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 12-21-2011, 12:36 AM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: , Oklahoma Posts: 3,538 Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts
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Aaaaaaaand.... Here comes the zombies __________________
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| 12-21-2011, 01:13 AM | #3 | Supporting Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Calhoun, Louisiana Posts: 6,209 Liked 3 Times on 3 Posts
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Aaaaaaaand.... Here comes the zombies
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Interesting considering the CDC's site has tips for Zombie survival.... __________________
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| 12-21-2011, 01:17 AM | #4 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Greenwood, S.C. Posts: 372 |
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Yep, it would really suck to be a bird right now. 
I wouldn't worry to much about it. They probably created a lot worse stuff than that years ago. Que Sera Sera. | |
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| 12-21-2011, 01:22 AM | #5 | Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 5,562 Likes Given: 4
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Yep, it would really suck to be a bird right now.
I wouldn't worry to much about it. They probably created a lot worse stuff than that years ago. Que Sera Sera. |
Uh, the problem is the geniuses mutated H5N1 in such a way that it is now easily passed between people. Its mortality rate among people is about 60%. __________________
When you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing; when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors; when you see that men get rich more easily by graft than by work, and your laws no longer protect you against them but protect them against you...you may know that your society is doomed. ~Ayn Rand | |
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| 12-21-2011, 11:34 PM | #6 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Greenwood, S.C. Posts: 372 |
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Originally Posted by bkt
Uh, the problem is the geniuses mutated H5N1 in such a way that it is now easily passed between people. Its mortality rate among people is about 60%.
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The first part was a joke (and yes I know that I have a poor sense of humor, but it makes me laugh).
The second part wasn't a joke. I would think those same geniuses have created much worse mutations than that? I can only imagine what they've been able to do with smallpox, black plague, and samples of the 1917 flu virus. They've probably created new bugs that we've never even heard of like a syphilis and Ebola hybrid (now that would be scary  ).
To me it really isn't anything to loose any sleep over. Eventually one of those bugs will probably get loose and it will look like Stephen King's The Stand. It would suck but there really isn't anything that any of us could do about it. So there really isn't anything to worry about. Remember the Serenity Prayer and Que Sera Sera.
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| 12-21-2011, 11:51 PM | #7 | Supporting Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 2,023 Liked 1 Times on 1 Posts
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If that scenerio plays out, where will I be, will come before, whatever will be will be. __________________
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| 12-27-2011, 01:17 AM | #8 | Unapologetically American Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Memphis, The volunteer state Posts: 1,236 |
I'm writing a post-apocalyptic story about this exact same scenario. | |
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| 12-28-2011, 03:40 AM | #9 | Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 121 |
I'm not freaking over it but , ebola,marsburg any of those hemmoragic bugs worry me. If someone were exposed and boarded an aircraft within 24hrs. Either purposely or involuntarily the consequences would be beyond description. I know so far ebola has been deep in the congo or wherever, but years ago Marburgs is named after a small German town it just appeared in. I want to say the death rate on these are close to 100% | |
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| 12-28-2011, 04:04 AM | #10 | Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 559 |
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I'm not freaking over it but , ebola,marsburg any of those hemmoragic bugs worry me. If someone were exposed and boarded an aircraft within 24hrs. Either purposely or involuntarily the consequences would be beyond description. I know so far ebola has been deep in the congo or wherever, but years ago Marburgs is named after a small German town it just appeared in. I want to say the death rate on these are close to 100%
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I saw a show, and one of the top scientists said those bugs don't present a global problem, because they're so effective they burn themselves out and never get a chance to spread. Something like the flu now, is highly contagious and can spread to thousands before the original carrier gets sick enough to seek medical attention. | |
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This actually scares the hell out of me.
