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Devastating bird flu pandemic one step away - expert
RIA Novosti ^
| 07/ 03/ 2006
Posted on 03/12/2006 5:22:46 AM PST by Lessismore
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To: Cold Heart
The device would isolate the EMT's breath from the patientI would think you'd sell a ton of these to EMTs in San Francisco...
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posted on
03/12/2006 1:28:50 PM PST
by
Gritty
(The UN is a Eurowimp talking shop manned by African thugs-Mark Steyn)
To: Cold Heart
"Patent office challenged it by saying a previous inventor "foresaw" my version of his rube goldberg."97% of all patent applications are denied on the first pass.
I have some and only one made it on the first pass. I didn't file the patents myself or even make corrections on the 2nd pass etc, the corporate lawyers did it all after sitting with me for about 20 minutes.
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posted on
03/12/2006 2:25:26 PM PST
by
blam
To: little jeremiah; shield
"The problem with eldeberries is they stimulate the immune system (apparently) which may not be a good thing with this flu." Some of this discussion is covered in the thread that I linked in post #30.
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posted on
03/12/2006 2:28:35 PM PST
by
blam
To: blam
The patent was a side issue. I really wanted to get the device into use.
Being low cost you could have many of them on hand for mass casualty situations. You could have a dozen patients on oxygen with the mask/bag and minimal observers could see who was breathing on their own and who needed assisted breathing. You had only to breath into the bag and your breath pushed O2 into the patient. No contact of breath of the patient to person giving ventilatons. ie no transfer of pathogens or chemicals. No removal of mask to apply a hand bag. Perfect for large sacle use.
If push comes to shove you can make them in the field by taping two O2 bags together, opposite ends. One bag discharges to the mask (the one supplied with the O2) the other bag discharge end becomes a mouth piece.
Did I say cheap too?
I think the reason the device was rejected by the manufacturer was because there was no immediate market for it. The army told me they were stretched on their research
dollars and would be interested if an outside entity spent the research money. Something I don't have. Medical research is expensive even for simple devices.
To: Lessismore
Any day now something might happen eventually even if its just higher sales this quarter for the flu vaccine.
85
posted on
03/12/2006 3:30:47 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: bayourant
I thought we passed a law doing that last year making it easier toto make vaccines without getting sued
Yup and using that as cover I'm presently working up a batch of bird flu vaccine right out in my garage. What with all this hysteria I should be able to make a killing and get away with it right ?
86
posted on
03/12/2006 3:32:15 PM PST
by
festus
(The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
To: Lessismore
Please send us billions of dollars to spend on this or we will all die.
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posted on
03/12/2006 3:33:09 PM PST
by
Modok
To: Cold Heart
"I really wanted to get the device into use." I think it's heck of a good idea. I think I'd be hard pressed to render aid to someone who I suspected of having AIDS. You ought to pursue it, don't be discouraged.
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posted on
03/12/2006 3:36:08 PM PST
by
blam
To: Mark was here
"Now we can have Y2K hysteria, with out being tied o the calender!"
Great! What an excellent opportunity for some grandstanding, police-state legislation.
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posted on
03/12/2006 3:38:19 PM PST
by
dljordan
To: Lessismore
90
posted on
03/12/2006 3:38:57 PM PST
by
woofie
To: Lessismore; Post-Neolithic; Paloma_55
Lvov is thinking about just a single change of an amino acid, maybe the G228S that Niman is worried about. G228 is a glycine to serine change in position 228 of the hemagglutinin protein chain HA1. The S227N described below is a serine to asparagine change in position 227, and it increases the ability of the virus to attach itself to mammalian respiratory cells (like in you and me)
http://www.recombinomics.com/PR/021706.html
"The donor sequences are again on the H, but in H1N1 European swine sequences. The new genetic change, G228S, has also been previously shown to increase the affinity for human receptors. Like H9N2 in the Middle East, H1N1 is endemic in swine populations in Europe. Infection by H5N1 in H1N1 infected swine will allow the viruses to exchange genetic information via recombination and allow H5N1 to acquire S228N. The region of identity between H5N1 and H1N1 is downstream from the S227N position, so H5N1, with and without the S227N change, can acquire this new sequence. This sequence acquisition by the H5N1 virus will also lead to more efficient transmission to humans."
Not nice!
91
posted on
03/12/2006 3:42:40 PM PST
by
AdmSmith
To: All
92
posted on
03/12/2006 4:11:09 PM PST
by
AdmSmith
To: Wheee The People
Yes there are birds here in the deep woods. I don't have to interact with birds.
For those who depend on the shopping centers and walking among thousands of people a day, its a different story.
93
posted on
03/12/2006 4:27:47 PM PST
by
Paloma_55
(Which part of "Common Sense" do you not understand???)
To: Paloma_55
94
posted on
03/13/2006 7:52:29 AM PST
by
rellimpank
(Don't believe anything about firearms or explosives stated by the mass media---NRABenefactor)
To: Thermalseeker
If (G-d forbid) this killer bug appears on our shores and I get it...
I'll use my last breath to drag myself to as many trial attorneys offices
as possible and cough, cough, cough...
95
posted on
03/13/2006 8:05:57 AM PST
by
VOA
To: Wheee The People
it's not clear if this will be spread human to human or also bird to human How long does the virus last in bird excrement?
Just thinking about how many little green Canada goose cigars are laying around on lawns in Minnesota during the summer.
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:40:40 AM PST
by
toast
To: rellimpank
No Problemo.
I noted in reading that report that I had made a bad assumption on the means of death. I thought it was due to overheating of the brain, but reading shows its the buildup of anti-viral agents in the lungs that does the damage.
97
posted on
03/13/2006 10:01:36 AM PST
by
Paloma_55
(Which part of "Common Sense" do you not understand???)
To: cajungirl
c.j. Remember when I said we may live to see Everything? Like all history repeated? This may be one of those. I skeered.
To: dangerfield
I am skeered too.
When the first case hits here, I am calling in permanently sick to work as is the main man. And we are going to get tuna and dried milk, etc. My plan is not to leave the house for six months. Hahahhaha. The main problem is if the people who run the power and water dept all drop dead. So we have a water purifier for the lake water.
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posted on
03/13/2006 8:10:34 PM PST
by
cajungirl
(no)
To: cajungirl
this "tuna" thing is not a bad idea.
****
"When you notice a cat in profound meditation
The reason, I tell you, is always the same
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name"
****
.......... and thank you for that from way back.
I love our cats...................and they love tuna.
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posted on
03/14/2006 11:11:08 AM PST
by
beyond the sea
(The definition of a 'Targeted Tax Cut' is ........................ you ain't gettin' it .)
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