On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 12:42 PM, authfriend <[email protected]> wrote: > Not to be a party pooper, but most of this is about > the effects against avian flu, not the current swine > flu (which isn't really straight swine flu but a combo > of two kinds of swine flu, bird flu, and one other > kind). Don't know if its effects on avian flu can be > extrapolated to the current strain that's causing all > the angst. >
The idea is stimulating and modulating the immune system for a flu infection. So in this case, yes, there's an extrapolation. The infection mechanisms between avian flu and the combo swine flu don't appear to be much different from each other. We're not talking about a vaccine here.
