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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:09 PM Original message |
What exactly was this bird flu expert on CNN trying to say today here? |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. Quote: "YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!" |
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screembloodymurder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. I'm not so sure. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Yeah. He's a bird flu expert, so by definition he knows |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:12 PM Response to Original message |
2. I guess what he was trying to say is they really don't know enough.. |
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murray hill farm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. The more the virus spreads geographically, |
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confludemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. It's not a given that it will attain pandemic status ever. MASS HYPE |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. is "never" really "just a matter of time" then? |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. That is the part that had me confused too n/t |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
5. Another expert |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:38 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. or a single recombination.... |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. All I can do is tell you what I heard. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I don't think mike_c is the kind of guy who wants anyone to be fearful |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 08:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Thank you |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. I have a pretty good BS detector with this stuff, and TRUST ME, |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:54 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Not just his genetics |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:43 AM Response to Reply #23 |
43. thanks for the kind remarks, ya'll.... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
35. Most of the population has no idea how viruses do transfer |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
7. don, I can answer this.... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Thanks a million mike_c for your help here |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 06:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. The problem involved is that it is becoming |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Thanks for your comments too |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. You can trust mike-c. He is a reliable source, and he spells |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. yep-- or it could never happen.... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 07:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Man did you ever explain that good |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 09:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. sorry about the overly technical reply.... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:40 AM Response to Reply #19 |
29. Flu is RNA based. |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:45 AM Response to Reply #29 |
30. thanks for clarifying-- I couldn't remember.... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:35 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. self reply-- Kailassa answered the question.... |
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Kailassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:11 PM Response to Reply #41 |
46. No Worries ;-) |
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Kailassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:01 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. RNA based copying in influenza. |
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senaca (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-05 11:39 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Series of mutations in 1918 H1N1 |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:38 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. good questions.... |
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senaca (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:38 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. I appreciate your easy to understand answers to my questions. Thanks. nt |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Part of the UK plan is, I think ,to give poultry farmers regular flu shots |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:42 AM Response to Reply #27 |
42. makes good sense... |
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Irish Mastiff (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:37 AM Response to Original message |
25. There is now a Dog Flu that just mutated fromm a Horse Flu. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:49 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. No that ain't no thread hijack. I have been wondering about dog flu too |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:00 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I did some googling about it. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:04 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. I have been Goggling this for a week and just can't find much |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:51 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. this is a really good point.... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
26. ???? |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:56 AM Response to Reply #26 |
45. that's because there is likely a high threshold for human... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
50. This of course has long been the concern |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. I am not crazy about Blitzer or CNN but I think he was just repeating... |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 01:46 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. agreed |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. I have had the normal flu twice (I think?) and thought it was going to... |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
34. A question: If a Democrat were president, and the World Health... |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
37. You are joking right? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:20 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. I get my info from the World Health Organization. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:09 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I thought you were asking me about a Dem president saying what Bush did? |
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countryjake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
47. Thanks for sparking an informative post! |
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