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The Ruud Elmendorp show is not as good as Rocketboom use to be.
Ruud is doing a great job for you guys. Clear reporting on stories that are more global than many think. Watch for more TB problems in the states at numbers grow around the world.
As much as this may be an honourable story; this is NOT why I come to rocketboom. The success is going to your head and you are getting preachy instead of having fun. You’re gonna lose me!!!
Absolutely. There is no reason at all why there can’t be a balance, especially if you can reach a wide audience with both the “info” and the “fun”.
Nice story today all!
Matthew
good to treat these subjects, and also good to remember that this not only happens in africa, just a bit down and all along from north america too.
It’s sad that the U.S. largely ignores problems like these. It’s sad because it seems we only care about the well being of peoples from countries with whom we have a vested interest. Aside from being hypocritical, these types of policies will just end up biting us in the ass years from now. Diseases like TB currently aren’t much of a problem in the U.S., but are endemic in other parts of the world. If these diseases are allowed to run rampant in other populations around the world, the organism that cause TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) will have the time it needs to build resistance to numerous antibiotics, as is currently the case. Strains of TB are emerging that are resistant to all common antibiotic treatments. It’s only a matter of time before these strains make it to the U.S.. And because we’ve largely ignored the problem when an outbreak does finally occur, we’ll be caught with our pants down.
I liked the TB story, and the Memorial Day story as well. One of the things I like most about Rocketboom is that it’s not predictable. When you visit the site, the only thing you know in advance is that your time will be rewarded.
Ditto on that, Zack. It’s great if rocketboom entertains me, but I like it when it informs me and gives me something to mentally chew, as well. I am always so moved by the health workers who labor so hard to help their communities under such difficult circumstances. Mankind’s own T-cells.
In my opinion some information is not absolutely true, but in general very good site.
When you have an episode of a serious nature it would be nice if you provided some links to organizations that are addressing the specific issue. If viewers were only a click away from helping (especially by donating money) they might be more likely to do so.
A lot of people forget that HIV is not a one-disease problem. There are a host of other diseases that go along with it that are sometimes much worse than the HIV itself. Diseases that spread much easier than HIV and cause epidemics across borders. That’s why fighting AIDS in Africa is our problem whether we want to believe it or not.
Good report. Really brings this to light.
The World Health Organization is the United Nations specialized agency for health. It was established on 7 April 1948. WHO’s objective, as set out in its Constitution, is the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible level of health. Health is defined in WHO’s Constitution as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
WHO is governed by 192 Member States through the World Health Assembly. The Health Assembly is composed of representatives from WHO’s Member States. The main tasks of the World Health Assembly are to approve the WHO programme and the budget for the following biennium and to decide major policy questions.
http://www.who.int/about/en/
I THINK THE 192 MEMBER STATES SHOULD RE-READ THEIR OWN MANDATE. Guess they’re too busy budgeting.
Maybe you can send WHO a copy of this video…
…along with an alarm clock. Theirs seems to be on snooze.
Good story. I like the diversity.
Good story, very pro.
Ralph
Interesting and informative story…WHO can help?
So a large number of HIV positive Kenyans also have Tuberculosous, er Tubercilosis, er Tooberkulocis, er TB, yeah TB. So what is the link? Do Kenyan men get TB because the Hookers live in dark and damp slums? If so, why do Kenyan wives let their men go there?
I understand that one’s living environment is a giant factor in TB. What I don’t understand is “Why iare Kenyan sex habits a responsibility for Americans to correct?”
Excellent episode.
It takes a high mind to have fun with a serious topic, to feel it enlarging you and bringing you closer to others in the world. Play/fun is good too. Both are nourishment for the mind. Thank you for giving us this showing.
Maybe if CNN and FOXNews covered important stories like this I’d watch.
Have to echo some earlier comments:
Give the viewers a nice easy bit answering the question ‘what can we do to help?’
and also exlpain the origin and scope of the epidemic in more detail. (Does a weak immune system cause a higher susceptibility to TB, is that why the diseases run together? Is the cause of aids spread by irresponsible sexual practices, are these practices inherent in Kenyan culture, and so on…)
I’d have been interested in hearing that stuff.
All in all generally a cool correspondence, good job guys.
Didn’t we promise $15-billion to fight AIDS in Africa? Isn’t some of that being used to treat other diseases? How much did America’s first “black” President donate to fight these diseases when he was in office? And I bet that the rest of the world hasn’t ponied up anywhere near the $3.2 billion that we will shell out this year. Yeah America sure does suck alright. Hope it doesn’t change its mind and expect some other country to take its place with their own $3.2 billion. Don’t hold your breath.
VERY INFORMATIVE STORY. IT SHOWS WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO IN THIS WORLD. THINGS WE TAKE FOR GRANTED, LIKE DISEASES THAT HAVE BEEN ERADICATED FOR YEARS IN THE STATES, ARE STILL PREVALENT IN OTHER COUNTRIES, SAD.
That was the funniest rocketboom I seen
in along time. I could dive a rats ass
about those dipshits who live in those
third world shitholes.
Thank you.
I just wanted to mention (as one of your apperantly very few young female viewers) that i was pissed when looking through bloglines and found a certian “we are friends of rocketboom” feed. Most of what they had to say mentioned the need for increased mammory exposure on amandas part. I always thought that the geek/nerd population had a smaller proportion of assholes per captia than other men. I may have been mistaken.
(by the way have you guys done best post of the week lately or did i just miss it. I love that segment.)
Great story
I like a mix of entertainment and serious reporting - reach a variety of people not just those who watch heavy news shows or read the broadsheet papers.
People dont listen to music for this message, but it didnt stop live 8 being a success.
Your “serious” pieces are always excellent. I appreciate the balance of silly and serious on Rocketboom. As someone else said, Rocketboom is always a surprise. Major kudos.
Part of what is maddening about the problems in African countries is that the respective government leaders in general are more interested in lining their own pockets than taking care of their people. Sending more $$$, food and other aid has proven a failure because the leaders will just sell the charity for their own profits, instead of saving their citizens’ lives. It’s not that the countries are THAT poor. The problem is that all the money is in so few hands. I don’t know what the answer is, but it’s indeed a truly sad situation.
Why the Oregon shirt?
Go Ducks!
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