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more about #swineflu Honu Harry: Why don't scientists read enough sci-fi? If they did, they'd understand exactly why this is a bad idea. #swineflu more » PostMarque: Dear Science, Please stop. The World Per: Postmarque #swineflu more » James Forelo: Ha! Super avian-swine flu! Only when pigs fly! #swineflu more » gd01skorpius: Hello fellow humans! I am just like you and I also am fearful of science magic sometimes. But as a human scientist I think this idea to create a super... more » 5AMfrenchtoast: First LHC, now this? Why is France trying to kill everyone? This just in -- they are also throwing 400 nukes at the Sun, just to see what happens. ... more » evildead1971: it would take about 2 years for the entire population of earth to be wiped out, right? #swineflu more » J_Frank_Parnell: who left the door open? *cough* #swineflu more » Dirk Anger: Isn't the current "swine flu" already a hybrid between swine flu and avian flu ? #swineflu more » AmishJohn: Where are the baugette-dropping avians when you need them? #swineflu more » GreyHammer: yeah its more of "the stand" than "12 monkeys" vibe there #swineflu more » Perhaps Not: I hear they'll be calling the virus "Captain Trips." #swineflu more » Jassen: Bloody French, i bet they are just using the virus story as a cover, what they really want is to make chicken flavored bacon. #swineflu more » Dunny0: This looks like a job for Milla Jovovich. #swineflu more » crashedpc - Haifisch: Someone call Dustin Hoffman... #swineflu more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Crikey!! I feel slightly vulnerable right now living in the UK!! #swineflu more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: I've just learned that almost 20 years after image comics was founded Liefeld still as no concept of proportions, dimensions, or even how to draw a gu... more » Trai_Dep: Can we agree as a nation to going back to calling it Swine Flu? It rolls of the tongue better and makes meat processors sweat uncomfortably, two wins ... more » Michael Oder: I know it's become the common wisdom that Terminator Salvation and Watchmen failed, but if you look at the Box Office numbers they look pretty success... more » Roklimber: That picture of the baby licking the pig's snout is just.... wrong. The adult whose birkenstock appears near the bottom right corner should be ashamed... more » gorehound: I also have the thought that the medical comapanies will make out like bandits as they are already theiving us with ultra-high costs of health. yes we... more » -
#madscience
French Scientists Working to Create Swine-Bird Superflu
Looking toward the worst case scenario for the swine flu pandemic, virologists in Lyon are attempting to create a virus as contagious as swine flu and as deadly as avian flu. Is it time to call in Bruce Willis yet? More » -
#2009todate
Five Lessons To Have Learned From 2009 Already
With the middle of the year having fallen earlier this week (July 2nd for the curious), it's time to take stock, look back and wonder: What has 2009 taught us so far?
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#pandemicupdate
How Swine Flu Works, And Why It Kills
Scientists now have an idea of just how the H1N1 virus may be so deadly, and what makes it different from earlier viruses from the same family. Hint: It's where it goes inside your body that counts. More » -
#swineflu
Remember Swine Flu? Well, It's A Pandemic After All
While public concern over the H1N1 influenza may have quietened down, that doesn't mean that the threat of swine flu is over for now. Just the opposite - the WHO has officially designated it the first pandemic in over 40 years. More » -
#madscience
Pig Science Makes Post Swine-Flu Comeback
Could pig embryos help humans become healthier and more resistant to illnesses like swine flu? That's a theory that's currently being investigated by Israeli scientists, but is it kosher? More » -
#zombieswineflu
Zombie Strain Of Swine Flu Just A Crazy Hoax
A fake BBC news site reports that swine flu is creating zombies. Still it makes our hearts flutter reading news reports like this: "After passing....he rose from the dead and lunged at his mother." More » -
#swineflu
Good News And Bad News In Swine Flu Analysis
The first genetic analysis of the H1N1 flu has revealed that things may not be as bad as first feared, although scientists admit that history may provide an example that no-one wants to see followed. More » -
#futureofanepidemic
Scientists Offer Four Scenarios Predicting the Spread of Swine Flu
Today epidemiologists have released four maps showing the way a flu pandemic will spread, depending on how nations respond with anti-viral drugs. Two scenarios demonstrate how to stop the spread of swine flu, fast. More » -
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#plagues
Eleven Visions of Life After the Great Epidemic
Feeling worried about the impending swine flu epidemic? Just to make you feel more panicked, we've put together a list of 11 movies that show what happens when humanity is attacked by unstoppable viruses. More » -
#flupandemic
We May All Die From Swine Flu
Forget avian flu; a "swine flu" that's already killed eighteen people in Mexico seems to have come to the US, and the World Health Organization are discussing whether or not to declare it a pandemic.
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