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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:27 AM Original message |
The part that gets me is the Swine Flu is killing healthy young people. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. 68 out of 1000 died, gets mine. but true that. n/t |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. You should get a Oskar Schindler avatar if you like Liam Neeson. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. my ten yr old son |
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Medusa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
2. That's what the flu pandemic after WWI did too; |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The key is to stay cranky. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. It'll never touch me then. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. They didn't have penicillin |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. OTOH their pee smelled way better. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Penicillin doesn't work against viruses - it might help against some secondary infections |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. *hit head with hand* Doh!! I shoulda known that. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:58 AM Response to Reply #16 |
25. I'm aware |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Antibiotics don't do shit against viruses. nt |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Flu is a virus; antibiotics work on bacterial infections. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 12:00 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I didn't say it it did. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. Penicillin would have helped against the secondary, fatal, pneumonia |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. No it wouldn't, because the pneumonia wasn't bacterial in origin. |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 02:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Well try telling that |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. many pneumonias post flu are bacterial and penicillin would and does help |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 02:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. Penicillin is an anti-bacterial. Influenza is a VIRUS. It's not even apples and oranges, more like |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 02:24 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Try reading what had gone before |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Not partial immunity; |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 01:17 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Hmmmm... interesting info. Thanks for posting. |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 03:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
44. cytokine storms are interesting. The body is an amazing thing |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. Actually, they found that the 1918 flu caused autoimmune response. |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. According to NPR news report it is getting CDC's attention also |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. I trust the CDC |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Nose picking has to stop. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. you watching me? |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Apparently people are to keep their hands off their face, nose, mouth. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. I was going for a DUZY. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. You can pick your nose, you can pick your friends, but... |
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kaiden (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. That's exactly what happened with the Spanish Flu. |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I'm OK, I know little Spanish. |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Another good source on the 1918 pandemic |
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Phoebe Loosinhouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 03:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
43. "The Great Influenza" spends a LOT of time on the overall history |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
20. Being young and healthy |
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MrPerson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:47 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I'm stopping with the salads and switching to fries pronto |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 11:53 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Anything you do |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
27. As did the 1918-19 flu pandemic. |
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northernlights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. can you cite a source for that? |
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Joe the Revelator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
33. Its called a cytokine storm |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
34. The 1918 flu pandemic seemed to spare the very young and older adults. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 01:47 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. A good book (novel) about the 1918 pandemic is "The Last Town on Earth" by Thomas Mullen. |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-26-09 01:48 PM Response to Original message |
37. that's what surprised me too |
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