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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Re:Stop the madness

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The British mask thing doesn't really seem to matter (I mean, it can't have cost a great deal, so the impact just isn't there; it might be ridiculous, but it simply isn't damaging).

Doesn't the U.S. have relatively large stocks of antivirals just sitting around? This is the impression that I am under; from what I can tell, Roche produces a fairly large amount of Tamiflu for government stockpiling, and new orders wouldn't significantly impact the amount of drug available for treatment in the U.S. (I.e., thar be plenty for the moment). By means of plenty, my understanding is that there are millions of courses on the shelf in the U.S.

The Mexican/Canadian song and dance isn't something I am familiar with, so I have no idea. Hopefully your impression of the Canadian reaction being incompetent is wrong. Clearly, the Mexican reaction was not ideal.

There is some upside to the current situation, as there is a chance to use it as a smoke test and take action to improve things (a simple step would be for the CDC to commit a few million towards establishing a quiet monitoring system in Mexico, claims on their sovereignty be damned).

Re:H1N1 A flu, please

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The drift from pigs to humans (and therefore no vaccine in production) caused the initial concern.

You can't be serious...can you???

I am safe in my bunker. Fsck the 2nd and 3rd waves that your hypothetical scenarios proscribe due to your limited imagination.

I anticipated this airborne vector unlike any other entity could do. You are doomed. I will counter attack from my vault when your stupidity evaporates.

Drift from pigs to humans?
Duke Nukem Forever has not been released yet, so ....WTF?

It was not the 'drift from pigs to humans' that was the concern, it was the ease that it was transmitted from human to human that was/is the big deal.

Go ahead and keep knee-jerking shit, and deny what is actually happening...don't want to upset your agenda.