The Three Stooges

We are under attack from 3 Killer stooges : THE 3 STOOGES ARE AGW+GEM+NCD. We stare at the “stars” as our World speedily hurtles towards a nightmarish abysmal apocalyptic catastrophe as we run out of water, food, shelter, energy, security, lawfulness and no more healthcare services making the planet Earth unhabitable.

� Moe : GEM aka recession /deep depression (Global Economic Meltdown)

�Larry : AGW a.k.a. Climate Change (Anthropogenic Global Warming)

� Curly : NCD Pandemic (Non-Communicable Disease - or NCD - Pandemic)

We stare at the “stars” as our World speedily hurtles towards an nightmarish abysmal apocalyptic catastrophe as we run out of water, food, shelter, energy, security, health services because Global Ecology (source of food and water) is unsustainable; Global Health system is unsustainable; Global Economy (market system or commerce) is unsustainable; and the politicians are hiding these 3 truths from you as best as they can until the truth bubble bursts.

SUSTAINABILITY IS IN PERIL

The trajectory on which the world now is on is precarious and the predictions about the events of the coming decades are scary as we are unsustainable.

►Global Ecology (source of food and water) is unsustainable;

►Global Economy (market system or commerce) is unsustainable;

►Global Health system (treatments of illnesses) is unsustainable;

The global boom in premature mortality and morbidity from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) shares many similarities with pandemics of infectious diseases, yet public health professionals have resisted the adoption of this label. It is increasingly apparent that NCDs are actually communicable conditions, and although the vectors of disease are nontraditional, the pandemic label is apt. Arguing for a change in terminology extends beyond pedantry as the move carries serious implications for the public health community and the general public. Additional resources are unlocked once a disease reaches pandemic proportions and, as a long-neglected and underfunded group of conditions, NCDs desperately require a renewed sense of focus and political attention. This paper provides objections, definitions, and advantages to approaching the leading cause of global death through an alternative lens. A novel framework for managing NCDs is presented with reference to the traditional influenza pandemic response.