Re: Corona viruses like SARS - was Ebola
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 2:37 pm
SARs was not "released".
It occured in nature and caused havoc in China.
SARS is a corona virus category of virus. (They all have a crown-like shape, hence "corona" virus). Corona virus hops into individuals but causes no harm unless their thymus does not work properly (such as after multiple vaccinations). As more vaccines are used, more corona viruses become capable of attacking individuals.
Depending on where the coronavirus lives in the body (which is determined by its gene sequences) it may be highly contagious between people (eg if it lives in the lungs like SARS or in the gut as one of the cat corona virues), or it may be non-contagious (eg if it lives in blood cells). Different corona viruses have different features as their gene codes are complex and differ.
That depends how you define epidemic.
It affected just under ten thousand people in multiple countires, killing almost ten percent of them (9.6%).
By most standards that qualifies as an epidemic for sure and possibly a pandemic.
"An epidemic occurs when the incidence rate (i.e. new cases in a given human population, during a given period) of a certain disease substantially exceeds what is 'expected,' based on recent experience."
So it WAS at least an epidemic.
You (and whoever you believed who said so) have a wild imagination and apparetly no knowledge of virology.
That is total fiction.
SARS is a corona virus. Corona viruses tend to be extremely nasty. They usually cause respiratory, gastrointesinal, liver and neurologic disease. Some are extremely lethal, for example the one that kills ten million cats in USA per year and the similar one found in ferrets and other obligate carnivores such as wolverines and honey badgers. The death rate for these is 100%, so we are lucky corona viruses tend not to jump species too often - (so far not t6his 100% lethal one - but throw more inappropriate drugs at them and they WILL adapt).
A corona virus is extremely specific in its structure leading to its classification as a corona virus.
Man can "borrow" a single gene from one organism and stick it into another one but that is a far cry from making an entire complex organism. We are a VERY long way from manufacturing a coronavirus at will, or any other virus. Lab developed viruses exist but are standard wild type viruses, not manufactured ones, with possibly one spliced gene, to make some small but specific alteration.
SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus) started out in southern China in late 2002, affecting over 8000 people there, killing 775 of them.
Nobody could have invented it even if they wanted to do so.
Lat's keep these inventions for the fiction books where they belong.
The real world is much more involved and difficult to deal with than some puny human invention.
Corona viruses can make chemical warfare look like a joke. One of two found in cats, can kill in TWO DAYS, with 100% death rate, regardless of treatment (with the rare survival by homeopathy and intense round the clock nursing for over a month) . If that crosses species to humans, we are in BIG doo doo. An there is nothing man can do to stop it.
Some corona viruses CAN already infect different species, SARS being an example. It is found in the palm civet in China, and may have jumped species to man from them. It was also found in animals at animal markets and on farms. It is known to have been spread at a restaurant via a palm civet. Another study shows it in horseshoe bats and it could have transferred from them also.
The Middel East Rerspiratory Syndrome corona virus (MERS) is another nasty coronavirus. It occurred in nine Northern African countries and spread via travel to twelve others.
Fortunately, man is incapable of inventing anything so incredibly complex - and has a long way to go to get to that stage of technical capability.
Man does more than enough damage with what they can devise, without inventing anything extra
Namaste,
Irene
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Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."
It occured in nature and caused havoc in China.
SARS is a corona virus category of virus. (They all have a crown-like shape, hence "corona" virus). Corona virus hops into individuals but causes no harm unless their thymus does not work properly (such as after multiple vaccinations). As more vaccines are used, more corona viruses become capable of attacking individuals.
Depending on where the coronavirus lives in the body (which is determined by its gene sequences) it may be highly contagious between people (eg if it lives in the lungs like SARS or in the gut as one of the cat corona virues), or it may be non-contagious (eg if it lives in blood cells). Different corona viruses have different features as their gene codes are complex and differ.
That depends how you define epidemic.
It affected just under ten thousand people in multiple countires, killing almost ten percent of them (9.6%).
By most standards that qualifies as an epidemic for sure and possibly a pandemic.
"An epidemic occurs when the incidence rate (i.e. new cases in a given human population, during a given period) of a certain disease substantially exceeds what is 'expected,' based on recent experience."
So it WAS at least an epidemic.
You (and whoever you believed who said so) have a wild imagination and apparetly no knowledge of virology.
That is total fiction.
SARS is a corona virus. Corona viruses tend to be extremely nasty. They usually cause respiratory, gastrointesinal, liver and neurologic disease. Some are extremely lethal, for example the one that kills ten million cats in USA per year and the similar one found in ferrets and other obligate carnivores such as wolverines and honey badgers. The death rate for these is 100%, so we are lucky corona viruses tend not to jump species too often - (so far not t6his 100% lethal one - but throw more inappropriate drugs at them and they WILL adapt).
A corona virus is extremely specific in its structure leading to its classification as a corona virus.
Man can "borrow" a single gene from one organism and stick it into another one but that is a far cry from making an entire complex organism. We are a VERY long way from manufacturing a coronavirus at will, or any other virus. Lab developed viruses exist but are standard wild type viruses, not manufactured ones, with possibly one spliced gene, to make some small but specific alteration.
SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus) started out in southern China in late 2002, affecting over 8000 people there, killing 775 of them.
Nobody could have invented it even if they wanted to do so.
Lat's keep these inventions for the fiction books where they belong.
The real world is much more involved and difficult to deal with than some puny human invention.
Corona viruses can make chemical warfare look like a joke. One of two found in cats, can kill in TWO DAYS, with 100% death rate, regardless of treatment (with the rare survival by homeopathy and intense round the clock nursing for over a month) . If that crosses species to humans, we are in BIG doo doo. An there is nothing man can do to stop it.
Some corona viruses CAN already infect different species, SARS being an example. It is found in the palm civet in China, and may have jumped species to man from them. It was also found in animals at animal markets and on farms. It is known to have been spread at a restaurant via a palm civet. Another study shows it in horseshoe bats and it could have transferred from them also.
The Middel East Rerspiratory Syndrome corona virus (MERS) is another nasty coronavirus. It occurred in nine Northern African countries and spread via travel to twelve others.
Fortunately, man is incapable of inventing anything so incredibly complex - and has a long way to go to get to that stage of technical capability.
Man does more than enough damage with what they can devise, without inventing anything extra
Namaste,
Irene
--
Irene de Villiers, B.Sc AASCA MCSSA D.I.Hom/D.Vet.Hom.
P.O. Box 4703 Spokane WA 99220.
www.angelfire.com/fl/furryboots/clickhere.html (Veterinary Homeopath.)
"Man who say it cannot be done should not interrupt one doing it."