Re: Swine flu and Torchwood


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In article <h3eu1o$22s$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Steve Terry
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In article <00a2e1a5$0$31585$c3e8da3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Martin Jay
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Never mind the aliens, apparently the total death toll, yes the
*total*
death toll so far from this disease has been less than one day's
carnage on the roads. It may be infectious, and it may be
"unstoppable", but putting it in perspective it doesn't seem very
harmful, so why all the panic? Rod.


Spanish Flu 1919 50 million dead, over double killed in the 1st world
war

and that's before airline travel as a means of spreading the infection

That's why

but antibiotics hadn't been invented then. Yes, I know they don't
actually
help with the 'flu virus, but they deal with most of the secondary
infections (such as pneumonia) which result.

There have been other major flu outbreaks since - Asian flu 1957 (which I
had) and Hong Kong flu 1968. Nothing like the Spanish flu deathtoll has
resulted

I recently heard a virologist say that the biggest problem with flu is the
sudden and unexpected ways in which it can mutate into new strains, in
fact she said that it was the one disease above almost all others that
gave scientists the most cause for concern.

Indeed, it'll mutate into a more harmless to humans form,
or go the otherway. Fortunately as a result flu outbreaks are short

Whilst on the subject, does anyone know if it's at all possible for the
AIDS virus to mutate from being a sexually transmitted disease into an
airborne disease that could be as easily spread as common flu?


They're still arguing if retrovirus really exist.

One thing seems for sure there's no record of anyone catching HIV
from another who has been infected for more than a year.

So sufferers seem to safe from infecting others after a year,
just as well or it would be an epidemic.

Although i would hope that long term AIDS sufferers wouldn't put
the theory to the test by trying unprotected sex?

Steve Terry


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