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Osterholm on “contagion exhaustion”
From Crof’s H5N1 Blog… http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2013/05/osterholm-on-contagion-exhaustion.html/ Via The New York Times, Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of CIDRAP, writes today’s must-read:...
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The Black Death Is Doing Fine – And Becoming Resistant
from Contagions “Tibet-Qinghai plateau region is where Yersinia pestis originated and the region where subsequent pandemics arose, I think its time to look more closely at regional outbreaks and case...
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Gene therapy gives mice broad protection to pandemic flu strains, including...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130529144242.htmFiled under: Epidemiology, Health, Medical, Public Health, Science, Tech
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Zombie Endocrine Disruptors Threaten Life
Many U.S. ranchers implant cattle with the synthetic androgen trenbolone acetate to beef them up, but concerns have been raised that its metabolites leach into streams and ponds, disrupting endocrine...
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2009 H1N1 Flu Pandemic Deaths > 400,000
… much worse than previously thought, and 400,000 is probably way low cuz of poor info from Africa and S and SE Asia… …median age about 40… …the death rate in Mexico was estimated at 5.2 per 100,000...
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things that make you go incandescent… from The Pump Handle
[[WHAT COULD GO WRONG… those pushing this are evil fools…] Reality check on USDAs claims about its plan to privatize poultry inspection Posted by Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH of George Washington...
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H5N1 tweaks that boost airborne spread could kill half the planet
(Ed note: CIDRAP buried the lead – if modified h5n1 escaped the result could well be catastrophic. And my alarmist headline doesn’t do justice to just how horrendous the event could be. There are...
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