Worst Virus in History.

David G. Smith

David G. Smith

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OMG. Scientist have reconstructed the 1918 Spanish flu virus that killed over 50million people. It is a great moment in science, but kind of scary. I hope this stuff does not get out of the lab. Isn't there something in the Bible about plauges in the endtimes?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/05/AR2005100501098_2.html

Just what we need, a Happy Halloween message from the scientific community. Where are the zombie dogs?
 
For some reason reading that made me want to have an ice cold beer.

If the world's gonna end I want my beer cold. :beer:
 
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Sorry. We need a frowning smiley face holding beers. The smiling beer smiley face seems inappropriate, but it's all we got.
 
I caught this headline; and thought "But why?"

My favortie:

"...the genetic information sequenced by Taubenberger is being placed in GenBank, a public genetic sequence database operated by the National Institutes of Health."

""We carefully considered the implications of publishing this research and concluded that the knowledge we're gaining to potentially protect public health far outweighs the risk of working with the virus," Kennedy said

I'm just happy that some radical terrorist group can now recreate a "terrible pandemic. In a few months, it killed more people than any other illness in recorded world history "


The real malady here is; who gave these ****ers the go-ahead? Who authorized this? Who made this decision? And why do we have NOTHING to say about it?
 
tankgirl said:
You guys should not be allowed to post this stuff. I would rather not know!! lol
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If ignorance is bliss, than I government are the happiest f*ckers on earth. :laugh:

You know what freaks me out is that there is a "Tissue Wharehouse" that was set up by Lincoln!!! They got part of their samples from there. Can you imagine gazing upon Pershing's colon polyp or Patton's lanced ass boil? The also dug up some bodies frozen in Alaska looking for the virus.

That info is in a NY Times article. (gotta register to view, sorry)

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/05/h...&en=054b7bbcd1082219&ei=5094&partner=homepage

You can't make up stuff like this.
 
John, you better close this thread before Isaac falls under the desk drunk. He already had 3 beers according to the smileys and keeps adding one each time he posts :cheesy:
 
I just can't handle everyone telling me the world is going to end! It's like non stop. So yeah... ignorance is definetly bliss for me! I just bought a dvx... so I would be really angry if the world would end or I would die anytime soon!! REALLY angry!!
 
Generating this stuff from the data stored would be a monumental task. One that isn't going to be easily replicated by a terrorist organization. If they have the sort of people who not only know enough but have access to the right tools for this sort of thing (this is pretty complex stuff and the places that could do it are few) we have a whole lot more to worry about than this!

That said, point well taken :)
 
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:beer::beer::beer::beer::beer:Why can't they do something useful and reconstitute Gandhi?
 
Shaw said:
Generating this stuff from the data stored would be a monumental task. One that isn't going to be easily replicated by a terrorist organization. If they have the sort of people who not only know enough but have access to the right tools for this sort of thing (this is pretty complex stuff and the places that could do it are few) we have a whole lot more to worry about than this!

That said, point well taken :)
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Yeah, your right, but what I worry about is somebody from the lab, with the "sniffles", taking the day off and going to a ballgame!!

That's worth an $8 beer. :beer:
 
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