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.
Wash: I didn't think you were one for rituals and such. Mal: I'm not, but it'll keep the others busy for a while. No reason to concern them with what's to be done.
'Bushwhacked'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
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.
Tom Scola - Apr 30, 2009 10:48:23 am PDT #17473 of 30000
hwæt
Shir - Apr 30, 2009 10:54:46 am PDT #17474 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
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.
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2009 10:54:48 am PDT #17475 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
(Which I hear is the homeopathic remedy for swine flu.)
::snerk::
Kathy A - Apr 30, 2009 11:00:35 am PDT #17476 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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.
flea - Apr 30, 2009 11:03:51 am PDT #17477 of 30000
information libertarian
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.
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2009 11:11:25 am PDT #17478 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
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.
DavidS - Apr 30, 2009 11:12:11 am PDT #17479 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
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.
Steph L. - Apr 30, 2009 11:14:13 am PDT #17480 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Pique! Not Peak! Aww, fuck it, who needs editors.
I'm right there with you. I think I snarled when I read "peak."
Barb - Apr 30, 2009 11:16:46 am PDT #17481 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Yeah, add me to the snarling contingent.
Kathy A - Apr 30, 2009 11:17:19 am PDT #17482 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I still remember the exact moment I realized that certain publishers had gotten rid of their proofreading departments--it was when I started seeing "it's" for "its" in multiple books by the same company.