Posted by stjames on September 1, 2000, at 0:45:55
In reply to Re: Thyroid info--West Nile Virus Pesticides..., posted by Adam on August 30, 2000, at 13:48:42
I think humanity needs to get a grip and realize bugs and viruses are here to stay, unless we want to sterilize the planet
James here.....
I have a friend who is a molecular biologist.
Very intresting stuff, some is scary. It is too
late to get a grip. Some call this the "parasytologists
dilemma" As we control things that kill us other pathogens
are waiting.There are too many. Eleminate the common killers and the less common pop up.
AIDS is not new, people were just more likely to die from a infection,
till antibiodics or the mumps till vaccines. And so it goes. Antibiotics
were needed unless we wanted to live with high mortality rates. No one wnats
to die from a sinus infection. Bacteria and viriuses can share
DNA. Have swap meets and get the latest update that is more
resistant. We did hand of antibiotics like candy which got us in doo doo
quicker but there is no way to avoid resistance over time.At present there are just a few anitibiotics between us and a lot
of resistant pathogens. Resistance took time to build so we did not invent
new classes of anitbiotics. R and D takes time. Some are on their way.
The press gives an old WW I friend and new name "flesh eating bacteria"
but it's common name is gangrene.This is a dilemma because there is no correct answer. It is a die/die situation.
Almost any action to avoid one killer brings up more. Who wants possiblly of polio,
TD, or a simple cut ?What to do ? Wash your hands, often. Hand to mouth
is a very common route. Mind your cuts and other breaks in the skin.
Your body is well designed to deal with pathogens
but you need to do your part. Keep hospital stays short as possible as
the hospital is a common place the get a nasty bug. Even a good hospital
has some.Mosquitos.....I'm from louisiana and the mosquito
is sometimes called the state bird. We had to spray.
As akid we used to play in the fog created by the spray
trucks ! Malathoin, i think.James
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