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megaman79 on 28 April 2009

^fortunately theres a liberal in the white house and Obama won't nuke mexico



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twesterm on 28 April 2009

I lol'd



 

vlad321 on 28 April 2009

WHO is asking the US officials to confirm that the flu can spread from human to human, if so, they will raise the alert level to level 5. Many people could start getting hit around the world if it does.



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ssj12 on 28 April 2009

first case in Florida now.. Mexican Tourist... f***



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NJ5 on 28 April 2009
vlad321 said:
WHO is asking the US officials to confirm that the flu can spread from human to human, if so, they will raise the alert level to level 5. Many people could start getting hit around the world if it does.

That's weird, I thought level 4 already meant it's spreading from human to human (which has been happening according to many reports):

 



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akuma587 on 28 April 2009

You all will be fine. Its already in Texas. I'm not at all worried. I'm no swine. Ain't gonna do shit to em.



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vlad321 on 28 April 2009
NJ5 said:
vlad321 said:
WHO is asking the US officials to confirm that the flu can spread from human to human, if so, they will raise the alert level to level 5. Many people could start getting hit around the world if it does.

That's weird, I thought level 4 already meant it's spreading from human to human (which has been happening according to many reports):

 

 

Oh I just got itt off Reuters, they could have been mistaken.



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Rath on 28 April 2009

I think the WHO is asking for confirmation of human-human spread in New York because if that is confirmed it will be level 5 rather than level 4.



bobacob on 28 April 2009

Things such as viruses are nurmally categorised by thier surface antigens that are present on them.

So a viruses classified as H1N1 could have many separate virus classes within it. H stands for hemagluttanin and N stands for neraminidase.

The only reason the media classifes them this way is because by and large, these classifications are the targets for individual antiviral treatments.

The individual contents of the DNA splicing enzymes have to be taken into account in terms of reproduction and virulence as well.

People should also bear in mind that normal flu is DEADLY also, these mexican clinicians probably dont know jack shit about the virus death toll.

So do not listen to thier death counts yet, just wait for a comprehensive report from the WHO as soon as it comes out.

Saying that recognising the threat as level four is probably necessary at this stage.



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bobacob on 28 April 2009
vlad321 said:
NJ5 said:
vlad321 said:
WHO is asking the US officials to confirm that the flu can spread from human to human, if so, they will raise the alert level to level 5. Many people could start getting hit around the world if it does.

That's weird, I thought level 4 already meant it's spreading from human to human (which has been happening according to many reports):

 

 

Oh I just got itt off Reuters, they could have been mistaken.

Just because something has potentially spread from human to human does not necessarily mean that it HAS spread from human to human. The key words in level 4 is virus adaptation.

Due to the mode of viral infection by binding to host cells(and in most part this binding is quite specific) the virus may be a veay capable killer, although the viruses may be either A) very fragile (such as HIV) or B) require further adaptations to infect in smaller numbers.

 



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