Frankenbug!
Way back in 1918, 500 million people worldwide were infected with H1N1. Nearly a fifth of them died from contracting it. That’s millions of deaths, a noticeable percentage of the world population.
Nearly 100 years later, H1N1 returned. This time, however, we were better prepared for it, and the death toll to-date (according to the World Health Organization) has been held under 20,000, although that is just the number that can be verified.
Obviously, H1N1 is going to need help if it’s going to be the killing monster it was at the turn of the 20th century. And that’s where University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor Yoshihiro Kawaoka comes into play. Working with the 2009 strain of H1N1, Kawaoka has genetically manipulated the strain — on purpose, mind you! — so that it is resistant to the human immune system.
Let’s be clear on this: Kawaoka has taken a virus that was already a lethal entity and made it insuperable.
Kawaoka’s mad science is overseen by Rebecca Moritz, who has a Masters in microbiology and who works with Dr. Kawaoka where she is being trained in the art (because it’s apparently not a science) of working with BL-4 pathogens, according to her UW bio page. “I have no concerns about the biosafety of these experiments,” said Moritz, who has never seen a movie, ever.
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By: RJ Carter
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Anomaly 100 July 3rd, 2014 at 10:30
Be afraid, be very afraid. it’s ALIVE!
R.J. Carter July 3rd, 2014 at 10:34
This guy scares the living
$41+out of me!Anomaly 100 July 3rd, 2014 at 10:37
For reals? I guess you never bumped into FON’s co-admin, Dr. Socks. IRL, she’s a mad scientist and I say that with no exaggeration.
Jeanne173 July 3rd, 2014 at 14:33
I have managed to move into our new home (liberaland) I guess I’m not as dumb as I look.
Anomaly 100 July 3rd, 2014 at 10:30
Be afraid, be very afraid. it’s ALIVE!
R.J. Carter July 3rd, 2014 at 10:34
This guy scares the living
$41+out of me!Anomaly 100 July 3rd, 2014 at 10:37
For reals? I guess you never bumped into FON’s co-admin, Dr. Socks. IRL, she’s a mad scientist and I say that with no exaggeration.
Jeanne173 July 3rd, 2014 at 14:33
I have managed to move into our new home (liberaland) I guess I’m not as dumb as I look.
Pistol-Packing July 3rd, 2014 at 10:38
More US Soldiers died of the Flu then were killed in Battle during World War I. One of those little facts of history that so many people forget. Whats sad, is those deaths are never counted.
Billy Jackson July 3rd, 2014 at 12:26
Interesting. Didn’t know that.
Jeanne173 July 3rd, 2014 at 14:31
It was the soldiers coming home from Europe that brought the flu too this country, or so I’ve been told. My 29 yo. grandmother and 3 yo. Aunt died in that flu epidemic.
Billy Jackson July 3rd, 2014 at 14:41
Sorry to learn that about your family members. It makes sense, with those guys in such close quarters and in those living conditions, exposed to the elements in a foreign country.
You know, it’s surprising more diseases didn’t come back home with those guys.
Jeanne173 July 3rd, 2014 at 15:08
My mom was 1yo. when they died, yes, I’m irish, we die we don’t pass, pass on or expire. We die. So many headstones in the cemetery with that year on the stones and scottdale pa. is not a large town.
Billy Jackson July 3rd, 2014 at 15:12
I’ve got a lot of Irish in my family, as does my wife. I think my ancestors did a travelling sex tour across Western Europe, as I’ve got bits of nearly every one of those countries in my background.
Yeah, when I think of pass, I think of hall pass, pass go, pass gas, pass the gravy, pass out, but rarely do I associate it with dying.
Pistol-Packing July 3rd, 2014 at 10:38
More US Soldiers died of the Flu then were killed in Battle during World War I. One of those little facts of history that so many people forget. Whats sad, is those deaths are never counted.
Billy Jackson July 3rd, 2014 at 12:26
Interesting. Didn’t know that.
Jeanne173 July 3rd, 2014 at 14:31
It was the soldiers coming home from Europe that brought the flu to this country, or so I’ve been told. My 29 yo. grandmother and 3 yo. Aunt died in that flu epidemic.
Billy Jackson July 3rd, 2014 at 14:41
Sorry to learn that about your family members. It makes sense, with those guys in such close quarters and in those living conditions, exposed to the elements in a foreign country.
You know, it’s surprising more diseases didn’t come back home with those guys.
Jeanne173 July 3rd, 2014 at 15:08
My mom was 1yo. when they died, she really didn’t get much chance to know her mom or sister. So many headstones in the cemetery with that year on the stones and scottdale pa. is not a large town. Many most families lost people in 1918 and into 1919.
Billy Jackson July 3rd, 2014 at 15:12
I’ve got a lot of Irish in my family, as does my wife. I think my ancestors did a travelling sex tour across Western Europe, as I’ve got bits of nearly every one of those countries in my background.
Yeah, when I think of pass, I think of hall pass, pass go, pass gas, pass the gravy, pass out, but rarely do I associate it with dying.
Maxx44 July 3rd, 2014 at 11:26
From the looks of this guy’s face, he would be better served working on breakthroughs in dermatology.
Maxx44 July 3rd, 2014 at 11:26
From the looks of this guy’s face, he would be better served working on breakthroughs in dermatology.
craig7120 July 3rd, 2014 at 11:36
If meat & dairy fat don’t kill ya, the flu from contaminated poultry & swine is gonna take us out.
Damn you meat eaters!
craig7120 July 3rd, 2014 at 11:36
If meat & dairy fat don’t kill ya, the flu from contaminated poultry & swine is gonna take us out.
Damn you meat eaters!
Tommy6860 July 3rd, 2014 at 12:27
Yikes, I would like to know, why?
Tommy6860 July 3rd, 2014 at 12:27
Yikes, I would like to know, why?