"Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus, named for the country in which it was discovered, appears to be a leading indicator of Colony Collapse Disorder, said the study's authors. Other factors may be involved, according to W. Ian Lipkin, one of the researchers, who said the virus has no effective antidote."

-- Bloomberg article (2007-08)

The article is about honeybees, the archetypical social insects, and provides an interesting parallel. A similar malady has affected Western society, whose culture (spiritual, political, economic) has been effectively paralyzed for decades and is now in grave danger of collapse -- if we allow it to continue. In our case, the "virus" is mental, and the only effective antidote for it is the light of truth.