'Serenity'
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.
Huh, I didn't realize that teaching cursive wasn't pretty much universal. They start it in 3rd grade here.
They don't teach it here: I think I saw it first in a movie when I was in the 6th or 7th grade. I can't read it, too.
Thanks for the flu info: I had some of the questions you asked in mind. And I'm gonna try Googling for "cytokine storm" with results in Hebrew, because it's late and I'm tired and it's big words as is.
My department is having its swine flu meeting at 4:00.
Our company is based in Toronto, and there was a whole bunch of contingency planning that went on after the SARS, so I'm expecting all kinds of overreaction.
So, I read about cytokine storms. It's kindda like having a deadline to write a paper, and your head is full with info and it's just full gas in neutral combo, and you'll fail the class if you won't hand in the paper. Or just a writer's block. Only in biology. So it'll be cool if they could understand that, so I could write better papers, more efficiently, and not failing classes.
At least, that's how I understand it. Yes, my world is THAT narrow.
(Which I hear is the homeopathic remedy for swine flu.)
::snerk::
A medical researcher in Jacksonville, Florida has developed a new stitching technique that could possibly transform surgical procedures around the world. Perhaps the most fascinating detail is the researcher is a 14-year-old high school freshman.
And it doesn't sound like he's some kind of Doogie Houser, but just a freshman at a magnet school.
The other issue about the current swine flu is it is currently resistant to two of the main antiviral drugs. Happily it is not resistant to Tamiflu right now, but it could develop that resistance, or if it becpmes truly widespread, there could be a shortage of Tamiflu.
The other issue about the current swine flu is it is currently resistant to two of the main antiviral drugs. Happily it is not resistant to Tamiflu right now, but it could develop that resistance, or if it becpmes truly widespread, there could be a shortage of Tamiflu.
What I read said that the swine version of H1N1 is not resistant to Tamiflu or Relenza, but the *human* version of H1N1 *is* resistant to Tamiflu.
Confusing. I didn't even know there was a human version of it.
After reading (a) that the Baltimore Sun laid off most of its senior editors and (b) Kathy's fascinating link, I cannot help but note:
So far, the young man has only performed the surgery on dummies but has managed to fascinate the medical community enough to peak the interests of seasoned surgeons.
Pique! Not Peak! Aww, fuck it, who needs editors.
Pique! Not Peak! Aww, fuck it, who needs editors.
I'm right there with you. I think I snarled when I read "peak."
Yeah, add me to the snarling contingent.