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."

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[larry bagina]

What the fuck is wrong with slashdot?

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Give me a break there, will ya?

[Seth Kriticos]

...virus behind the 1918 epidemic...

The 1918 epidemic - commonly known as the "Spanish flu" - was probably a lie. Before it broke out, there was a large scale vaccination and surprisingly most of the affected people who got it were vaccinated, which also explains why the victims were mostly young adults, usually unaffected by these types of infectious diseases.

No wonder this is not mentioned in most history books, because most of the people involved in the story were too embarrassed to have committed such a large scale genocide (about 50 million fatalities) and did not want it to get noticed.

The so called bird flu is not inherently a virus either. It's more of an intoxication consequence of modern industrial meat production. So was BSE.

Vaccinating against intoxication is pointless. Actually, vaccination in general is futile. The people originally developing vaccination admitted this themselves in their late days but nobody listened to them once it became a profitable business. Ever wondered why you had such a hellish week after one or the other vaccination? How about where your allergy came from? Ever read the ingredients of a vaccine? Thought so. Never mind.

You really think the pharmaceutic industry has less pork than the software industry, the military industrial complex or the oil industry?

Now I know most of you won't believe me and still take this and other vaccinations. So be it, as long as no one forces me to do this stuff. What bothers me a bit is, that when the coming phantom epidemic will break out (which some people predicted as far as mid last year to shift the blame of the economic collapse ahead of us) there will be a forced vaccination of the whole population done in 2 phases (1 being optional with the suggestion that there is a limited supply of vaccine to maximize profits, second will be the forced vaccination of the whole population).

Now go on with your prejudice and mod me flame..

Re:My Solution: The Tax on Cows

[tedgyz]

So why the fsck are you telling us? It says to contact the server administrator. Do you think they are reading every thread to see your complaint?