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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Jan 25, 2016 14:46:51 GMT
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Post by Skankmonkey on Jan 25, 2016 16:15:32 GMT
No vaccine or treatment either. Worrying. They seem to be having some success controlling mosquitos by releasing GM strains that confer sterility to their offspring. With the increasing failure of malaria vaccines I expect this will become more common.
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Post by potterglen on Jan 25, 2016 20:48:51 GMT
Thousands affected, some of the babies look like they've had the top of their heads sliced off. As with Ebola, the WHO is dragging its feet with vaccination/prevention treatment
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Post by Skankmonkey on Jan 25, 2016 23:05:18 GMT
Thousands affected, some of the babies look like they've had the top of their heads sliced off. As with Ebola, the WHO is dragging its feet with vaccination/prevention treatment No existing treatment or vaccine apparently.
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Post by mtrstudent on Jan 26, 2016 4:37:49 GMT
I thought there was no vaccine for ebola either? At least not when it burst out.
Apparently we should try not to get pregnant - everyone remember don't go in without a skin.
Tbf I feel pretty clueless whenever one of these things happens. Everyone seems so clued up on medical stuff and I just sit there nodding.
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Post by potterglen on Jan 26, 2016 7:17:37 GMT
I thought there was no vaccine for ebola either? At least not when it burst out. Apparently we should try not to get pregnant - everyone remember don't go in without a skin. Tbf I feel pretty clueless whenever one of these things happens. Everyone seems so clued up on medical stuff and I just sit there nodding. I think a Ebola vaccine was being worked on but not at the stage where it was tested, the early 'victims' were effectively Guinea pigs for the hurried through vaccine and it doesn't matter what you know, it's more important to care.
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Post by potterglen on Jan 26, 2016 7:21:11 GMT
Thousands affected, some of the babies look like they've had the top of their heads sliced off. As with Ebola, the WHO is dragging its feet with vaccination/prevention treatment No existing treatment or vaccine apparently. The Brazilian Government have sent the army to the worst affected town to treat infested water, feckin pathetic, talk about shutting the door after the horse has bolted - over 3000 poorly babies ffs.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Jan 27, 2016 19:05:06 GMT
No existing treatment or vaccine apparently. The Brazilian Government have sent the army to the worst affected town to treat infested water, feckin pathetic, talk about shutting the door after the horse has bolted - over 3000 poorly babies ffs. They were just saying on the News that they could have a vaccine ready by next year but it could take up to ten years to get approval for its use on humans.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Feb 5, 2016 11:33:33 GMT
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Feb 5, 2016 11:38:10 GMT
Pharmaceutical companies going to make a killing again. I wonder what it'll be next year...
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Post by stoneroses on Feb 5, 2016 12:05:59 GMT
Pharmaceutical companies going to make a killing again. I wonder what it'll be next year... This exactly, the money men strike again... Always thought it was strange Ebola just disappeared after Governments spent Millions on vacinations!
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Post by blurtonboy on Feb 5, 2016 15:32:56 GMT
The world needs a proper virus, too many people on this earth.
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Feb 5, 2016 15:59:56 GMT
If you describe a girl as having "A Brazilan" it means she has well pruned nether regions, but in the future it'll mean a girl who's got a head like an association rugby ball.
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Post by samba :) on Feb 5, 2016 16:08:00 GMT
The world needs a proper virus, too many people on this earth. as long as I survive
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Post by blurtonboy on Feb 5, 2016 16:11:41 GMT
If you describe a girl as having "A Brazilan" it means she has well pruned nether regions, but in the future it'll mean a girl who's got a head like an association rugby ball. I know i should not laugh at this, but that made me spurt.
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Post by Northy on Feb 5, 2016 16:36:49 GMT
No vaccine or treatment either. Worrying. They seem to be having some success controlling mosquitos by releasing GM strains that confer sterility to their offspring. With the increasing failure of malaria vaccines I expect this will become more common. I hope the GM strains work as I am allergic to one of the anti malaria drugs, they hadn't a clue what was wrong with me at first and I kept on taking them and ended up hospitalised for a while www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12027077
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Post by starkiller on Feb 5, 2016 17:02:43 GMT
More fear-porn.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Feb 5, 2016 18:41:58 GMT
No vaccine or treatment either. Worrying. They seem to be having some success controlling mosquitos by releasing GM strains that confer sterility to their offspring. With the increasing failure of malaria vaccines I expect this will become more common. I hope the GM strains work as I am allergic to one of the anti malaria drugs, they hadn't a clue what was wrong with me at first and I kept on taking them and ended up hospitalised for a while www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12027077That's horrible. It reads in some ways like malaria itself, fever etc. I bet that was a relief to get sorted out. I think I read all three main anti malarials are becoming less effective to some extent due to mossies developing resistance. The GM releases are still miles away from general use.
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Post by Skankmonkey on Feb 5, 2016 18:44:00 GMT
Well those pregnant Brazilian women were certainly looking pretty scared to me.
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Post by Northy on Feb 5, 2016 19:58:44 GMT
I hope the GM strains work as I am allergic to one of the anti malaria drugs, they hadn't a clue what was wrong with me at first and I kept on taking them and ended up hospitalised for a while www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12027077That's horrible. It reads in some ways like malaria itself, fever etc. I bet that was a relief to get sorted out. I think I read all three main anti malarials are becoming less effective to some extent due to mossies developing resistance. The GM releases are still miles away from general use. It was quite a lot worse than malaria, skin bulging, blistering and falling off, they took pictures of me for the British Medical Journal
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Post by Skankmonkey on Feb 5, 2016 20:25:51 GMT
That's horrible. It reads in some ways like malaria itself, fever etc. I bet that was a relief to get sorted out. I think I read all three main anti malarials are becoming less effective to some extent due to mossies developing resistance. The GM releases are still miles away from general use. It was quite a lot worse than malaria, skin bulging, blistering and falling off, they took pictures of me for the British Medical Journal Ouch! A definite relief to get sorted out then. I can think of easier ways to get my name in print. :-)
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Feb 5, 2016 22:06:15 GMT
That's horrible. It reads in some ways like malaria itself, fever etc. I bet that was a relief to get sorted out. I think I read all three main anti malarials are becoming less effective to some extent due to mossies developing resistance. The GM releases are still miles away from general use. It was quite a lot worse than malaria, skin bulging, blistering and falling off, they took pictures of me for the British Medical Journal Ah! So you were Mr July, with that centre fold spread!
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Post by Northy on Feb 6, 2016 7:43:07 GMT
It was quite a lot worse than malaria, skin bulging, blistering and falling off, they took pictures of me for the British Medical Journal Ah! So you were Mr July, with that centre fold spread! In the 'Hammer hose of horrors' magazine
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Post by lawrieleslie on Feb 8, 2016 9:01:44 GMT
Pharmaceutical companies going to make a killing again. I wonder what it'll be next year... Spot on mate. Remember dear Gordon stockpiling millions of bird-flu vaccines and not a single case was identified in UK. Wasn't one of his cabinet a large share holder in one of the big pharmaceuticals?
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Post by Skankmonkey on Feb 19, 2016 12:12:54 GMT
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Feb 19, 2016 12:25:35 GMT
There's a lot of chatter going on to say that the problem is nothing to do with mosques, and everything to do with those nice people at Monsanto...
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Post by Skankmonkey on Feb 19, 2016 12:32:30 GMT
There's a lot of chatter going on to say that the problem is nothing to do with mosques, and everything to do with those nice people at Monsanto... ... and some blaming the virus on experimentation with GM mosquitoes in the first place.
No doubt the truth will out - or at least a version of it.
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