Possible stable vaccine for Ebola developed...

[AcesandEights]

Population pressure has been a pet concern of mine for a while, especially due to its interrelatedness to so many other big problems (resources, peak oil<--not well-informed on the data for this 'talking point', famine, disease and of course war). People don't seem to want to have to worry about it, though. actually, that's probably exactly what the world needs. a nice, huge flushing out of everything. True, but you'll have to excuse me for not wanting to be flushed

[Mike70]

True, but you'll have to excuse me for not wanting to be flushed there is no guarantee you would be flushed. you might have two delta-32 genes since you are a european - esp. if your heritage is from the UK or the northern part of France. the survivors of the black death passed on a wonderful gene to their descendants that makes it very hard for a variety of infectious agents to take hold. in the next global pandemic, the delta-32 gene probably will mean that european survival rates will be far higher than the rest of the world. i know that i have two of them (thanks great grandparents times 45 or so from the 14th century) because i have a close friend who is a geneticist and i've given him DNA time and again for studies he's done.

[Neil]

true, but you'll have to excuse me for not wanting to be flushed lol

[AcesandEights]

there is no guarantee you would be flushed. you might have two delta-32 genes since you are a european - esp. if your heritage is from the UK or the northern part of France. the survivors of the black death passed on a wonderful gene to their descendants that makes it very hard for a variety of infectious agents to take hold. in the next global pandemic, the delta-32 gene probably will mean that european survival rates will be far higher than the rest of the world. i know that i have two of them (thanks great grandparents times 45 or so from the 14th century) because i have a close friend who is a geneticist and i've given him DNA time and again for studies he's done. Wow, you've just given me more reading to do. Very interesting, Mike!

[Mike70]

Wow, you've just given me more reading to do. Very interesting, Mike! the delta-32 gene is also closely linked with european resistance to smallpox. this is where the whole AIDS "conspiracy" thing came from. there were europeans who were infected by HIV but never developed AIDS. the reason is the delta-32 gene. about 11 to 14% of the northern european population is incredibly resistant and, in many cases, immune from it.