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Swine Flu Genetics Suggest a Vaccine Is Possible
Kristina at Science News writes "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced findings May 1 from genetic studies of swine flu virus from six different countries. A strong similarity from country to country suggests all the infections are from one strain, making a vaccine a strong possibility. It will be several months at least before such a vaccine would be developed, though."
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This is great news because gives time to laboratories when the virus returns next fall.
Let's keep things straight, this misnaming has already caused too much harm.
Sofar it looks like this is just another influenza variant.
Stop panicking, it's really not interesting enough. What has taken us? Some irrational fear of death? No other news? Organisations beating their drum for self preservation?
Please?!
How exciting! Because, you know, it's really dangerous, and well worthy of all the attention in the media. Isn't it? It's going to kill millions of people around the world, right? The 191..uh, make that 101 people in Mexico is just the start. Once it kicks in, the millions of (insert currency) it'll cost to develop a vaccine is going to be well worth it.
about those torture memos with all this swine flu brouhaha, haven't we?
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That's not nearly as funny as these:
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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/203/510322764_a1aebca876_o.jpg
http://i122.photobucket.com/albums/o262/the_wynster/PoohsThoughtsonSwineFlu.jpg
http://www.phun.org/newspics/funny_friday/3585.jpg
Someone should do a study to see if it is socially possible to stop it with vaccinations. Something tells me that is a better question.
Yeah, it really sucks that some individuals prefer to not be injured for the good of the imaginary herd.
That's just because I've been letting it spread. Once I invest my mutation points into drug resistance, it's over. I'm just waiting for it to infect Madagascar first; I don't want them closing their sea port.
Interestingly, on the day that the CDC decided it was possible to craft a vaccine, these guys issued a press release saying they have one ready for testing...
I'm watching Fox News.
FYI, they also happen to have a Disaster and Emergency AlertMap.
The government is making the virus and media do this to see how viruses spread, not only that, but also how people will react to the hysteria. Think about it.. how many people have died from it? Really? So why is it a big deal?
Surely you mean global economic crisis?
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
...you don't realize that if it was syphilis, gonorrhea or even AIDS - that there would be MANY more red flags.
Most of the map would probably be red.
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens
Can a doctor explain this? Only Mexicans seem to die from this influenza strain. The one baby that died in the USA was a Mexican child. Other people don't even get particularly ill from it and it seems to be milder than more common strains of flu. WTF?
Excuse me, but please get off my Pennisetum Clandestinum, eh!
No, pretty much all of your "points" are incorrect or misleading. You're just an attention whore.
Let this be a lesson to all readers. A low /. ID doesn't confer any special reasoning powers on anybody. It just means that there were morons with internet access from the beginning.
Has anyone you know had this flu? If so what were the symptoms? Also list city and state. Would be interesting if /. bettered Google Flu.
Cough cough,
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There are many remedies that a vaccine doesn't cover, not to mention that the mercury preservation in the vaccine delivery mechanism is The leading cause of auto-immune response inherent in ADD and ADHD.
(7)Monitor the PH level of your saliva and urine with a digital PH meter, and know that an alkaly level (7.4) renders one's body uninhabitable by cancers and virus.
(1)Doing studies on immune system therapies, the Chinese have learned that the antigens ejected from the body in the urine would yield a stimulant to fortify the immune system by immediate ingestion: try mixing 1 ounce of your immediate urine to 7 ounces of water with a tea-spoon of sodium bicarbonate (Baking Soda). Keep refrigerated and used between 1 month and 3 months is the best results;
(2)Avoid anything thought to be dairy;
(3)Avoid carbonated beverages (these cause oxygen depletion in the body, myoxia, leading symptom X of the buzzward "fibromyalgia" that has built more a livelyhood for drug companies and its whores than a remedy);
(4)Avoid processed (white) sugars, non-sea (white) salts, and (white) "enriched" flour;
(5)Avoid preservatives (citric acid), toxic industrial dopamine manipulators/flavor-enhancers (aspartame), and GMO'd non-foods marketed as organic grains and staples (rice, corn, beans).
(6)Consume natural grown food, the closer to you the better, raw vegetables with "oxalyic acid" and seeds with "nitrilocydes."
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I prefer it as "swine flu", means cheap pork!
In fact, they should call it "pork flu".
This is a fascinating concept, come to think of it. Individually, we have been using an adaptive immune system for millions of years.
Now we can isolate the virus in a lab, create a vaccine for it, and spread it all around the world. Civilization itself is an organism with its own immune system.
