Arctic Circle’s melting ice resurrecting horrifying diseases unseen for decades
by: J. D. Heyes
NaturalNews.com
Saturday, November 19, 2016
As ice that has been around for thousands of years melts due to shifts in weather patterns, there is concern among some scientists that viruses and diseases that have been frozen in time may be about to make a deadly comeback.
As reported by Vice News, a recent “zombie” anthrax outbreak was unleashed lately when centuries-old permafrost melted, killing 2,300 reindeer, causing dozens of people to be hospitalized and even killing a child in northern Siberia – an incident which may be a prelude to many more to come.
The super-deadly bacteria was unleashed after an anthrax-infected reindeer carcass that had been locked in permafrost for 75 years began to thaw, following record-high summer temperatures in the area. Vice News, quoting a Siberian news source, said that the rate at which permafrost melted this past summer was three times faster than normal.
Video of the scene reveals the gruesome finding. With the Yamal-Nenets region of the Arctic Circle as a backdrop, the video shows herds of reindeer with researchers milling about in yellow HAZMAT protective suits and masks, disinfecting the land and burning all infected carcasses and other matter.
Thus far the anthrax infection has manifested itself mostly in the region’s nomadic reindeer population. And while Russian health officials acknowledge that hospitalization numbers are falling – just a few weeks ago, 115 people had been hospitalized with suspected cases – scientists and researchers fear there could be other deadly viruses and diseases still trapped beneath the dwindling permafrost.
Melting permafrost raises concerns about more than just anthrax
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