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News Briefs 30-04-2009

If time speeds up, would anyone notice?

Thanks be to Greg, Rick, Red & Kat

Quote of the Day:

The end of time is just another way of saying the beginning of immortality.

Genesis P-Orridge

  1. Corporate involvement in genocide – swine flu conspiracy
    Just for the record, Novavax’s corporate slogan is
    CREATING TOMORROW’S VACCINES TODAY

    Sounds like a guilty plea, doesn’t it?

    1. NVAX + correction of CDC bs by Wired
      In the comments under this New Scientist blog…
      Is swine flu a bioterrorist virus?
      …someone posted these links about Novavax’s flu vaccine research and the recent 250% increase (approximately) in the price of NVAX stock – in one week.

      Also…
      This just in from Wired Science:
      Swine flu genes from pigs only, not humans or birds.

      The deadly H1N1 influenza virus that’s fueling fears of a global pandemic is a hybrid of two common pig flu strains, scientists who have studied the disease told Wired.com Tuesday. Earlier reports called it a combination of pig, human and avian influenza strains.

      The findings may resolve some uncertainty about the nature of the virus, but much is still unknown about its origins and effects.

      “This is what we call a reassortment between two currently circulating pig flu viruses,” said Andrew Rambaut, a University of Edinburgh viral geneticist. “Why it’s emerged in humans is anyone’s guess. It hasn’t been seen before in pigs as far as I know.”

      Rambaut analyzed the gene sequences of viral samples taken from two infected California children. The samples were collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and made available to researchers through an international database of flu genomes.

      His conclusions were echoed by Eddie Holmes, a virus evolution specialist at the University of Pennsylvania, and Steven Salzberg, a University of Maryland bioinformaticist. Both have looked at the CDC-provided sequences. The CDC could not be reached for comment, but a document released to scientists and obtained by Wired.com affirms their analysis.

      The samples from California are the same viral strain as one that’s believed to have killed as many as 150 of an estimated 1,600 hospitalized Mexicans, and caused hundreds more infections worldwide, including at least 64 in the United States.

      The two strains whose genes are found in the hybrid belong to influenza families known generally as North American and Eurasian pig flu. The former was first described in the 1930s, and the latter in 1979. The Eurasian strain is generally found in Europe and Asia, rather than North America.

      Neither of the strains have ever proven contagious in humans. One of the genes inherited from the Eurasian strain has reportedly never been seen in humans. It codes for the neuraminidase enzyme — the N1 in H1N1 — which controls the expansion of the virus from infected cells.

      “The new neuraminidase gene that came in from Eurasian swine is one we’ve never before seen circulating in humans,” said Rambaut. “That’s one of the reasons it’s spreading rapidly. Very few people will have any immunity to this particular combination, which is what gives the concern that this will be a pandemic rather than just a normal seasonal flu outbreak. It remains to be seen how much and to what extent there is existing immunity.”

      More at the link…

  2. Ancient UFOs… or aren’t they?
    I would advise you to read this post Greg Bishop wrote last year.

    —–
    It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
    It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

    Red Pill Junkie

      1. Not unidentified
        These are classical motifs that get repeated in religious artwork over and over. But for us modern people they ressemble something else.

        Thats the problem of trying to explain something by taking it out of its original context.

        —–
        It’s not the depth of the rabbit hole that bugs me…
        It’s all the rabbit SH*T you stumble over on your way down!!!

        Red Pill Junkie

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