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1918 killer flu virus to be tested in UW lab
seattlepi.nwsource.com ^
| September 18, 2004
| TOM PAULSON
Posted on 09/20/2004 1:39:16 PM PDT by foolscap
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posted on
09/20/2004 1:39:16 PM PDT
by
foolscap
To: Constitution Day
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posted on
09/20/2004 1:40:08 PM PDT
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Pay no attention to the Nattering Newbies of Negativism)
To: foolscap
Is it just me or this really a bad idea?
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posted on
09/20/2004 1:40:37 PM PDT
by
tippytoes
To: Tijeras_Slim
Wow, I was just getting ready to ping you!
To: foolscap
Hopefully they won't accidentally open Pandora's Box while playing around with that thing.
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posted on
09/20/2004 1:42:32 PM PDT
by
COEXERJ145
(Hannity Was Right, FReepers Tend To Eat Their Own)
To: foolscap
Now watch some Animal Liberation Front loons try to break in to free the primates after their exposure...
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posted on
09/20/2004 1:45:06 PM PDT
by
theDentist
("John Kerry changes positions more often than a Nevada prostitute.")
To: foolscap
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posted on
09/20/2004 1:47:28 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Molon Labe! FMCDH!)
To: foolscap
What is this? The Bambino flu?
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posted on
09/20/2004 1:47:56 PM PDT
by
bikepacker67
(Sandy wasn't stuffing his socks, he was stuffing A sock.)
To: theDentist
Now watch some Animal Liberation Front loons try to break in to free the primates after their exposure... Reminds me of the movies "28 Days" or "12 Monkeys".
To: theDentist
Oh, that's going to be it! You know that some of them will try... This isn't something that should be played with.
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posted on
09/20/2004 1:51:50 PM PDT
by
codyjacksmom
(Why do I use spell check when my only reply is ROTFLMAO?????)
To: foolscap; Tijeras_Slim; All
To: foolscap
I recently learned that that freaking virus killed my grandmother. I hope these yahoos are doing this work in a biosafety level 4 laboratory.
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posted on
09/20/2004 1:57:40 PM PDT
by
BadAndy
(Specializing in unnecessarily harsh comments.)
To: tippytoes
Nope, you're right - really bad idea. Maybe at CDC, deep underground in Atlanta. But not at a university, no matter how well-equipped.
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posted on
09/20/2004 1:58:01 PM PDT
by
BearCub
To: foolscap
1918 killer flu virus to be tested in UW lab
Your tax dollars at work:
allowing the anointed researchers of one of the most liberal states (Washington)
to put the whole freakin' world at risk.
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posted on
09/20/2004 1:59:23 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: tippytoes
Is it just me or this really a bad idea?
Probably not a great idea.
I was at a plant molecular biology meeting in the late 1980s when some
guys proposed doing some experimentation aimed at seeing if they could
create a new plant pathogen.
It was (amazing for a meeting of intellectuals) roundly condemned.
I don't know the details, but I'd only really be comfortable letting some
geeks work with anything resembling the 1918 Influenza if they were on a distant
planet/moon.
What ever results they'd find, they could beam them to us.
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posted on
09/20/2004 2:02:51 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: foolscap
To: Constitution Day
"I had a little birdie;
"Her name was Enza;
"I opened up the window;
"And in flew Enza!"
Children's rhyme, 1919
To: tippytoes
Sounds like a remake of The Andromada Strain 1971.
Sci-fi thriller in which small team of superscientists tries to isolate deadly strain of virus from outer space, racing against time and nuclear detonation. From Michael Crichton's novel.
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posted on
09/20/2004 2:08:20 PM PDT
by
RicocheT
To: tippytoes
(Is it just me or this really a bad idea?)
It is a bad idea.
To: VOA
Anyone interested in buying my house (about 4 miles as the crow flies - or virus blows - from the UW)?
Although if it gets out it won't make much of a difference where you live. It was quickly world-wide in 1918 (I though it started earlier?) - before the age of the modern biological warfare delivery system (an airplane with 300 people packed on board), with one leaving Seattle every few minutes.
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posted on
09/20/2004 2:09:31 PM PDT
by
geopyg
(Peace..................through decisive and ultimate VICTORY. (Democracy, whiskey, sexy))
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