To: CholeraJoe
okay, jumped species. how does that happen? is is happenstance, or do you think it has something to do with bioterror?
69 posted on
03/18/2003 10:31:26 AM PST by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
do you think it has something to do with bioterror?Sorry, tinfoil hat not installed. Animal viruses jump species from time to time. Some cause trouble, some don't.
74 posted on
03/18/2003 10:33:01 AM PST by
CholeraJoe
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To: xsmommy
Influenza jumps species -- that's how we've gotten some of the horrible flu strains in the past.
How does it happen? Virus mutates in such a way that it becomes infective to the new species it attacks. It's part of their way of surviving. They do it by altering their genetic code. Or, someone like Iraq's Dr. Germ does it for them.
NOTE: I'm not saying this is a bioterror weapon.
To: xsmommy
China is the source for flu each year because the farmers live with pigs in their homes. Sanitation is not what it is here, apparently.
To: xsmommy
okay, jumped species. how does that happen? is is happenstance, or do you think it has something to do with bioterror? Exactly! That is my question too. I don't understand the medical gobblygook either! This just sounds so strange.
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