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re: H1N1 to affect LSU's 2009 Football Season?
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:06 am to TheDoc
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:06 am to TheDoc
No, it isn't. The ONLY genetic similarities with a strain endemic in humans is the gene encoding an RNA polymerase.
The H1N1 is referring to almost the methodology of affinity and infection rather than a genetic semblance.
The hemagglutinin genes come from pigs in the US (and has not been previously observed in human infection), and the matrix protein and neuraminidase genes have also not been found in human viruses, except they come from European forms of swine flu.
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OH please start breathing air and put away that NO bottle.
This virus was originally referred to as “swine flu” because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America. But further study has shown that this new virus is very different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. It has two genes from flu viruses that normally circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and avian genes and human genes. Scientists call this a “quadruple reassortant” virus.
The H1N1 is referring to almost the methodology of affinity and infection rather than a genetic semblance.
The hemagglutinin genes come from pigs in the US (and has not been previously observed in human infection), and the matrix protein and neuraminidase genes have also not been found in human viruses, except they come from European forms of swine flu.
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OH please start breathing air and put away that NO bottle.
This virus was originally referred to as “swine flu” because laboratory testing showed that many of the genes in this new virus were very similar to influenza viruses that normally occur in pigs in North America. But further study has shown that this new virus is very different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. It has two genes from flu viruses that normally circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and avian genes and human genes. Scientists call this a “quadruple reassortant” virus.
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Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:13 am to TheDoc
so what this article says there's a less than 1 in 1,000 chance you'll get the swine flu yet this is going to affect our season a la katrina
ok.
ok.Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:16 am to LSUGrad78
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OH please start breathing air and put away that NO bottle.
You basically repeated what I said in more general terms.
And by repeated, I mean cut and pasted.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:19 am to LSUGrad78
If I understand correctly (which is always up for debate), there are a couple of reasons why swine flu has had WHO (and CDC) worried, and making large-number predictions
1) Uncertainty about how much/how the virus will mutate, and if mutations will make it more infectious and/or deadly
2) The spread of the virus in parts of the world that through a) high population density and b) lower availability to health-care and good diet.
So...will it affect the Tiguzz? It's possible.
1) Uncertainty about how much/how the virus will mutate, and if mutations will make it more infectious and/or deadly
2) The spread of the virus in parts of the world that through a) high population density and b) lower availability to health-care and good diet.
So...will it affect the Tiguzz? It's possible.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:19 am to Volvagia
Swine Flu is afraid of Chad Jones
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:24 am to JustSmokin
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Stay home with mommy if the flu scares you.
i'm bumping this thread when this all goes down. but it won't even matter by then.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:25 am to LSUGrad78
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OH please start breathing air and put away that NO bottle.
let it be known that you are trying to argue with someone who is an expert on viruses.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:26 am to TheDoc
+1
I have only ever advised a wait and see position.
For those that have dismissed this from day one (and shifting their reasons for dismissing it around as the old one became invalid)..there will be bumpage.
I have only ever advised a wait and see position.
For those that have dismissed this from day one (and shifting their reasons for dismissing it around as the old one became invalid)..there will be bumpage.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:28 am to TheDoc
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i'm bumping this thread when this all goes down. but it won't even matter by then.
Better yet, let's have a friendly wager. The person who is wrong will be banned from this site.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:29 am to TheDoc
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let it be known that you are trying to argue with someone who is an expert on viruses.
shite, I am still in fricking school, and undergrad at that...I don't want to parade around as an expert.
But I will say that my majors are the base field for this (biochemistry and microbiology) and that I have always had an special interest in viruses. It was what steered me to a biology career in the first place.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:31 am to Volvagia
What if the swine flu does what the spanish flu does and mutates into a more deadly strain.
This could just be the first round.
This could just be the first round.
This post was edited on 8/25/09 at 11:32 am
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:31 am to Oily Tigah
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Are just pathetic.
Signed,
The 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
They haven't made any advances in medicine in 90 years.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:32 am to JustSmokin
40,000 people in the U.S. die annually from various strains of flu. Many of these are elderly. H1N1 is expected to infect up to 50% of the U.S. population and kill 90,000 people in the U.S. Many of the elderly have been exposed to a similar strain in the past, so a large portion of those killed will be babies and young children.
As far as the football team goes, it could screw us up for a week or two but it shouldn't be a major problem.
As far as the football team goes, it could screw us up for a week or two but it shouldn't be a major problem.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:33 am to UnluckyTiger
Tamiflu and Relenza are effective in treating the current H1N1 virus, at this point, but supply is likely to be a serious problem. Vaccines likely won't be available until later in the fall, and there are outbreaks on campuses already (Mississippi State has had over 180 cases since school started). College campuses are likely to be one of the major targets of outbreaks. While not a particularly deadly form of flu, this flu could present some challenges especially for colleges if the outbreak is widespread.
This post was edited on 8/25/09 at 11:56 am
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:37 am to DollaChoppa
Possible...but it is all a function of time. The more folks that become infected now before the main season, the better.
Even that deadlier flu back then didn't really impact those who were previously infected with the mild flu.
Even that deadlier flu back then didn't really impact those who were previously infected with the mild flu.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:38 am to JustSmokin
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Better yet, let's have a friendly wager. The person who is wrong will be banned from this site.
what satisfaction would I get from having you banned from this site?
i'm not saying this is going to be the end of the fricking world.
never did.
i'm just waiting and watching.
since we have no auto immunities really to the H1N1 virus, it COULD be severe.
will it? I have no clue.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:38 am to Volvagia
See, thats what I am wondering. If they dont have vaccines until november, should I just try to get sick now?
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:39 am to UnluckyTiger
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They haven't made any advances in medicine in 90 years.
:whoosh:
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:40 am to DollaChoppa
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See, thats what I am wondering. If they dont have vaccines until november, should I just try to get sick now?
it might be the best idea IMO
you're chances of survival would probably be a lot better if you have antibodies built up against the flu... right V?
i'm not a scientist, but that does make sense.
Posted on 8/25/09 at 11:42 am to TheDoc
Not sure what whoosh means but it was extreme sarcasm in my statement.
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