Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/28/opinion/28barry.html Steve On Apr 28, 2009, at 5:18 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Yet some more practical advice: > > http://www.forbes.com/2009/04/27/swine-flu-mexico-sars-business-healthcare-flu-hysteria.html?partner=daily_newsletter > > Cheers > Jayanand > > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc at cox.net> > wrote: >> >> On Apr 27, 2009, at 10:05 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >> >>> Some more on swine flu: >>> >>> http://www.slate.com/id/2217019/?from=rss >> >> >> >> thanks, a fine article analyzing the strange inconsistencies in the >> data... >> >> >> Steve >> >> >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc at cox.net> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On Apr 27, 2009, at 6:47 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >>>> >>>>> George/Steve, >>>>> Tell me, is this another Bird Flu where all of 100 people died >>>>> worldwide in the "epidemic" and everyone wore blue masks on >>>>> flights >>>>> for months out of panic, Singapore would not let people with a >>>>> cold >>>>> enter the country? Its more dangerous to drive a car or cross the >>>>> road! Media hype whipping up mass hysteria! These sort of >>>>> diseases are >>>>> usually totally localised and minor. I would tell the media to >>>>> hype >>>>> finding a preventive cure for malaria or typhoid or cholera or >>>>> similar >>>>> proven mass killers if they want to help humanity at large. >>>> >>>> >>>> it is hard to know just yet what this will be Jayanand... it may >>>> be over >>>> reaction based on early data from Mexico, but infections >>>> elsewhere, while >>>> occurring at a high rate, don't seem especially severe, and the >>>> mortality >>>> rate outside of Mexico appears far lower than in that country... >>>> >>>> curious... ! >>>> >>>> >>>> yet we recall the flu epidemic starting in 1918 when 20-100 million >>>> people >>>> died during 2 years....and for various good reasons scientists have >>>> predicted a severe new flu variant for the past 5-6 years, and >>>> have been >>>> working during that time on a new vaccine as well as containment >>>> scenarios >>>> for an expected epidemic.... >>>> >>>> >>>> let's not be too hasty to draw conclusions about the direction >>>> this will >>>> take... >>>> >>>> in any case, something potentially bad is going on here that demnds >>>> careful >>>> evaluation and explanation, before we can safely draw conclusions. >>>> >>>> to be sure, at this point something about the situation just >>>> doesn't >>>> smell >>>> right to me, so far it appears to be a very aggressive virus in >>>> terms of >>>> human to human rates of spread, showing apparently very high >>>> pathogenicity/& mortality rate in one country, with low >>>> pathogenicity >>>> elsewhere... >>>> >>>> various explanations are possible, among them, either something >>>> is wrong >>>> with the data. or the virus has already changed... >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Jayanand >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 4:49 AM, Steve Barbour >>>>> <kididdoc at cox.net> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 27, 2009, at 3:55 PM, George Lottermoser wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> hopefully the discussion will not be about a "full blown >>>>>>> pandemic" >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> it is what it is, and that is yet to be seen... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> in the meantime the blue masks are clearly the most popular... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> for that new sporty look, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Steve >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> George Lottermoser >>>>>>> george at imagist.com >>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Apr 27, 2009, at 4:37 PM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Apr 27, 2009, at 9:08 AM, George Lottermoser wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> <http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/rpSlideshows?articleId=USRTXECIR#a=35 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> thanks George, it occurs to me we might discuss all this >>>>>>>> further >>>>>>>> here >>>>>>>> at >>>>>>>> some point, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Steve >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> George Lottermoser >>>>>>>>> george at imagist.com >>>>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com >>>>>>>>> http://www.imagist.com/blog >>>>>>>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>>>> information >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>>> information >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>>> information >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>>> information >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>>> information >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>>> information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information