Cholera in Haiti Blamed on UN

The virulent strain of cholera which emerged in 2010 in Haiti, killing thousands, is being blamed on United Nations peacekeepers.

The vicious form of cholera has already killed 7,000 people in Haiti, where it surfaced in a remote village in October 2010.

Leading researchers from Harvard Medical School and elsewhere told ABC News that, despite UN denials, there is now a mountain of evidence suggesting the strain originated in Nepal, and was carried to Haiti by Nepalese soldiers who came to Haiti to serve as UN peacekeepers after the earthquake that ravaged the country on Jan. 12, 2010 -- two years ago today.

Haiti had never seen a case of cholera until the arrival of the peacekeepers, who allegedly failed to maintain sanitary conditions at their base.

The media seem to be doing their best to downplay responsibility for the epidemic, saying it's more important to discuss solutions than point fingers. I would suggest that the media are usually protective of the UN.