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Steps Toward a Universal Flu Vaccine
Plasmoid writes "The NYTimes is reporting that scientists have starting developing what could turn out to be a 'universal' flu vaccine. They created antibody proteins that can neutralize different strains of the influenza virus, including the deadly H5N1 bird flu, the virus behind the 1918 epidemic, and common seasonal strains. These new antibodies target part of the virus that is shared between different strains and thus appear to be broadly effective. However, some experts question whether a universal vaccine of this kind is even possible, since the human body has been unable to come up with an antibody solution. An article on nature.com describes the work further."
The key word in that wall of text is "chiropractic". Chiropractors are not doctors. By and large they are quacks trying to cure things by supposedly realigning the vertebrae (which they don't in fact). Chiropractors are not required to learn anything remotely close to what even nurses are required to learn about biology and the human body. They are equivalent in many ways to homeopathic practitioners, in that they are deludedly practicing quackery.
In other words, don't trust a chiropractor to say anything reasonable about human health. They can't because they don't understand it any better than a massage therapist.