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Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 12:06 pm
by Shirley
ousdahl wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 7:57 am
Cruise ship quarantined.
Another name for a cruise ship is a
floating Petri dish.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:32 pm
by chiknbut
Wait for it #IslamJackass
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 3:20 pm
by Shirley
chiknbut wrote: ↑Thu Feb 06, 2020 1:32 pm
Wait for it #IslamJackass
It has to be good, because it's natural.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 7:33 pm
by Geezer
No coronavirus reported there.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:30 pm
by DCHawk1
WTAF?
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 8:47 pm
by Geezer
4 years old.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:51 pm
by TDub
Anti-vaxxers are fucking morons. I hope those parents go to prison.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:26 am
by PhDhawk
Doesn't even make sense. Tamiflu is not a vaccine, it's a medicine. It works by targeting and inhibiting the neuraminidase enzyme on the surface of the virus. This prevents the virus from moving (it stays attached to the cell surface, and makes it easier to clear.
Vaccines work by giving your body proteins that are on the virus in advance so your body can make antibodies specific to those proteins, so that if you do encounter the virus your immune response will be quicker and more specific.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:39 am
by pdub
I had a anti-vaxxer lobbyist call me yesterday.
I'm pretty sure she didn't like my answers and lied and said the connection was breaking up so she didn't have to record my data.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:53 am
by TDub
PhDhawk wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:26 am
Doesn't even make sense. Tamiflu is not a vaccine, it's a medicine. It works by targeting and inhibiting the neuraminidase enzyme on the surface of the virus. This prevents the virus from moving (it stays attached to the cell surface, and makes it easier to clear.
Vaccines work by giving your body proteins that are on the virus in advance so your body can make antibodies specific to those proteins, so that if you do encounter the virus your immune response will be quicker and more specific.
Most of those people dont even know why they dont like vaccines much less what a vaccine actually is and how it helps your immune system, nor the difference between taniflu and a vaccine.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:07 am
by pdub
I'm fine with someone not vaccinating their child -- that is their choice.
I think the state should decide on whether it's mandatory or not for daycare/public schools and I believe most states would all agree, yea, let's make it mandatory.
In this case, in Maine, it's mandatory if you want your child enrolled in camps, daycare, schools.
If you don't want your child vaccinated, you just have to live a different life, and self educate etc.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:16 am
by TDub
"Self educate" i dont think people who are against tamiflu are capable of educating anyone.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:27 am
by pdub
I see what you are saying but that's a pretty general statement.
My father is 'against' tamiflu and is one of the smartest people I know.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:33 am
by Shirley
TDub wrote: ↑Fri Feb 07, 2020 11:16 am
"Self educate" i dont think people who are against tamiflu are capable of educating anyone.
^^^
pdub's father notwithstanding.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 7:13 am
by Deleted User 89
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 11:33 am
by TDub
The longer this goes on the more it will impact the supply chain. Amazing how almost every product has at least some part of it produced in China. Globalization has its drawbacks.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 9:33 pm
by Geezer
In a world of 7 billion people this is still pretty insignificant.
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:04 pm
by TDub
So, china shutting down manufacturing plants won't have a global impact?
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Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:05 pm
by Geezer
How many flu deaths so far?
Re: Where's the petri dish thread?
Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:31 pm
by jhawks99
My daughter was exposed to Flu A, Strep throat, and something called RSV earlier this week. I took her to urgent care this morning. I'm waiting for the symptoms to kick in.