rhino 0 #1 April 13, 2005 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,153296,00.html UnBeFuckingLeavable!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #2 April 13, 2005 Randall Flagg is on his way. Props to anyone who ets the reference .... fucking genius .... let's send out a killer virus all over the country .... oh wait, that was probably "unwise" to do that ... shit i'm sorry. This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Botellines 0 #3 April 13, 2005 Apocalipsis. Stephen King. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites unformed 0 #4 April 13, 2005 hmmm ... i was thinking more of The Stand where a killer flu destroys the world and flagg takes it over .... never read apocolipsis ... is it any good?This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites markd_nscr986 0 #5 April 13, 2005 I saw a report where people born AFTER 1968 would be extremely vulnerable to this variety of flu bug......people born before that would have some level of protection against it.......... Bring it on!Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lindsey 0 #6 April 13, 2005 The problem is that with the flu, you get variation in the strains year-to-year by 1) genetic drift and 2) genetic shift. Genetic drift is what causes the minor variations in flu strains in typical years, and why you're *somewhat* protected this year if you got a vaccination last year. The bugs vary, but not dramatically, and most people have some level of immunity. Genetic shift, otoh, is a variation that is caused by a much larger change in the strain due to introduction into our population by another species...i.e. the bird in this case. I doubt that having been born prior to '68 would offer a person any protection, though having been exposed at another time to a similar strain could potentially offer some sort of protection, maybe. The way that influenza mutates, I doubt that an Avian flu strain today would be all that similar to an avian flu strain in '57. But I don't know. I am just kinda talkin' off the top of my head, so please don't hold me to anything I'm saying...lol. Peace~ linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites unformed 0 #7 April 13, 2005 the reason people born after '68 will be much more affected by this strain is because they stopped including the vaccine for this strain in typical flu shots in '68. Honestly though, I don't know anyone who actually gets flu shots anyways ...This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Lindsey 0 #8 April 13, 2005 The humdinger is, though, that it's HIGHLY unlikely that we'll be exposed to the same strain this many years later.... I get the flu shot. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SkyDekker 1,465 #9 April 13, 2005 Thanks Canada for finding the slight error. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites flyangel2 2 #10 April 13, 2005 QuoteWHO's flu chief Klaus Stohr, said he was "relatively confident" most of the samples outside the United States would all be destroyed by Friday. Relatively confident? Why can't they say, I'm positive. Outside the United States, who will follow up to the labs outside the U.S. to make sure the samples have been destroyed? It's the Stand all over again, and thank god I was born in the right time frame, that is if the shot still worksMay your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Botellines 0 #11 April 14, 2005 Quotehmmm ... i was thinking more of The Stand where a killer flu destroys the world and flagg takes it over .... never read apocolipsis ... is it any good? I think we are talking about the same book. They translated the title to apocalipsis in Spain and i thought they had left the title intact. Excelent book Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites rhino 0 #12 April 14, 2005 This shit IS going to get out.. I would be highly shocked if it doesn't.. Rhino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Nightingale 0 #13 April 14, 2005 if that virus is going to get loose, they shouldn't destroy it, they should include it in next year's flu shot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites flyangel2 2 #14 April 14, 2005 Great idea, because you know, it's just a matter of time.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. 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unformed 0 #4 April 13, 2005 hmmm ... i was thinking more of The Stand where a killer flu destroys the world and flagg takes it over .... never read apocolipsis ... is it any good?This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markd_nscr986 0 #5 April 13, 2005 I saw a report where people born AFTER 1968 would be extremely vulnerable to this variety of flu bug......people born before that would have some level of protection against it.......... Bring it on!Marc SCR 6046 SCS 3004 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #6 April 13, 2005 The problem is that with the flu, you get variation in the strains year-to-year by 1) genetic drift and 2) genetic shift. Genetic drift is what causes the minor variations in flu strains in typical years, and why you're *somewhat* protected this year if you got a vaccination last year. The bugs vary, but not dramatically, and most people have some level of immunity. Genetic shift, otoh, is a variation that is caused by a much larger change in the strain due to introduction into our population by another species...i.e. the bird in this case. I doubt that having been born prior to '68 would offer a person any protection, though having been exposed at another time to a similar strain could potentially offer some sort of protection, maybe. The way that influenza mutates, I doubt that an Avian flu strain today would be all that similar to an avian flu strain in '57. But I don't know. I am just kinda talkin' off the top of my head, so please don't hold me to anything I'm saying...lol. Peace~ linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unformed 0 #7 April 13, 2005 the reason people born after '68 will be much more affected by this strain is because they stopped including the vaccine for this strain in typical flu shots in '68. Honestly though, I don't know anyone who actually gets flu shots anyways ...This ad space for sale. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lindsey 0 #8 April 13, 2005 The humdinger is, though, that it's HIGHLY unlikely that we'll be exposed to the same strain this many years later.... I get the flu shot. linz-- A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkyDekker 1,465 #9 April 13, 2005 Thanks Canada for finding the slight error. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #10 April 13, 2005 QuoteWHO's flu chief Klaus Stohr, said he was "relatively confident" most of the samples outside the United States would all be destroyed by Friday. Relatively confident? Why can't they say, I'm positive. Outside the United States, who will follow up to the labs outside the U.S. to make sure the samples have been destroyed? It's the Stand all over again, and thank god I was born in the right time frame, that is if the shot still worksMay your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Botellines 0 #11 April 14, 2005 Quotehmmm ... i was thinking more of The Stand where a killer flu destroys the world and flagg takes it over .... never read apocolipsis ... is it any good? I think we are talking about the same book. They translated the title to apocalipsis in Spain and i thought they had left the title intact. Excelent book Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rhino 0 #12 April 14, 2005 This shit IS going to get out.. I would be highly shocked if it doesn't.. Rhino Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nightingale 0 #13 April 14, 2005 if that virus is going to get loose, they shouldn't destroy it, they should include it in next year's flu shot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyangel2 2 #14 April 14, 2005 Great idea, because you know, it's just a matter of time.May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
