30 June 2013 (14:16 UTC-07 Tango)/21 Sha’ban 1434/09 Tir 1391/23 Wu-Wu (5th month) 4711

With concerns over the estimated millions of people traveling to Mecca in the Gregorian month of October, it turns out that women who wear face veils might be saving their own lives, and preventing the spread of MERS!   That claim is based on data showing that 74% of the victims of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome are men.

There is nothing that says men can’t wear veils (nomadic men do).  What about our equal rights?  In fact the Qur’an says to cover yourself modestly, which is generally accepted as covering as much of yourself as possible or practical.  In the case of fighting a disease face coverings are very practical, even mandatory.

A little super ancient history side note from Central Asia.  The ancient people of Central Asia (Aryans) had a myth that said when the creators first put humans on Earth, the humans were told not to expose any part of their body to the environment.  Ancient Mongolians said the horse was given to humans to help them travel without having to walk on the ground, because the ground was toxic.  In many super ancient societies ‘hell’ literally meant the ground/underground or Earth itself.  Perhaps when humans first appeared on Earth the environment was too dangerous, and that’s where the concept of being covered from head to toe came from (how did the first humans know how to make clothes?  the super ancient myths say the ‘creators’ gave them the clothes).

The UN World Health Organization has updated its plans for defending against a MERS pandemic.  MERS lodges itself in your lower respiratory system, where it can take up to 14 days before you get sick.  This explains why standard nose swabs (nasopharyngeal, or NP) have been showing up negative on people who turn out to be infected.

UNWHO is advising medical personnel to consider every person the infected patient could have seen in the 14 days prior to showing symptoms.

A German researcher has discovered that a UAE man, who died from MERS, was treating a sick camel when he got infected.  The camel recovered, however no tests were done on the camel to see if it had MERS.

Healthcare workers should use airborne and contact defense tactics to protect themselves when treating people infected with MERS.

The UNWHO reports there are now 77 confirmed cases, with 40 deaths.