The fact that old & ill people die of the flu is something we should just ignore & not care about?
The # of people that die from the flu yearly is staggering.. and yeah, a lot of them are old and immunosuppressed, but I really do think we need some method that works of vaccinating them quickly or drugs that work. Because dying of the flu is so last century.
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06-29-2009, 08:43 AM #1
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06-29-2009, 10:25 AM #2
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How can you do that with a virus that mutates?
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06-29-2009, 10:27 AM #3
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Personally I'd rather not find some new 21st century way to die.
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06-29-2009, 10:33 AM #4
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Like hitting your head when the airplane blows a tire? (No more zorbeez)
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06-29-2009, 10:45 AM #5
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I won't speak ill of the dead, but I'm not going to miss the yelling. Poor guy, though. I heard his last interview where he said he had gotten hit really hard on the head. Brain injuries are amazing. You think you're fine, then...it's too late.
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06-29-2009, 10:50 AM #6
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Since he lives here, I have update from our local paper (on line)
Seems it was heart disease and not neurological (or trauma)--just a coincidence???
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publics...cle1014168.ecekatluvr
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06-29-2009, 12:51 PM #7
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Was he wearing his seatbelt while seated? Originally Posted by Fredwina
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06-29-2009, 02:03 PM #8
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The current process of making a flu vaccine is antiquitated - not to mention, the antigens being vaccinated against are predicted a year in advance... which doesn't help when there's a new flu right now this second, and growing a vaccine in chicken eggs, you can't produce it fast enough to treat an ongoing epidemic. Originally Posted by Zen
Approve recombinant flu vaccines, and it doesn't take so long to produce a vaccine against a new antigen.
Viruses mutate - but there are usually common antigens - things that are required for infection, etc. that are conserved... target those sorts of antigens as much as possible.
And better drugs in general against an existing flu infection would help.
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