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Re: Evidence for influenza H5N1 infections in humans

ElDean — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 07:37:34 -0000

"the true fatality rate for H5N1 influenza viruses is likely to be less than the frequently reported rate of more than 50%" ... I have a very simple question, what would be the 'true fatality rate for H5N1' based on this new study?! (approximately I mean) Since I see it not enough just saying - likely to be less, without giving an estimation, and I think this is what Mike Osterholm alluded to also in the meeting, that anyways it is going to be a catastrophe.

Re: A bad day for science

ElDean — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 04:57:36 -0000

I am sorry, to take you a step out of the track for the discussion, I just didn't like the smell of pointing out that it is always Muslims being the terrorists (since if you don't know Fatwa is an islamic term). I would like to point out that it was - as far as I know - only Non-muslims who have ever used biological weapons in reality (check WW history) (ah. in addition to Nuclear weapons also!). It seems for me offending for muslims, and if I were you I would more generalize the words. thanks

Re: Virology lecture #2: The infectious cycle

ElDean — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:15:43 -0000

Of course bacteria has lag phase!, please check it after me Prof.

Re: Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccine: efficacy and safety

ElDean — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:17:26 -0000

"ADVERSE REACTIONS information is based on studies conducted with seasonal trivalent Influenza Vaccine ..." this line is written in all the pdf files that you alluded to in your post, does this mean that safety studies are not based on the new H1N1 strain?

Re: Are you receiving the influenza 2009 H1N1 vaccine?

ElDean — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:20:17 -0000

a Paediatric Nurse!, she simply should take it :)

Re: Are you receiving the influenza 2009 H1N1 vaccine?

ElDean — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 01:18:26 -0000

I will not take it, because simply I never did!, (may be I had it once while being a child, but not sure about that!)

Re: CDC wants the public to comment on H1N1 vaccination

ElDean — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:21:29 -0000

I think that this may increase public panic about the vaccine, I think that lots of people are gonna think that the vaccine is not safe enough, and that CDC is not sure about its complete safety, and it needs public agreement of some sort that in case things went wrong

Re: Riding the influenza pandemic wave

ElDean — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:23:33 -0000

I think speculation about the future of this new strain is useless, I think we just survey, and wait and see

Re: Brazilian influenza H1N1 isolate is not novel

ElDean — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:11:57 -0000

Just Wait and Watch

Re: Pandemic quiz

ElDean — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:26:43 -0000

PIGS

Re: Virulence: A positive or negative trait for evolution?

ElDean — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:14:38 -0000

IS THERE ANY CERTAINTY IN SCIENCE !, with all this long history with influenza, and with the virus in our hands, we cannot expect what is to come next, I think this is not under any human capability, though I think we should focus on surveillance, my question is: if the virus shifted to a more virulent one, should we just wait and see people die to conclude that it became more virulent !!! aren't there any very early - and I mean VERY EARLY - signs for this kind of shift ?, mmm pig farms surveillance, wild birds, or even if we can make experimental infections with isolates of early next winter and compare virulence with the current circulating one !? ... what do you think ?

Re: US to redirect $1 billion to study adjuvant for influenza vaccine

ElDean — Mon, 25 May 2009 09:18:30 -0000

These are very obvious observations, why weren't they discussed before redirecting money ?

Re: Animation of influenza virus replication

ElDean — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:28:03 -0000

2. I think that the mechanism they employed for emerging of the new strains was wrong, as they considered the new emerging strain of the virus to be of one "new" type (the green coloured particles), though I think this is not the case, many combinations of genetic material exchange could take place between the different viruses, resulting in the production of many new strain - not only one 'green' - and then this 'green' one would be present in a mosaic of different new reassortants, but this would be the only one that have the capabilities to transmit freely between humans ... simply I needed to see not only green colours getting out from the cells, but green and other colours (I think this is now more easy :-))