, if you have a problem like this you know I'll promote your video.

I guess you won't be attending the 3000 sub bash . . . why didn't you tell me you were going to Nigeria! Be careful there man!

[dreadpiratedan]

this is a very good video for demonstrating to people how other-worldly third world countries are. we really sat in a little bubble of paradise in europe and america, where so much is unseen and taken for granted. clean water's just the start...trying to understand what would need to be done to make nigeria or south africa or ethiopia on level footing with the UK or US is nigh incomprehensible.

:(

hope everything goes well over there, and looking forward to having you back.