New Strain of HIV

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by ptn • 17 years ago

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The patient allegedly had no contact with bush meat, but got it from someone who did. Am I the only one concerned that sooner or later an entirely different virus will come out of bush meat and that one will be airborne? It's pure luck HIV is not easily transmissible and Ebola kills too quickly.

cwan3• 17 years ago

I'm sure you're not the only one but what is there that we can really do about it? Worrying about it seems somewhat counterproductive - though with nasty bugs like H1N1 (and its future mutations), SARS and some form of avian flu, I have bought a few boxes of N95 face masks and hand sanitizers just in case. Some days I figure it's excessively paranoid, on others, I figure that an insurance policy for something catastrophic that costs under 50 bucks is a pretty good deal.

sfphotoarts• 17 years ago

N95 masks are made to protect others, as in surgeons wearing them to protect those they operate on. Not the other way round.

biohacker42• 17 years ago

Well we could stop interfering with biotech and let loose the dogs of war so to speak. Because I would rather have more cures with a slightly higher risk of accidents, then no cures and the same risk of natural borne killers.

yannis• 17 years ago

Alas, it is becoming safer to make war than love! (Slogan for the new millennium?)

joubert• 17 years ago

Condoms don't protect you from missiles or even a (prehistoric) knife.

New Strain of HIV

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