Don't read if your scared of flu topics.

[Docfeelgood]

There has been some confusion about my posts.
I feel the need to explain myself.
I want to try to explain my concerns without the trolls.
Serious only.

This will explain better my concern with this strain of virus.

Reassortment is the mixing of the genetic material of two similar viruses that are infecting the same cell. In particular, reassortment occurs among influenza viruses, whose genomes consist of eight distinct segments of RNA. These segments act like mini-chromosomes, and each time a flu virus is assembled, it requires one copy of each segment.

If a single host (a human, a chicken, or other animal) is infected by two different strains of the influenza virus, then it is possible that new assembled viral particles will be created from segments whose origin is mixed, some coming from one strain and some coming from another. The new reassortant strain will share properties of both of its parental lineages.

Reassortment is responsible for some of the major genetic shifts in the history of the influenza virus. The 1957 and 1968 pandemic flu strains were caused by reassortment between an avian virus and a human virus, whereas the H1N1 virus responsible for the 2009 swine flu outbreak had an unusual mix of swine, avian and human influenza genetic sequences.

Watch the animation to see how different viral strains can be generated by a process called subunit reassortment


http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/a...dle_frames.htm

This is what I am worried about

[DaShi]

Seek help. For your brain!

[Docfeelgood]

Seek help. For your brain!

Serious only!

[chequita guevara]

You needed a new threat to explain something everyone already understood and told you wasn't a big deal?

[Docfeelgood]

You needed a new threat to explain something everyone already understood and told you wasn't a big deal?

Well, the other is lost in all that trolling and spamming.
I thought this would help explain what I was trying to say.

Your welcome to have input.

[Docfeelgood]

On a lighter side.

A cure has been found!

[KrazyHorse]

I want to try to explain my concerns without the trolls.
Serious only.

Contradicted by thread starter.

[Docfeelgood]

Contradicted by thread starter.

Your comments are not welcome.

[Docfeelgood]

If anyone wants to discuss

The latest swine flu is a variation of H1N1, which causes seasonal outbreaks of flu in humans on a regular basis.
However, this strain contains genetic material that is typically found in strains of the virus that affect humans, birds and swine.

Manmade?

[Wezil]

We did it. The mexicans have been treating canadians poorly lately and this was the best we could come up with.

[Docfeelgood]

We did it. The mexicans have been treating canadians poorly lately and this was the best we could come up with.

Is Swine Flu A Race-Specific Virus?

This is a real conspiracy theory floating on the web.

Even I have a hard time swallowing this one.

[Wezil]

I'm bored by it. With this excessive amount of media coverage I expect to see mounds of bodies piled on street corners.

This is worse than Capone's vault.

[Docfeelgood]

I'm bored by it. With this excessive amount of media coverage I expect to see mounds of bodies piled on street corners.

This is worse than Capone's vault.

I just wish they would not give so much conflicting information.

[Theben]

I'm bored by it. With this excessive amount of media coverage I expect to see mounds of bodies piled on street corners.

This is worse than Capone's vault.

Which was covered by Heraldo, a Mexican. Coincidence?!

[SlowwHand]

It takes a week after exposure to feel symptoms. In that amount of time, pending carriers can spread their blessings quite a lot.
This isn't flu season. It's a new virus. As Guy pointed out, which helps the case of being cautious, thousands die from known virus strains every year.





There's also this.
Many thought a black president would be elected when pigs fly.
100 days into his term, swine flu.