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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:03 PM Original message |
Study: 1918 flu survivors seem immune to swine flu |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. Cause they already died years ago from old age? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That was my first thought, too. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I was thinking that they must be immune to pretty much everything to have survived this long |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. No, the immune system usually gets weaker in the elderly |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. excellent point. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. yes, how many subjects did he test that were 91 or older? |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. There are upwards of a half million people over 95 in the US |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
5. I'll vouch for the severity of the infection in the respiratory system |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. One of my employees has had a bug for 3 weeks, mild as far as |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-14-09 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
10. This is a type of H1N1... I am not that surprised that the few |
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