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Old 11-09-2005, 12:52 AM   #1
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just 87 years ago.................and we are no way prepared t.o.d.a.y.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - The 1918 influenza virus that killed more than
20 million people worldwide originated from American pigs and is unlike any other known flu bug, say researchers. They warn that it could strike again.
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not to be an alarmist: but since it was sooo way before our time...
execept for maybe capesams and the clammah (just kiddin guys)

that just like the vietnam war....many young people today, don't realize it's meaning and or dont think that the holocost (for example) was even a true event....

I've got a few doctors from Newport Hospital who come into the shop regularly and they've thoroughly spooked me about this whole bird flu thing. Nothing like dying due to your lungs filling up with fluid.

I thought I read the 1918 virus originated from birds but maybe my memory is playing tricks on me.

We could of course get lucky and it won't happen in our lifetime. Or we could get unlucky and there will be a pandemic...
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Old 11-09-2005, 06:39 AM   #2
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Post in 1918 it was swine

pigs physiology (their internal organs) are very similar to humans.
thats why now human organs (replacement organs) can be grown for humans inside of pigs with the exact same blood type (ie no rejection) for transplants.

and all it takes is one single bird (plover ] that got blown off course by a hurricane to arrive here with (the h5n1 strain) bird flu and infect a bunch of pigeons (no longer allowed to be fed in bird flu areas)
one of which is eaten by a homeless person who's standing on a street corner in new york as hundreds of people pass by on the way to the airport. how it'll happen is the -> unknown.
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when the bubonic plauge hit europe, many of the people that survived secretly kept cats (which was forbidden) that ate the rats, that carried the fleas, that transmitted the disease. the men who were robbing the dead people laying around everywhere had strings of garlic around their necks to ward off evil but in reality repelled the fleas. this gave credibility to all the vampire stuff. in those days garlic was commonly called "the four thieves" because of those robbers of the dead wearing it around their necks.
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thats why it's important to know how to boost your imune system because the bird flu strain can mutate into a human strain real easily....

two things to remember are... screw the future! ...you'll be lucky to even see it, so live life to the fullest NOW! ....every day is a gift from fate or god or however you want to look at it...

life is a very precarious situation at best and without 300 million vacinations ready to go we are all at tremendous risk.

echinacea herb studied by the germans primarily confirming the imune system boosting power with the double blind scientific tests will fly off the shelves in a single day. make sure you have some at home on your shelf.

my wife works for Genzyme pharmaecutical in the shipping warehouse
and the "word is" that all of the drug manufacturers are about to gear up to make this vacine. our president met with all the presidents of those companies in a secret meeting.
this is a very serious situation to say the least. i consider you all to be my friends and knowledge is power... so i had a responsibility to speak my mind.
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Old 11-09-2005, 06:40 AM   #3
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I've got a few doctors from Newport Hospital who come into the shop regularly and they've thoroughly spooked me about this whole bird flu thing.
I'd be more frightened of the docs from Newport Hospital than from the flu.That
place is a horror show.
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Old 11-09-2005, 10:58 PM   #4
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or you could step off the curb and get hit by a @#$%@#^%^^BUS!
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Old 11-10-2005, 12:29 AM   #5
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1918

My dad's uncle died at the age of 24 from that pandemic.
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Old 11-11-2005, 07:17 AM   #6
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Ever read "The Stand" by steven king.
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Old 11-11-2005, 08:58 AM   #7
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1918....Where have I heard that date before???

Oh well whatever it was its been forgotten....

"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
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