Lets talk about the Swine flu...

floydpink · 04-26-2009, 07:28 AM

I was watching Anderson Cooper 360 last night and they were in the Congo with a leading epidemiologist (sp?) who was showing how the diseases, like AIDS, that jump from animals to humans can really become resistant to vaccines and really spread globally in very little time with the ease of air travel.

Granted, not many here are hacking monkeys and getting in contact with their blood, but it's still scary.

Heck, not far from me, in Lake county, I think they still eat armadillos.

The doctor was saying there are signs of very strong and scary diseases emerging and he seems to think it is a question of "when" and not "if" we are faced with a very large global pandemic.

I went to bed kind of scared.

lightning9191 · 04-26-2009, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by floydpink

The doctor was saying there are signs of very strong and scary diseases emerging and he seems to think it is a question of "when" and not "if" we are faced with a very large global pandemic.

I have to agree with your doctor on this one. Humans have been plagued by epidemics for probably all of known history. The questions are when is the next one going to spread like wildfire and what will it be.

floydpink · 04-26-2009, 11:36 AM

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I have to agree with your doctor on this one. Humans have been plagued by epidemics for probably all of known history. The questions are when is the next one going to spread like wildfire and what will it be.

It wasn't actually MY doctor. It was the doctor trudging through the Congo jungle with Sanjay Gupta examining the bush kill.

Now my doctor, he said my prostate is in fine condition just a couple weeks ago.......

lightning9191 · 04-26-2009, 11:54 AM

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Now my doctor, he said my prostate is in fine condition just a couple weeks ago.......

Man am I glad to hear that....to think I was sitting here worried about your prostate.

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floydpink crazy diamond Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Pete Location: Orlando Posts: 1,955 Trading: (17)	Re: Lets talk about the Swine flu... I was watching Anderson Cooper 360 last night and they were in the Congo with a leading epidemiologist (sp?) who was showing how the diseases, like AIDS, that jump from animals to humans can really become resistant to vaccines and really spread globally in very little time with the ease of air travel. Granted, not many here are hacking monkeys and getting in contact with their blood, but it's still scary. Heck, not far from me, in Lake county, I think they still eat armadillos. The doctor was saying there are signs of very strong and scary diseases emerging and he seems to think it is a question of "when" and not "if" we are faced with a very large global pandemic. I went to bed kind of scared. __________________ "If we weren't all crazy we would go insane" Last edited by floydpink; 04-26-2009 at 07:43 AM.