Comments on: Behold The Forbidden Flu: A Loom Explainer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/05/02/behold-the-forbidden-flu-a-loom-explainer/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: The Great Influenza by John M. Barry – Book Review « …And Read All Over http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/05/02/behold-the-forbidden-flu-a-loom-explainer/#comment-17904 The Great Influenza by John M. Barry – Book Review « …And Read All Over Sun, 15 Jul 2012 04:10:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5829#comment-17904 [...] on a large scale. If you haven’t heard of this, the always great Carl Zimmer has the run down here and [...] [...] on a large scale. If you haven’t heard of this, the always great Carl Zimmer has the run down here and [...]

]]> By: Behold The Forbidden Flu: A Loom Explainer « healthandsociety.com http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/05/02/behold-the-forbidden-flu-a-loom-explainer/#comment-17903 Behold The Forbidden Flu: A Loom Explainer « healthandsociety.com Fri, 29 Jun 2012 13:49:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5829#comment-17903 [...] To Read More… [...] [...] To Read More… [...]

]]> By: It Is Sickening | Patos Papa http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/05/02/behold-the-forbidden-flu-a-loom-explainer/#comment-17902 It Is Sickening | Patos Papa Mon, 07 May 2012 17:34:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5829#comment-17902 [...] Behold The Forbidden Flu: A Loom Explainer | The Loom | Discover Magazine. Rate this: Share this:EmailPrintTwitterFacebookRedditStumbleUponTumblrDiggLike this:LikeBe the [...] [...] Behold The Forbidden Flu: A Loom Explainer | The Loom | Discover Magazine. Rate this: Share this:EmailPrintTwitterFacebookRedditStumbleUponTumblrDiggLike this:LikeBe the [...]

]]> By: Ivona Poyntz http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/05/02/behold-the-forbidden-flu-a-loom-explainer/#comment-17901 Ivona Poyntz Sun, 06 May 2012 20:02:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5829#comment-17901 I thought the virus mutates too quickly to be a target for reliable manipulation/cure I thought the virus mutates too quickly to be a target for reliable manipulation/cure

]]> By: Just dropping by http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/05/02/behold-the-forbidden-flu-a-loom-explainer/#comment-17900 Just dropping by Sun, 06 May 2012 01:49:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5829#comment-17900 You stated that the 1918 flu had a mortality rate of 2%, as far as I'm aware that's quite incorrect, it had a much higher mortality rate of (estimated up to) around 20%. The 2% you stated is simply the estimated human population that was killed by the virus world wide, infected or not! Or perhaps you just missed a "0" between the 2 and the % <strong>[CZ: At the NAS meeting I wrote about, Jeffrey Taubenberger, an NIH virologist and world expert on the 1918 flu, stated that the case fatality rate was around 2%. You can download a pdf of his slides <a href="http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/stl/H5N1/index.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>.]</strong> You stated that the 1918 flu had a mortality rate of 2%, as far as I’m aware that’s quite incorrect, it had a much higher mortality rate of (estimated up to) around 20%. The 2% you stated is simply the estimated human population that was killed by the virus world wide, infected or not!

Or perhaps you just missed a “0″ between the 2 and the %

[CZ: At the NAS meeting I wrote about, Jeffrey Taubenberger, an NIH virologist and world expert on the 1918 flu, stated that the case fatality rate was around 2%. You can download a pdf of his slides here.]

]]> By: Ken Pidcock http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/05/02/behold-the-forbidden-flu-a-loom-explainer/#comment-17899 Ken Pidcock Sat, 05 May 2012 17:19:21 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5829#comment-17899 <blockquote>In talking with a number of scientists at the meeting, I got all sorts of possible experiments that might fall under this category. Could HIV, for example, evolve to become airborne like flu is?</blockquote>Wait a second. That would require the ability to multiply in respiratory epithelium, which doesn't express CD4. I don't see how it could still be HIV.

In talking with a number of scientists at the meeting, I got all sorts of possible experiments that might fall under this category. Could HIV, for example, evolve to become airborne like flu is?

Wait a second. That would require the ability to multiply in respiratory epithelium, which doesn’t express CD4. I don’t see how it could still be HIV.

]]> By: Darwiniana » Behold The Forbidden Flu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/05/02/behold-the-forbidden-flu-a-loom-explainer/#comment-17898 Darwiniana » Behold The Forbidden Flu Fri, 04 May 2012 16:56:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5829#comment-17898 [...] Behold The Forbidden Flu: A Loom Explainer [...] [...] Behold The Forbidden Flu: A Loom Explainer [...]

]]> By: H5N1 Paper Published: Deadly, Transmissible Bird Flu Could Be Closer than Thought – TIME | The Time of Press http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/05/02/behold-the-forbidden-flu-a-loom-explainer/#comment-17897 H5N1 Paper Published: Deadly, Transmissible Bird Flu Could Be Closer than Thought – TIME | The Time of Press Thu, 03 May 2012 12:14:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5829#comment-17897 [...] debate goes beyond security concerns. The Nature paper marks a new era in science, as Carl Zimmer wrote on Wednesday for [...] [...] debate goes beyond security concerns. The Nature paper marks a new era in science, as Carl Zimmer wrote on Wednesday for [...]

]]> By: H5N1 Paper Published: Deadly, Transmissible Bird Flu Could Be Closer than Thought | The Crooners Lounge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/05/02/behold-the-forbidden-flu-a-loom-explainer/#comment-17896 H5N1 Paper Published: Deadly, Transmissible Bird Flu Could Be Closer than Thought | The Crooners Lounge Thu, 03 May 2012 11:33:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5829#comment-17896 [...] debate goes beyond security concerns. The Nature paper marks a new era in science, as Carl Zimmer wrote on Wednesday for Discover: This episode is just the start of something much bigger. Roger Brent, a [...] [...] debate goes beyond security concerns. The Nature paper marks a new era in science, as Carl Zimmer wrote on Wednesday for Discover: This episode is just the start of something much bigger. Roger Brent, a [...]

]]> By: H5N1 Paper Published: Deadly, Transmissible Bird Flu Could Be Closer than Thought | Healthland | TIME.com http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2012/05/02/behold-the-forbidden-flu-a-loom-explainer/#comment-17895 H5N1 Paper Published: Deadly, Transmissible Bird Flu Could Be Closer than Thought | Healthland | TIME.com Thu, 03 May 2012 11:01:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=5829#comment-17895 [...] debate goes beyond security concerns. The Nature paper marks a new era in science, as Carl Zimmer wrote on Wednesday for Discover: This episode is just the start of something much bigger. Roger Brent, a [...] [...] debate goes beyond security concerns. The Nature paper marks a new era in science, as Carl Zimmer wrote on Wednesday for Discover: This episode is just the start of something much bigger. Roger Brent, a [...]

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