Swine Flu Problem?

[tombogan03884]

Every other species has a built in population control mechanism, Lemmings run into the sea, Rabbit fever, predators etc. The only things that control HUMAN population are war and disease. Time could be placed on the list but the effects of that are being lessened by modern medicine.Just in the last 40 years the lifespan has been increased by 30 years or more. but every time we beat one disease, a worse one comes along.

[Texas_Bryan]

Every other species has a built in population control mechanism, Lemmings run into the sea, Rabbit fever, predators etc. The only things that control HUMAN population are war and disease. Time could be placed on the list but the effects of that are being lessened by modern medicine.Just in the last 40 years the lifespan has been increased by 30 years or more. but every time we beat one disease, a worse one comes along.

I was so going to go this way but I figure it was over the top for swine flu.  Don't forget famine, and good old human nature.  The thing is diseases are becoming more resistant to human's vaccines and medicine.  We're literally over working our treatments into obsolescence, and the world is going to be slammed for doing so.  Pathogens have time to grow their immunities and spread creating a large family tree that has alot of experience with antigens, but our vaccines all come from one nonevolving source, so we're always playing catch up.

[shooter32]

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature 

[Texas_Bryan]

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature 

It's not possible, she just tolerates it for a time until she gets so mad she slaps the hell out of everyone.

[Ping]

Wow. methiolate. Reddish brown liquid when applied to scrapes and cuts could get the Pope to curse.   I miss that stuff cause it really worked. Did not know it had mercury in it? Guess I was too young to care.

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[Big Frank]

I remember Mercurochrome and I still use Merthiolate. The sting lets you know it's working. 

[Texas_Bryan]

Wow. methiolate. Reddish brown liquid when applied to scrapes and cuts could get the Pope to curse.   I miss that stuff cause it really worked. Did not know it had mercury in it? Guess I was too young to care.

Used to have a history teacher that talked about antiseptic that he called 'monkey blood', ya'll talking about the same thing?  I don't use any of that stuff, just tap water, if you get infected or sick, its just a much needed opportunity to build some character.

[Rastus]

Used to have a history teacher that talked about antiseptic that he called 'monkey blood', ya'll talking about the same thing?  I don't use any of that stuff, just tap water, if you get infected or sick, its just a much needed opportunity to build some character.

Monkey Blood = Mercurochrome, I think.  We never called it that, but it's a good name.

[Timothy]

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed it from the "generally recognized as safe" and into the "untested" classification to effectively halt its distribution in the United States in 1998 over fears of potential mercury poisoning.  It is readily available in most other countries.

Common names for the antiseptic in households were "monkey blood" for water solutions, and "tiger blood" for alcohol solutions. This is due to the reddish stain left behind after use (blood), and the presence or absence of a stinging sensation (monkey or tiger).


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[twyacht]

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed it from the "generally recognized as safe" and into the "untested" classification to effectively halt its distribution in the United States in 1998 over fears of potential mercury poisoning.  It is readily available in most other countries.

Common names for the antiseptic in households were "monkey blood" for water solutions, and "tiger blood" for alcohol solutions. This is due to the reddish stain left behind after use (blood), and the presence or absence of a stinging sensation (monkey or tiger).


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Guaranteed to STOP any infection, because it pretty much killed all tissue prone to infection.

The body scabbed it over and somehow we survived, just like drinking out of hoses, riding bikes without a helmet, having to ride in the back of pick up trucks, sharing bottled soda with your friend, BB gun wars, how did we ever make it?