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Forum: Other Other Topics 11-21-2005, 07:54 PM
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Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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remember how we were all supposed to die from anthrax too?

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You could have said the same thing last year about a category 4-5 hurricane hitting New Orleans. You can say...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 06:15 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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Huh? In China, people sleep in the pens where they store their chickens? Where did you read/see this? That sounds like blatant bs to me.

Its also amazing how many "..." multiple...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 06:13 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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Yes and yes. Makes you think about your friends doesn't it?

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With an electric motor, some flexible tubing, and an ambu bag I'd make my own respirator. ...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 06:12 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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Meant to add, there is no reason why the government shouldn't give liability protection for companies wanting to make low cost respirators for emergencies like this. Talk to your wife...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 04:00 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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So if I'm a 2nd year medical student who will be starting rotations next year with a history of empeyema requiring a thoracotomy does this mean I should be worried?

I am so [censored]. ...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 03:55 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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However, there will likely be enough Ambu bags and oxygen bottles.


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Ambu bags? How long would you have to use an Ambu bag on someone? A week 24/7? Also,...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 03:54 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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Yea, these stats are all scary, but the real reason we have heard so much about bird flu: the [censored] 24 hour news channels that need to fill up space, so they find "potential" threats...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 03:53 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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If that scenario really happened, the effects of the ensuing panic would be a lot worse than the effects of 2% of the population dying.

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What hard-to-predict things do you...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 03:16 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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For instance, a significant number of dogs have tested positive for Trypanosoma cruzi from Georgia to Minnesota. There is no shortage of mosquitos in the US. Why the leap from dogs to...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 03:14 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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Best current article on the real risk of bird flu.

Fuss and Feathers: Pandemic Panic over the Avian Flu (http://www.fumento.com/disease/flu2005.html)

Summary. Yes, we should be...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 03:13 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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Matt,

Are you by chance a sales rep. for a ventilator company?

Swede

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Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 03:11 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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Then first question will be do you let those in vegetative states die in order to save healthy people, or do you sacrifice the healthy people and leave the vegetatives on the...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 03:06 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

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Please forgive my ignorance, but know very little about this (except that you have now scared the living [censored] out of me) -

1) Ventilator - very expensive? who produces them? how...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 02:59 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

Long article in a Pediatric journal about flu preparedness in North Carolina. Also, my wife sits on the Pediatrics committee that advocates for preparing for these things in NC.
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 02:27 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
Re: The Bird Flu Pandemic

SARS was a relatively new disease and simply did not acquire major transfection factors. The odds were in our favor.

Flu has a much better track record for pandemics. However, the odds for this...
Forum: Other Other Topics 11-18-2005, 02:01 PM
Replies: 61
Views: 246
Posted By Matt Flynn
The Bird Flu Pandemic

Could happen, most likely will not. If the strain acquires better human-to-human transmission ability, we are in for a wild ride. Conservative worst-case puts the kill rate at 2% in the U.S.,...
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