Nor was my ladyfriend, who works with the public every day. Last week both of us were achy, runny nose, and had a sore throat. Mostly gone now. Wonder if we got this dreaded swine flu? Wonder how many people had it or are having it right now, but just don't have any symptoms that merit anything more than a hot shower, ibuprofen, and tea?
The vaccine ACAM-FLU-A, made by Acambis, should give lifelong protection against all strains of influenza A - the cause of pandemics. It can protect against swine flu (H1N1), avian flu (H5N1) and all other known strains of type A.
Introducing something like this will mean eradication of flu because vaccine targets region of influenza virus which is common for all its types and doesn't change when virus is mutating.
Right now the second phase of clinical testing is performed, first phase has been finished successfully (90% of vaccinated people developed antibodies against flu virus).
See article:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7171118.stm
There is one strange thing related to this vaccine. In September 2008 Sanofi Pasteur which is one of the biggest vaccine producing companies in the word has acquired Acambis.
Read this:
http://198.73.159.214/sanofi-pasteur2/ImageServlet?imageCode=23340&siteCode=SP_CORP
Wonder if this is connected somehow to development of universal vaccine. Selling of seasonal flu vaccines is main source of income for Sanofi Pasteur, maybe they do not want to introduce ACAM-FLU-A into market because it will mean less money for them? Guess if any such money is worth 500 000 deaths due to influenza every year.
Most of what you are saying is flat out wrong.... In the same (very bizarre) order as the parent:
0. The presence of mercury in vaccines is a red herring. We're talking about 62.5 micrograms per dose. You get that much mercury from eating a typical portion of tuna. An average adult gets nearly that much every week from dental fillings alone. This theory for the cause of autism seems pretty implausible. Further, these days, vaccines intended for children are available in a thimerosal-free variant specifically for this purpose, making this argument against vaccines utterly moot.
7. This is a clear case of correlation being confused with causation.... A pH level of 7.4 is considered normal in humans. So basically you are saying that most humans cannot get viruses or cancer. This is clearly not correct.... The normal range is 7.35 to 7.45. If you are outside that range, it is likely indicative of illness. Bringing your pH into that range doesn't kill viruses. Killing viruses brings it into that range.
1. That is just freaking disgusting.
2. Avoiding dairy is unnecessary unless you are lactose intolerant. I can certainly understand trying to avoid BGH, but there are BGH-free dairies that you can get your milk from. And in the grand scheme of things, it's really not that big a risk.
3. No thoughts about the safety of drinking carbonated beverages (at least as far as the CO2 is concerned). I would note that fibromyalgia, as far as I can tell, is similar to dementia in that it is basically a catch-all diagnosis that means "We don't know what's wrong." Thus attributing it to any single cause seems dubious to me, but....
4. Bleaching flour does reduce the health benefits, but not all white flour is bleached. Ultragrain(R), for example, is a white flour that is not bleached.
Salt (at least salt that is safe for human consumption) is naturally clearish-white, including the sea salt you promote. Be afraid of any salt that is not white. As far as health goes, you should to be really careful using sea salt to ensure that you get enough iodine. It is not recommended as a substitute for table salt unless you either consume lots of citrus fruit or just enjoy goiter. :-)
White sugar is just brown sugar with the molasses separated out. I'm not convinced that avoiding white sugar is a very good idea. AFAICT, the alternatives are all much worse for you. The things you need to avoid are high fructose corn syrup and any sugar substitutes (not just aspartane). Artificial sweeteners cause the human body to crave the calories that it is expecting, and when those calories don't follow, this causes you to consume more food than you otherwise would. This is why studies have shown diet drinks tend to cause weight gain in the long term, not weight loss. HFCS does the same thing, just to a lesser degree. You're much better off with cane sugar.
5. I think my comments on #4 mostly covered this. Avoiding citric acid probably isn't necessary. It is relatively harmless. Avoiding other preservatives, though, yes. In particular, avoid sodium benzoate. When combined with citric acid, it releases benzene, which is really nasty stuff.
6. I assume you mean oxalic acid. If so, you should not increase your consumption of those foods---at least not without cooking them to destroy the oxalic acid. In the long term, excessive consumption of oxalic acid can cause a number of nutritional deficiencies including osteoporosis.
I also assume you mean nitrilosides, e.g. amygdalin. I would caution again that excessive consumption of these substances (particularly in the form of oral supplements) is toxic. Specifically, it releases cyanide when ingested....
Also, the whole locavore thing has some advantages in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but it really isn't doing your body any favors health-wise. There are lots of areas where little or no food can be grown usefully, and most parts of the world can't feasibly
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