Re: Evolution and Flu


"Mike Stanton" <mike.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 6 Nov 2005 23:02:46 -0800, "Lance" <lachenicht@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote
>
>>New York Times
>>November 6, 2005
>>Op-Ed Contributor
>>Evolution Is in the Air
>>By OLIVIA JUDSON
>>London
>>
>>ANYONE who supposes that evolution doesn't happen, or doesn't matter,
>>should spare a thought for H5N1, the virus causing avian flu. If we're
>>unlucky, this virus will give us a nasty demonstration of evolution in
>>action.
>
> A very good post. Steve Jones makes the same point regarding HIV and
> AIDS in his book, "Almost Like a Whale."
> --
I see that the god-bothering, ID promoters on the Dover PA school board were
all voted out this week. Pat Robertson has been preaching that if anything
nasty happens in that area, it'll be a waste of time praying to big g
because "You just rejected him from your city".


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