'Hell Bound'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
hand sanitizers. most of them are alcohol based. Which drys my hands. and cause cracks , where germs can get in....
The doctor who was on the radio this morning said he prefers Purell because it has moisturizer in it, so your hands don't get as dried out.
I like Jessica's recipe but I never have tahini on hand. You can definitely make it without it, though.
Swine flu is the new SARS.
At least now we have tiny kid sized surgical masks the kids got at the health & safety fair in case of an epidemic.
A friend of mine is leaving for Mexico for vacation tomorrow. Between the drug wars and the swine flu, she may be stressing.
I like Jessica's recipe but I never have tahini on hand. You can definitely make it without it, though.
You can substitute peanut butter.
You can substitute peanut butter.
Peanut butter is awesome. Is there anything peanut butter can't do?
What is the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic?
Is there anything peanut butter can't do?
Mix with chocolate.
The 1918 flu pandemic which killed more people worldwide than WWI also originated in pigs. I don't think panic is a useful response to any situation, but I can understand why people are afraid.
I don't know if this is any comfort, but the 1918 flu may have had nothing to do with swine:
One theory is that the virus strain originated at Fort Riley, Kansas, by two genetic mechanisms – genetic drift and antigenic shift – in viruses in poultry and swine which the fort bred for food; the soldiers were then sent from Fort Riley to different places around the world, where they spread the disease. However, evidence from a recent reconstruction of the virus suggests that it jumped directly from birds to humans, without traveling through swine.[37]
The thing that amazes me about that flu is how careful they have to be when they exhume bodies to study it. It's just waiting in the permafrost to KICK OUR ASSES.
A pandemic is more widespread, usually involving multiple countries and/or continents.
Mix with chocolate.
Now I want a Reese's Cup!
What is the difference between a pandemic and an epidemic?
I think a pandemic is bigger. Or maybe multi-national?