But it can be a girl's name. "Having Candy daily at age 10..." Now if they had Candy every day at age 30! Crime rates would plummet! Everyone would be all smile!
The simple fact is that the "swine flu" is the same as the "regular flu" that we get every year.
Generalizing much? H1N1 2009: "It has two genes from flu viruses that normally circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and bird (avian) genes and human genes. Scientists call this a "quadruple reassortant" virus. (http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm)
If the flu vaccine reduces the chance of getting the other 15-20 strains of flu by a significant amount, but doubles your risk of this particular strain, you still come out ahead.
The seasonal flu vaccine is made to respond to three strains of influenza virus, not 15-20 strains. (Google it.)
...increase the danger that she'll catch something...
Well done. You've managed to use the trick employed by the anti-vaccination crowd and other sensationalists in their fear mongering.
Please keep your "why won't anyone think of the little girl with cancer" FUD to yourself. Your comment proves nothing about the efficacy of the yearly flu jab.
Moreover, there is a perfectly good reason why there is not nor will there be double-blind placebo controlled trials for vaccines. It's simply unethical. Anti-vaccine nuts love to point to the lack of placebo controlled trials for vaccines in an attempt to explain away the lack of any good evidence for their own favorite CAM modalities.
I don't think that conducting a double-blind placebo controlled trial for flu vaccine would be unethical in the least. Placebo controlled studies are unethical only if the participants' health would be seriously jeopardized when receiving the placebo treatment (i.e. death or serious/irreversible health problems). I wouldn't count having a three day flu as a very serious problem.
Moreover, to state that flu vaccines work because, in general, vaccines are a good thing blatantly violates how medical science should work. If there is no well designed study to show that flu vaccines are effective then we cannot state that as such.
As Ben Goldacre would put it, getting the flu vaccination is a medical intervention and as such will always carry a risk of some magnitude. Without conducting a careful risk-benefit study, you cannot give a clear recommendation.
Theoretically, and I'm just going on a hypothetical limb here, you could apply pressure on the papercut, thus preventing the blood flow. Furthermore, if you were to get tired from applying said pressure, you might use some implement to perform the same task, some sort of an aid..hmmm I think I might be onto something here!
Haha. I learned only this summer that the haggis is "marketed" to the US tourists as this small round animal. You could buy little haggis soft toys at the souvenir shops!
Another ridicule on the american tourist was the Edinburgh castle's tourist guide's anecdote about an american asking whether the coastline behind the bay (the Forth?) that you can see from the castle might be France?
Uhh..you would make the players do engineering work. With the added fun of rest of the time reviewing everyone else's engineering work! That'll sell like cupcakes!
I colleague of mine once pondered if anyone had the idea to make a virus (for windows I presumed) that would do exactly that. It could also throttle the CPU(s) down. I bet 99% of users wouldn't notice.
Apparently, the Soviets had the US navy communications code for the most part of the Cold War. If shit had hit the fan, the US navy would have been as successful as defending Pearl Harbor. It's just the same if they practiced in simulators and not fck up yet another ecosystem. Or you could sleep your nights just as well with a soviet-repelling rock under your pillow;-)
When did submarines or other naval vessels last participate in this killing? That's right, in WWII. Causing serious harm to marine life just for the sake of having war games.. Stop that nonsense I say.
This was one myth the busters tested and I believe they called bull on it. Maybe you could have a few fluorescent lights run on induced current but the whole house? I'm skeptic.
You have good points but you also miss one important thing, the fact that nobody but the car makers themselves ran the industry into overcapacity and ensured their ruin. In Finland alone (where I happen to live) there's an estimated 100'000 cars waiting to be transported to Russian market but nobody is buying them. And there we were told for years now that cars were only manufactured to orders. Now THAT was bull.
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Oh look, that isn't an argument. It's just contradiction. I came here for a good argument.
Nevertheless, the researchers remain mystified and are requesting further ideas ...
Have they considered Ask Slashdot?
Government doesn't provide for citizens. It forces some citizens to provide for others.
Just like a corporation forces its employees to provide services to customers.
But it can be a girl's name. "Having Candy daily at age 10..." Now if they had Candy every day at age 30! Crime rates would plummet! Everyone would be all smile!
The simple fact is that the "swine flu" is the same as the "regular flu" that we get every year.
Generalizing much? H1N1 2009: "It has two genes from flu viruses that normally circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and bird (avian) genes and human genes. Scientists call this a "quadruple reassortant" virus. (http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/qa.htm)
If the flu vaccine reduces the chance of getting the other 15-20 strains of flu by a significant amount, but doubles your risk of this particular strain, you still come out ahead.
