star treker wrote:Virus's are like everything else on this planet, they evolve, they mutate. The only difference is, they do it faster, and are sometimes deadlier. I say sometimes, because humans have this nack to destroy everything we touch, we are raping the planet you know.
Just a few years ago we had the worst influenza virus that I can recall. Infact, the virus was so bad and widespread, that the CDC made a statement themselves, saying that it was much worse then they had predicted. Flue shots were completely ineffective against it. And the CDC was warning everybody to stay in their homes and don't go out unless absolutely necessary. They recommended wearing surgical masks, just like people in Asia often do.
We've had West Nile Virus, we've had Ebolla virus, we've had SARS virus, we've had the Ecoli outbreaks, the list just goes on and on. And scientists are discovering new virus's everyday! The truth is, we live in a world where we have far too many people, and we cram everybody into tight spaces called SCHOOL and WORK. I consider myself lucky, because during the winter time, I go on winter break and stay home, thank God!
I won't lie though, I did have the common cold a couple of weeks ago, but the common cold is a farcry from full on influenza virus where you could end up dead without the proper medicine or vaccination treatments. Those who don't take flue shots are putting themselves in further risk, especially if they go to school or work. But at the end of the day, you can minimize your risk by washing your hands often. And if were in a epidemic outbreak, wear a dam mask!
I don't give a dam if it makes you look weird, goofy, whatever. If a serious virus or disease is going around, you wear that mask. In countries like China, Japan, Vietnam, they wear them all the time down there so that they don't get sick. America is too worried about image I tell ya. And, if you don't have to go to school or work, just freaking stay home! I don't want you to get the virus, and I don't want you passing it around to other's either, be responsible please.
It gets really interesting, actually.
Viruses are part of us. Our DNA. Literally...
Tens to hundreds of thousands of years ago to even 100 million years ago, viruses that invaded pregnant mothers had an odd result.
A retrovirus replicates by injecting a code into a cell that instructs the cell to manufacture more copies of the virus. In some few cases above, however, the DNA or RNA was incorporated into our own genes.
Those viruses are technically gone- there is no virus Shell... Yet, the DNA is replicated within our own. These instructions often have an effect with the Zygote Stage of human development before the human DNA overwhelms it. Some of these effects are actually beneficial to the developing fetus.
Some are inert. And some are suspected to be the eventual cause of Alzheimer's.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a ... via%3DihubMicrobial induced illnesses have been around since the dawn of complex life. It will outlast us, to some degree, until the Earth is reduced to a smoldering cinder in the wake of our Suns expansion to a Red Giant.
Our multi-cellular bodies are like communal Colonies. Whole Worlds of their own populated by trillions of organisms all working together. In stark contrast to how poorly we do it. Some rebels (cancer) arise, but over-all, the microbiological world is far more efficient and cooperative then ours is.
Probably due to them lacking brains. You know...
Introduction- in small bits- to microbes will increase Immune-strength. It is healthier to have some exposure than to have none. It is how we build antibodies.
But, get exposed to something that is more adept than our antibodies can react to swiftly- and you get sick. Sometimes, permanently.
HIV. Ebola. etc...
Playing a game of Germ-roulette... Hand sanitizer or no?
Can hand sanitizer prevent HIV? Heh that is a funny one. Water kills it. HIV is incredibly weak, like a soap bubble. Outside of a body with the right conditions, it quickly dies and is inert. Much like an astronaut without a spacesuit in space.
Ebola on the other hand, is more like an astronaut with a very Good Space Suit. So is Influenza and the Cold. Rugged hardy protein shells that carry them from world to world.
Hand sanitizer will kill the flu on your hands and the cold too.
But it will not kill ebola on your hands.
