OT: Swine Flu

[Rick C]

This seems relevant to current events.

Be sure to check the mouseover.

https://xkcd.com/574/

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[Rick C]

On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 6:59:29 PM UTC-4, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Rick C wrote:
This seems relevant to current events.

Be sure to check the mouseover.

https://xkcd.com/574/

Well the mouseover applies to auto-immune diseases. Was swine flu one
of those?

Do you really not understand what he is talking about? In particular the Spanish flu was credited with being so lethal to young men because of the overreaction to the disease by the immune system. You can call it autoimmune, but that's missing the mark.

Whatever. That wasn't why I mentioned it, but obviously that would be beyond you as well.

All I remember is they gave the shots with a pneumatic hypo
like on Star Trek. It was a great time to be a kid. Maybe now is too.

Go forward a few to 577 and there's an excellent 5-parter based on
Firefly.

Yeah, he has an obsession with Summer Glau which I might just share.

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Rick C.

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[Tom Del Rosso]

Rick C wrote:

This seems relevant to current events.

Be sure to check the mouseover.

https://xkcd.com/574/

Well the mouseover applies to auto-immune diseases. Was swine flu one
of those? All I remember is they gave the shots with a pneumatic hypo
like on Star Trek. It was a great time to be a kid. Maybe now is too.

Go forward a few to 577 and there's an excellent 5-parter based on
Firefly.

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

Rick C wrote:

On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 6:59:29 PM UTC-4, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Rick C wrote:
This seems relevant to current events.

Be sure to check the mouseover.

https://xkcd.com/574/

Well the mouseover applies to auto-immune diseases. Was swine flu
one of those?

Do you really not understand what he is talking about? In particular
the Spanish flu was credited with being so lethal to young men
because of the overreaction to the disease by the immune system. You
can call it autoimmune, but that's missing the mark.

Whatever. That wasn't why I mentioned it, but obviously that would
be beyond you as well.

Maybe I didn't read it carefully enough, and maybe I don't know how
common auto-immunity is, but I thought it was just a conversation.

 

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2020-03-30 21:16, Tom Del Rosso wrote:

Rick C wrote:
On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 6:59:29 PM UTC-4, Tom Del Rosso wrote:
Rick C wrote:
This seems relevant to current events.

Be sure to check the mouseover.

https://xkcd.com/574/

Well the mouseover applies to auto-immune diseases. Was swine flu
one of those?

Do you really not understand what he is talking about? In particular
the Spanish flu was credited with being so lethal to young men
because of the overreaction to the disease by the immune system. You
can call it autoimmune, but that's missing the mark.

Whatever. That wasn't why I mentioned it, but obviously that would
be beyond you as well.

Maybe I didn't read it carefully enough, and maybe I don't know how
common auto-immunity is, but I thought it was just a conversation.

Cytokine storms are apparently what does it. Same with smallpox.
<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3294426>

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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