To: Mr. Mojo
Could be an ironic situation that the Mexicans are acclimated to more bugs e.g. their immunity to Montezuma’s Revenge. Some viruses will provoke cytokine storms in particularly robust immune systems.
3 posted on
04/25/2009 6:33:35 PM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
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To: HiTech RedNeck
"Some viruses will provoke cytokine storms in particularly robust immune systems. Isn't that a suspected reason for the death rate of the 1918 Spanish flu?
To: HiTech RedNeck
Could be an ironic situation that the Mexicans are acclimated to more bugs e.g. their immunity to Montezuma’s Revenge.The experts are saying America's exposure to the H1 portion of the bug means the population has antibodies that may fight this adaptation better.
17 posted on
04/25/2009 6:43:01 PM PDT by
Glenn
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