I try not to think about stuff like this - Page 2

Beestie · 03-22-2005, 06:10 PM

I wouldn't worry about the Plague. I'd worry about bird flu.

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It contains eight genes, and the fear is that it will reassemble, swapping one of its bird-infecting genes for a human-infecting gene....

Scientists predict that [avian flu] could be the beginning of a pandemic that could kill millions of people, rivaling the 1918 epidemic that killed 40 million people.

Kitsune · 03-22-2005, 09:25 PM

But I will think about it now, whenever I see a squirrel.

wolf · 03-23-2005, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by cowhead

yeah.. back to the original topic... the plague is very much alive and well... west of here there are whole colonies of prarie dogs that have the plague...seems they breed fast enough to not all die out. yeah, not so good eh?

I'm going to more Weapons of Mass Destruction training in a couple of weeks. I'll let you know if there's anything new (or old) and icky to be worried about.

No, I don't actually sleep. Why were you thinking about asking?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-23-2005, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

I wouldn't worry about the Plague. I'd worry about bird flu.

That link contains a link to this scary story.

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Before you have a heart attack, let me assure you that, two months later, it looks like the nightmare of weaponized super-flu did not happen this time. But the scenario that played out is probably pretty close to what might unfold in a genuine bioterrorism incident, and it reveals critical weaknesses in our global security system--or lack thereof.

Brown Thrasher · 03-24-2005, 07:35 PM

New Yorker. Good short stories. The rest well?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-24-2005, 08:46 PM

New Yorker = cartoons.

03-22-2005, 09:25 PM	#17
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03-24-2005, 07:35 PM	#20
Brown Thrasher self=proclaimed ass looking for truth whatever that means Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: A treehouse Posts: 193	New Yorker. Good short stories. The rest well? __________________ Let it rain, it eases pain.....

03-24-2005, 08:46 PM	#21
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	New Yorker = cartoons. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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