What is New Zealands responsibility under international treaties addressing the wanton spread of contagion?
RHD has spread as an epidemic crossing national borders and continents into 40 nations. All have gone to considerable expense first to prevent its’ introduction; then, when this failed, to control it’s effects or eradicate it. The remaining nations of our global community all have attempted to prevent RHD introduction with the exception of Australia, and now seemingly New Zealand. Both of these nations, Australia through a kangaroo court type legalization and New Zealand by turning a blind eye to the clandestine and criminal introduction of the haemorrhagic agent, followed by Ministry level encouragement for the illegal spread of the disease. The epidemics which advocate groups in both of these countries have wantonly created within their borders has greatly multiplied the probability of haemorrhagic disease spreading to other countries. The greater the environmental burden of RHD the more efficient the spread and diseases are not stopped by, nor do they respect, national boundaries. T
