Comments on: Swine flu: One killer virus, three key questions: One Mad Scientist

By: clancys_daddy

clancys_daddy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:04:07 +0000

#12 actually the article was posted yesterday 11/18/09. But is now only available through pay to read.

By: Sean Rushforth

Sean Rushforth — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:23:03 +0000

A BBC report claims only 50% of pregnant women have chosen to have the new swine flu vaccine.

By: Crankblock

Crankblock — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:22:40 +0000

More horseshit coming from the virus banking industry.

By: Ralph, the Bus Driver

Ralph, the Bus Driver — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:08:44 +0000

Bad posting. The article is for subscription only. I don’t feel like paying $32 to read something in order to make a comment.

But I notice the number of people that comment based upon only a headline.

By: deowll

deowll — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:31:33 +0000

Goody, just what we need. A biological warfare lab pumping out killer viruses in the middle of a densely populated region. I vote we give these people to the sharks.

By: clancys_daddy

clancys_daddy — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:02:58 +0000

What could it turn into? yes and the sun could explode, California sink into the ocean, the earth could get warmer or colder, you or I could get hit by a car crossing the street, or you might win the lottery. Could yes but I won’t lose any sleep over it, neither will any person with a modicum of knowledge about biology or science. The media knows nothing about either, and never ever gets the facts right.

By: tonyedit

tonyedit — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:20:51 +0000

I miss the old John. The one that didn’t have people in his ear carving him an online personality. Now this is just a lightweight libertarian (see reactionary) blog. Btw, please please dump Curry. That guys a yucks blowhard and nowhere near as subtle as John. I’m giving up and no, it’s not my fault. Cranky Geeks still has solid editorial and humour. But the rest? Pfffffff…

By: Dave Knows Too Much 3tuff

Dave Knows Too Much 3tuff — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:20:21 +0000

Resistance = evolution

“Computer Controlled Safe” lets hope its not running windows.

By: Improbus

Improbus — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:02:50 +0000

Thriller the Musical …. sponsored by the Umbrella Corporation.

By: chuck

chuck — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:52:12 +0000

I’m sure the Umbrella corporation has our best interests at heart.

By: sargasso

sargasso — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:49:26 +0000

On a related note, virulence is like the wind, lethality is like fire. A fast killing virus (Avian Flu) doesn’t spread very far in a static population because the carriers die close to where they caught the infection. Very virulent infections (Swine Flu) are almost always treatable and not so deadly, because the mechanism for transmission relies on a victim who is able to carry and infect others (giving the human immune system time to adapt). The hybridization of these two infection mechanisms, almost always fails.

By: jak

jak — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:45:44 +0000

Oh and their is always the nut job religious zealot that believes he is doing gods work by hastening the End of Days by turning something like this loose on the sinners of the world.

By: tcc3

tcc3 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:14:43 +0000

{reminded of the beginning of The Stand – Don’t fear the reaper}

By: MotaMan

MotaMan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:09:22 +0000

“It is also smack in the city centre, its entrance just metres from mothers pushing prams along the pavement on avenue Tony Garnier.”

I especially liked that part of the story

By: jak

jak — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:08:47 +0000

This kind of thing should scare the shit out of everybody! Combining virus’s that are not something that is likely to combine on it’s own just to see how deadly it is or to figure out what makes or how to make something more virulent. All it takes is one accidental exposure or mentally unstable or greedy scientist and we’ll have a real pandemic and not one of these fake overblown one’s like we have now.