Canada has now withdrawn its travel advisory to Mexico...not that I agreed with it in the first place. and regrettably it comes after Air Canada cancelled my flight.
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Maybe y'all missed the one I posted earlier that suggested the path may have been from US California to Mexico...?
And the combining of human, swine, and fowl flu strains has long been recognized as a problem, especially in China where poor farm families live on the same pond used by the pigs, ducks, and geese. Mentioned that a few pages ago.
We really should have 60 seconds to delete a post. :silly:dup..
Interesting area of hot spots on the US map along the border west of El Paso, and what is Washington state doing with such a concentration...?
Also that Newsweek article had a lot of comments in it about the possibility of another reassortment with other circulating virus strains which make it more lethal, more virulent or pick up immunity to Tamiflu from the circulating H1N1 human influenza that has already acquired that immunity. That is why I've been repeatedly saying that we need to watch this virus to see how it evolves.
Not trying to pick an argument here but that's about as one sided a comment as I've heard yet.
You are just hearing what you want to hear in order to pick a fight.
I said _possibility_.
And your counter-example makes a far from certain case that it will definitely involve into a less-virulent, less-lethal form. A counter-counter-example (which is far more relevant) is the 1918 influenza which came in several waves of increasing severity rather than decreasing.
And I would actually place bets on decreasing severity and virulence as it evolves along with the human immune system -- but that is not a sure bet, and we should always maintain a partially hedged position.
I think you're more or less right there.It's funny how Newsweek chose to say there's a possibility it will become more lethal and failed to say there's just as much possibility it will become less lethal or it might not even have any change at all. While scientists are busy guessing, I'll be guessing that doom and gloom sells more magazines.
Why don't they all just say, Scientists don't have a clue whether or will get worse, and the best defense is washing your hands, not picking your nose, not touching your eyes and not putting your fingers in your mouth? Purel is a great safety net if people aren't near a sink and soap. They make tiny little pocket sized bottles just for that.