The seasonal flu vaccine is made to respond to three strains of influenza virus, not 15-20 strains. (Google it.)
Your aunt was probably hit by the Guillain-Barré -syndrome which affects 1 in a million people vaccinated. Anecdotal evidence is the root of many evil and should not appear in medical debate.
I know a little girl who has cancer.
...increase the danger that she'll catch something ...
Well done. You've managed to use the trick employed by the anti-vaccination crowd and other sensationalists in their fear mongering.
Please keep your "why won't anyone think of the little girl with cancer" FUD to yourself. Your comment proves nothing about the efficacy of the yearly flu jab.
Maybe the granny should get the jab then?
Moreover, there is a perfectly good reason why there is not nor will there be double-blind placebo controlled trials for vaccines. It's simply unethical. Anti-vaccine nuts love to point to the lack of placebo controlled trials for vaccines in an attempt to explain away the lack of any good evidence for their own favorite CAM modalities.
I don't think that conducting a double-blind placebo controlled trial for flu vaccine would be unethical in the least. Placebo controlled studies are unethical only if the participants' health would be seriously jeopardized when receiving the placebo treatment (i.e. death or serious/irreversible health problems). I wouldn't count having a three day flu as a very serious problem.
Moreover, to state that flu vaccines work because, in general, vaccines are a good thing blatantly violates how medical science should work. If there is no well designed study to show that flu vaccines are effective then we cannot state that as such.
As Ben Goldacre would put it, getting the flu vaccination is a medical intervention and as such will always carry a risk of some magnitude. Without conducting a careful risk-benefit study, you cannot give a clear recommendation.
Theoretically, and I'm just going on a hypothetical limb here, you could apply pressure on the papercut, thus preventing the blood flow. Furthermore, if you were to get tired from applying said pressure, you might use some implement to perform the same task, some sort of an aid..hmmm I think I might be onto something here!
Errr, what? THAT was your first concern?
I guess if she had a pointy nose you'd be concerned she might be mistaken for a witch?
I mean wtf..
Which makes it all the easier for the chinese fast food places to utilize the gorillas! Just like pulling them straight out of a freezer, brilliant!
Haha. I learned only this summer that the haggis is "marketed" to the US tourists as this small round animal. You could buy little haggis soft toys at the souvenir shops!
Sitation required? http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/nov/27/travelnews.travel
Another ridicule on the american tourist was the Edinburgh castle's tourist guide's anecdote about an american asking whether the coastline behind the bay (the Forth?) that you can see from the castle might be France?
Uhh..you would make the players do engineering work. With the added fun of rest of the time reviewing everyone else's engineering work! That'll sell like cupcakes!
I run HP-UX you insensitive clod!
If society doesn't reward people for their time, they're going to stop doing it.
Symmetrically, if their time and productivity isn't worth the price, society will stop compensating.
So, we can't assume that ...
You must be new here.
Am I the only one who translates "fixed that for you" into "I'm a funny, sociable chap"?
Fixed that for you.
I colleague of mine once pondered if anyone had the idea to make a virus (for windows I presumed) that would do exactly that. It could also throttle the CPU(s) down. I bet 99% of users wouldn't notice.
Apparently, the Soviets had the US navy communications code for the most part of the Cold War. If shit had hit the fan, the US navy would have been as successful as defending Pearl Harbor. It's just the same if they practiced in simulators and not fck up yet another ecosystem. Or you could sleep your nights just as well with a soviet-repelling rock under your pillow ;-)
I heard people can die of food poisoning. Let's destroy all the food in the world and our species will be safe!
When did submarines or other naval vessels last participate in this killing? That's right, in WWII. Causing serious harm to marine life just for the sake of having war games.. Stop that nonsense I say.
This was one myth the busters tested and I believe they called bull on it. Maybe you could have a few fluorescent lights run on induced current but the whole house? I'm skeptic.
You have good points but you also miss one important thing, the fact that nobody but the car makers themselves ran the industry into overcapacity and ensured their ruin. In Finland alone (where I happen to live) there's an estimated 100'000 cars waiting to be transported to Russian market but nobody is buying them. And there we were told for years now that cars were only manufactured to orders. Now THAT was bull.
Secure Internet Live Conferencing, or SILC is what you need (or might want to look at anyway:). Pidgin can be used as the client.
It's going to be interesting to see if they will integrate Chrome 3D into this. Now that would be exciting! 3D chairs flying!