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 Forum: News and Current Events   Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1

Posted: 47 minutes ago 

Replies: 306
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On 25 Nov 2024, 5:57 pm on this thread, I reported about a case of H5N2 . In April 2024, laboratory results from a hospitalized patient in Mexico City showed the first direct evidence of human infection caused by influenza A virus subtype H5N2 (A/H5N2). The patient died , and the case fatality was r...

 Forum: News and Current Events   Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1

Posted: Today, 11:41 am 

Replies: 306
Views: 16,302


A recent article on Forbes wrote the following: There’s a saying that those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it . Will that be the case with the H5N1 avian influenza virus that’s been spreading among birds for years, jumped to dairy cattle earlier this year and appeared in a pig a...

 Forum: News and Current Events   Topic: Emergence of a Deadly Coronavirus

Posted: Today, 10:26 am 

Replies: 8,589
Views: 296,675


The study highlight "It found that masks and mask mandates were “ineffective at controlling the spread of COVID-19.” Several studies, including one published this August, have found masking in public has an effect on lowering respiratory viral transmission, though this should not be the sole me...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: Winter is almost upon us

Posted: Today, 9:44 am 

Replies: 57
Views: 1,587


Well it warmed up a little bit yesterday. This morning the temperature fell to 20.3 degrees F ( -6.5 degrees C). I got up this morning and blew a fine mist of snow off my driveway. This is nowhere like the snowfall in New York. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inIuHyJ59VE Lake effect snow slammed muc...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: Winter is almost upon us

Posted: Yesterday, 8:31 am 

Replies: 57
Views: 1,587


Used to be more trusting of the heater to do its job.....Last time burst a pipe, at almost the same time as the mainline seized up from being root bound. All the same time Was given the, ambulance ride to local hospital with Covid. Where during that week . their was a power outage,stuff froze . whi...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: Winter is almost upon us

Posted: Yesterday, 8:08 am 

Replies: 57
Views: 1,587


It was the coldest night of the year so far. The temperature dropped to 10.4 degrees F. ( -12 degrees C) last night.

There is one advantage to winter. It kills outdoor insects.

 Forum: News and Current Events   Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1

Posted: 01 Dec 2024, 11:58 am 

Replies: 306
Views: 16,302


On 27 June 2024, 9:49 A.M., I summarized the approach to survive a very deadly disease called H5N1 Avian Flu, Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza . I have covered a lot of information over the past several weeks on the next potential pandemic called H5N1. I have come to realize this pandemic will prim...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: Winter is almost upon us

Posted: 01 Dec 2024, 11:12 am 

Replies: 57
Views: 1,587


It was another cold night, but it was still warmer then yesterday. It dropped down to around 20 degrees F. I had to shovel off snow on the driveway this morning. Winter is getting closer.

 Forum: News and Current Events   Topic: Are we at the edge of another pandemic? H5N1

Posted: 30 Nov 2024, 9:58 pm 

Replies: 306
Views: 16,302


Emerging H5N1 mutations raise risk of human infections Genome sequencing identified the PB2-E627K mutation in the British Columbia teenager in Canada , which is linked to faster replication in human cells and greater severity of illness, and likely emerged during the infection. A global outbreak of...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I am new here

 Post subject: Re: I am new here
Posted: 30 Nov 2024, 9:22 pm 

Replies: 34
Views: 504


You wrote, "my sleep is extremely irregular even on work days". Many years ago, a long long time ago around 1975, I worked a difficult job. I had to work both swing shift and graveyard shifts (4 p.m. to 8 a.m.), 6 days a week. Thus I worked over 100 hours a week. I did this for a year or t...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: Hi there! I'm new.

 Post subject: Re: Hi there! I'm new.
Posted: 30 Nov 2024, 3:59 pm 

Replies: 7
Views: 103


Hi Joe, Welcome to Wrong Planet. You wrote that you are studying software programming. That is a good fit. It matches you special skill capabilities. You also wrote that you enjoy walking and cycling. These are good skill levels. Sometimes as we age we experience Burn Out. But not always. There is a...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I'm newww

 Post subject: Re: I'm newww
Posted: 30 Nov 2024, 3:32 pm 

Replies: 6
Views: 111


terzothethird , Welcome to Wrong Planet. You wrote, "I am a video editor who has been editing since 2016." So it seems like you have been into video games since around age 14". Life in a way is like a video game. It is almost like we are living in a real video game. Humans are an adv...

 Forum: Getting to know each other   Topic: I'm new here

 Post subject: Re: I'm new here
Posted: 30 Nov 2024, 2:47 pm 

Replies: 9
Views: 98


Welcome to Wrong Planet. You wrote that you play TTRPGs. It seems that several people on the site were also into this. Had to look it up. A tabletop role-playing game (typically abbreviated as TTRPG or TRPG), also known as a pen-and-paper role-playing game, is a kind of role-playing game (RPG) in wh...

 Forum: Television, Film, and Video   Topic: The Human Brain

 Post subject: Re: The Human Brain
Posted: 30 Nov 2024, 9:37 am 

Replies: 6
Views: 289


For a species with multiple brains most humans don't do much thinking with them. The two sides of the human brain, Left and Right, are so very different from each other. It is the difference between NDs and NTs. They don't mix well together. Some NDs resort to using narcotic drugs to become a littl...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: Winter is almost upon us

Posted: 30 Nov 2024, 9:12 am 

Replies: 57
Views: 1,587


This reminds me to caution everyone about one of the dangers. It is low humidity. When the humidity gets too low, below 10 percent, it can become very dangerous. Why?????????? Well because COVID is still up and about. The current version is not very dangerous for humans but people can still become i...

 Forum: Random Discussion   Topic: Winter is almost upon us

Posted: 30 Nov 2024, 8:44 am 

Replies: 57
Views: 1,587


We are at the edge of winter. The temperatures fell to 13.3 degrees F ( -10.4 degrees C) last night.
Cold weather is on the horizon.

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