Researchers Reconstruct 1918 Virus |
 Oct 7 2005, 02:51 PM
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 what do you think it says....if so obvious.  Group: Member Posts: 1,838 Joined: Sep 2004 Member No: 52,420  |
http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/10/06/journ...ndup/index.html- repost
QUOTE ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- Scientists have made from scratch the Spanish flu virus that killed as many as 50 million people in 1918, the first time an infectious agent behind a historic pandemic has ever been reconstructed. now why would they do this. 
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Oct 7 2005, 03:02 PM
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Yes, if one reads the article, one can see why they would reconstruct such a beast: because the way it mutates and spreads is similar to other viruses, and can be used to combat other similar viruses. It is for this reason that the remaining stockpiles of polio and other eradicated viruses are not destroyed.
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xiMiJix Researchers Reconstruct 1918 Virus Oct 7 2005, 02:51 PM
mipadi The link is broken. Oct 7 2005, 02:52 PM jooleeah Wow. That's really weird. And a bit scary, to... Oct 7 2005, 02:57 PM
[Filp]Essence QUOTE(jooleeah @ Oct 7 2005, 2:57 PM)Wow. Th... Oct 7 2005, 03:05 PM mipadi QUOTE([Filp]Essence @ Oct 7 2005, 4:... Oct 7 2005, 03:07 PM lbjshaq2345 QUOTE(mipadi @ Oct 7 2005, 4:07 PM)Maybe it g... Oct 9 2005, 04:47 PM racoons > you presumably, they intend to study it, and the way i... Oct 7 2005, 02:57 PM yanners QUOTE(racoons > you @ Oct 8 2005, 3:57 AM)... Oct 9 2005, 08:28 AM incoherent people these days are so smart. i tried to think a... Oct 7 2005, 03:42 PM mai_z ^^ yea...I think it would be pretty hard. Actually... Oct 7 2005, 08:52 PM salcha The bird flu and the 1918 flu had some similaritie... Oct 7 2005, 08:55 PM Levy2k6 my human geography teacher (she's also a Gov A... Oct 7 2005, 09:36 PM salcha ^
hmm, I'm not sure but I THINK it would help... Oct 9 2005, 12:39 AM Spiritual Winged Aura What's so special about the 1918 virus? I dont... Oct 7 2005, 09:44 PM sadolakced acid QUOTE(mipadi @ Oct 7 2005, 3:07 PM)Maybe it g... Oct 7 2005, 09:49 PM celticsluvr crazy people....who would do that? and why? Oct 8 2005, 01:44 PM Shahin QUOTE(celticsluvr @ Oct 8 2005, 10:44 AM)craz... Oct 9 2005, 03:48 AM insomniac QUOTE(Shahin @ Oct 9 2005, 3:48 AM)Not the sh... Oct 9 2005, 04:37 PM SillyCourtney They better keep it under safe observation. But th... Oct 9 2005, 02:45 PM mipadi QUOTE(SillyCourtney @ Oct 9 2005, 3:45 PM)The... Oct 9 2005, 02:53 PM SillyCourtney QUOTE(mipadi @ Oct 9 2005, 2:53 PM)Wait a min... Oct 9 2005, 04:43 PM mipadi QUOTE(SillyCourtney @ Oct 9 2005, 5:43 PM)Som... Oct 9 2005, 06:08 PM SillyCourtney QUOTE(mipadi @ Oct 9 2005, 6:08 PM)It's n... Oct 9 2005, 06:17 PM mipadi QUOTE(SillyCourtney @ Oct 9 2005, 7:17 PM)Yea... Oct 9 2005, 06:56 PM salcha QUOTE(mipadi @ Oct 9 2005, 6:56 PM)Well, if t... Oct 9 2005, 08:49 PM Spiritual Winged Aura QUOTE(SillyCourtney @ Oct 9 2005, 11:45 AM)Th... Oct 9 2005, 06:28 PM Blue-Chan I don't think there is any need for this yet.
... Oct 9 2005, 08:10 PM yanners ^ those masks were suffocating u__________u.
i had... Oct 10 2005, 01:59 AM |
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