| You guys clearly haven't been paying attention to international news.
Australia is in the middle of a massive epidemic of swine flu. Over 98% of influenza cases reported in Victoria have been H1N1. The only people that died are those that would have died from any other strain of influenza in the first place. Heck, I've had it already, it's nasty, but nothing to get worked up over.
What's this got to do with H5N1?
It's a variant strain, meaning that a) it can jump to humans, b)A vaccine can be created, it just won't be as effective because it's for an equivelant, not an exact, and c)provided you're healthy you shouldn't give a rats arse about it because it will be just another bad case of the flu... You're only going to die from it if you were unhealthy in the first place.
Taking extra vitamins won't help. Adatise, you know SFA about medicine, and if you are handing out medical info, you should be locked up, because the advice I've seen you give is likely to get people killed. How about doing some empirical research, or looking at reviewed empirical studies, instead of just reading quackery online. If you're going to be suggesting naturopathic pills for people to cram down their throats, you should be at least recommending Zinc compounds, like every GP I've ever had does. There's dozens of peer studies behind that at least.
Creature: No adverse side effects doesn't mean that there are net benefits either. It just means that the person doing the trial didn't die or become seriously ill. |