Well, another flu pandemic "will" surely happen. "When" is another question.
I have reasonable confidence that biologists are now more able to understand some of the vectors and conditions that lead to the creation of a flu that becomes pandemic in our population. The conditions for this happening are occurring. This is mostly a matter of facts, a practical matter, not a philosophical or political matter. Where you get millions and billions of years is beyond me... Next year... etc... It's happened at least 3 times in the 20th century. You need to listen to someone who presents the well reasoned arguments and reasons for this position, not some male or female bimbo who flunked out of science class and has never heard of statistics who is reporting on your local TV station... Even if you don't believe in the effectiveness of vaccine, this does not debunk the fact that there may be a serious flu epidemic in the near future. As far as Michael Osterholm and his presentation. He is well known in Minnesota for his work in public health and I don't believe his integrity is in question. However, I do feel that he is presenting the worst case scenario in order to increase public awareness in the hopes that the public will apply pressure on government to get ready for what he feels is a real problem and to provide for those things which he feels will help allay the problem... Dan Re: CS>Bird flu question From: Marshall Dudley wrote: Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 14:24:59 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dan Nave wrote: > I think that the response below is basically a facile rationalization to > support and perpetuate a particular personal viewpoint. > > There were flu pandemics in the 19th and 20th centuries. These were > certainly not made and spread on purpose by governments. They were also not announced in advance by any government. To announce something in advance, that after millions of years a certain mutation of a certain virus is expected to happen next year seems awfully far fetched. If this mutation had already happened and was spreading that would be another matter. But the newscast I heard was them saying that it WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. > And, you > should learn something from watching the machinations of the "Amazing" > Randy; just because something is possible doesn't mean that it is being > done in any particular situation. You have to look at the flip side. What are the odds that a certain something that has not happened in 10 billion years will happen next year spontaneously. Not likely, unless something else is at work. As I said, I think it is just to try and keep the fear factor up, especially since many people are not taking the terrorist warnings seriously anymore. Marshall -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
