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2009-11-28 Science & Technology

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Posted by 2009-11-28 07:26|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 In Ukraine, some of the casualties had lungs so severely damaged that they looked black, and internal temperatures as high as 135F, showing an intense chemical reaction. The doctors there, almost as a group, insisted that it *had* to be pneumonic plague, because they knew of no other disease that could do that.

The biggest irony of all of this, is that this is "just" H1N1, though in a mutated form. As such, it is getting a lot more attention because the world health authorities are in heightened alert for H5N1 Avian flu.

H5N1 is still out there, and growing stronger in its endemic territory, trying out vast numbers of its own mutations, each of which are engaged in natural selection competitions with each other and the immune systems of the animals it is attacking.

It has maintained its high mortality rate of over 60% of those infected, and needs only one slight modification to turn into the worst plague the world has ever known. It could easily get the critical gene segment from H1N1, or it could come up with it on its own.

And there is very little we can do until it emerges. Likely with an entire city being wiped out in either China or Indonesia.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-11-28 09:17|| 2009-11-28 09:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Heard the other day that people can get re-infected with H1N1 virus after already having the flu. Nasty stuff.

I don't know of any private doctors who are giving the H1N1 shot here--only the county health clinic. They also mention on their info sheet that it is the Federal Government who is providing the free shots. It occurred to me that the Feds want people to know who is providing this vaccine--they want you to think all things come from Washington the next election time.

Posted by JohnQC 2009-11-28 10:09|| 2009-11-28 10:09|| Front Page Top

#3 Heard the other day it gives a nasty impression of the Newts, but evidently it doesn't last.

So I've heard.

Posted by Perry Stanford White 2009-11-28 12:51|| 2009-11-28 12:51|| Front Page Top

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