Originally posted by toepick
I think the warnings by Biden and Powel just had to do with the economic crisis..politicians tend to make anything they feel is important overly dramatic. And the economy is without a doubt still a crisis despite all the 'pumping' attempts made lately by the MSM. And Obama HAS lost a lot of popularity by his actions, i.e. the bailouts.

Retroviralsounds... you have the scariest take on this swine flu thing I have read anywhere. When ever some one makes a post of that magnitude I like to look back at some of that persons previous posts to get a feel of where that person is coming from. Sort of a profile if you will. In your case, I find this quote from another thread that you started:

When I die, my universe ends completely and ceases to exist. My 'ending' may be an apocalyptic one, where everyone on the planet is wiped out and the universe collapses on itself. Poof. Yours may be, slowly dying of TB and vanishing off the planet. Another yet may be, you are the bringer of the end of your universe. etc.

Now this kinda confuses me because on one hand you seem to think that we all control our destiny. So shouldn't we all just be able to 'will' this out of existence? But more serious is that you seem to believe this IS serious enough that despite what you believe philosophically; you feel this virus is dangerous enough that even you can't control it in your universe...or (and again taken from some of your posts). Maybe you feel like you want it to happen so you can invent the cure to it? Or help out in some major way.

I'm honestly not trying to knock your position at all..your statement (in this thread) worries me. And I am a Paramedic, have been for going on 17 years now. So believe me this scares me, I am THE first one to be in a really bad position if this breaks. And I take precautions and have for the past 17 years. note that I have NEVER nor will I EVER take a flu shot

But, I am curious to know what you know that you might not be telling us. You have stated that you do work for big bio-chem. I am also curious to know why despite the particular virus being a combination of swine viruses from two continents, not including the USA, AND of avian virus, AND of human flu virus, you didn't seem to be familiar with that part of the equation despite that being one of the primary concerns reported in the MSM.

Is this the perfect storm??

Or do the combination of all these genomes also give it some built in weaknesses.

And the bigger question has been posted already...can such a combination have occurred without human intervention.

Originally posted by retroviralsounds


And as far as me being the great saviour, in my field thats always a dream, and I appreciate your flattery, but I am only 24 years old... I am FAR from a savior.

Originally posted by Aesun

A 7% mortality rate in one of the world's poorer countries is far from a threatening figure. Rhetoric aside, my point will be proven in the coming weeks.

I hope that you are correct... and you could be - and that would be a very good thing!
Meanwhile - not a bad idea for people to pay attention - use their common sense and do what they can - to protect themselves and their families.

Originally posted by LeAto
So this is a distinctive antigenic shift and not a drift? As far as I was aware an antigenic shift can only occur in type A while a drift can occur over the spectrum of all 3... Any word on the effectivness of rimantadine vs iseltamivir?

~ LeAto

Originally posted by LeAto
So this is a distinctive antigenic shift and not a drift? As far as I was aware an antigenic shift can only occur in type A while a drift can occur over the spectrum of all 3... Any word on the effectivness of rimantadine vs iseltamivir?

~ LeAto