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To: AntiGuv
That's cool, as far as it goes...

Two questions:

If one is re-infected (as a primary caregiver in a hospital, for example) how often must one's blood get re-filtered? How infectious is someone after their blood is filtered?

Oh, what is the cost per filter, and how are the filters disposed of?

Nonetheless, looks like good news.

Cheers!

10 posted on 04/09/2006 6:18:24 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers

This is interesting, but it won't "cure" you as viruses reproduce within cells. Even if you filter 100% of the viruses from circulating blood, that still leaves a large population of virons within your cells which will reproduce.


12 posted on 04/09/2006 6:20:21 PM PDT by Old_Mil (http://www.constitutionparty.org - Forging a Rebirth of Freedom.)
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To: grey_whiskers

It might not be enough to prevent scarring, but it may lower the virus load enough to get someone over the hump so that they can survive. Pretty nifty. :)


37 posted on 04/09/2006 8:02:39 PM PDT by Constantine XIII
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To: grey_whiskers

One more question: how quickly can you filter somebody's blood so that the virus is really and truly gone? If you can get one person per (say) 6 hours, from a purely logistical standpoint this thing is useless in a bio-attack unless you've got tens of thousands of them lying around.


38 posted on 04/09/2006 8:04:48 PM PDT by r9etb
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