well at least someone else can see it from my point of view lol.
well at least someone else can see it from my point of view lol.
LET THE HAMMER FALL
no, a jab does nothing more.....
It vaccinates against human influenza untill it mutates. If people don't get human flu then Bird flu's chances of infecting and mutating drop.
LET THE HAMMER FALL
We don't have a vaccine that could even slow Spanish Influenza. It's so different that the same vaccines aren't going to work. You might as well just give people shots for the measels and polio, for all the good a flu shot is against this stuff. You don't realize how specific it is.... flu shots are inneffective against more than half of the standard human flu strains. And absolutely useless against the exotic flu strains like Spanish and Avian. It reminds me of the "duck and cover" theory for dealing with atomic warfare.
Watching it on the news right now- it's in Romania, now. Appearantly, they're gassing and burning chickens. However, it's being spread by wild birds in the recent migrations. Which is a very bad thing. But it seems this strain can't hop from human to human, so we're lucky. It's also not as deadly, thus far no europeans infected have died- which would suggest that a well-fed healthy individual with medical attention is quite capable of fighting this one. They seem confident that they can stop the outbreak before it spreads any further.
But if you're vaccinated against normal flu then chances are lower of human to human.
Well we can only hope so.
By the way there is a vaccine against Polio, Measels and german measels.
the MMR which is recieved twice and some spray for Polio
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Normally I'd make a joke about this, but that might result in an EotW ban.Appearantly, they're gassing and burning chickens.Let's hope so, you people are starting to give me Bird Flu jitters now.Originally Posted by udsuna
Kaycee says (12:06 AM):
whos' obama?
I know we have polio and measels vaccines. I was talking about effectiveness vs. this flu, because those shots would be about as helpful as the standard flu shot.
You mean something along the lines of a "poultry holocaust"? Crossed my mind, too.
What I'm saying is vaccinating against normal flu stops you getting normal flu so it reduces Avian flu's mutation chances.
It can be treated but it isn't easy.
If it's got low chance of mutation we're fine in a way..
LET THE HAMMER FALL
avian flu has a 50% death rate.
mutation is certain. it may not be for a few years but viruses don't really disappear (there are cases like the spanish flu and plague which do). but at one point the mutation will take place.
and by that time Wouldn't you think Scientists would of learned to pwn it?
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not really. haven't fund a cure for normal flu what chance do they have of finding a cure for this one? treatments for diseases aren't ten a penny. they are slow to develop and normally only half effective.
5 years is enough time wouldn't you think?
It'll eventually tire out then come back again years later or scientists will just contain secure and eventually find a cure or vaccine.
LET THE HAMMER FALL
Ive heard about this bird flu and I belive udsuna is being a little overdramatic. And the stuff there stockpileing does have some sort of affect, why else would they be stockpileing it?
Excuse my spelling of stockpileing I cant be bothered to look in a dictionery and excuse my spelling of dictionery too.
five years isn't enough to find a vaccine or cure. meningitis took far longer, and look at the cold and HIV, polio took years, smallpox was by chance and refining that took a long time.
the stockpiled tamiflu is totally untested. they have no idea whether this stuff will work or not. but is all we have.
Technology is much better now, it is possible we will run into a vaccine and pwn Avian Flu in the next five years. Note: Possible.
Kaycee says (12:06 AM):
whos' obama?
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