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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 09:27 PM Original message |
Bacterial Pneumonia Caused Most Deaths in 1918 Influenza Pandemic |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. One simple question. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 10:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I think your question has too many unexamined assumptions hiding |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Let's discuss them. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Your assumption seems to be: if flu vaccine doesn't prevent pneumonia, |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-04-08 11:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Only the well off have what privilege? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. The flu vaccine is intended to prevent flu deaths. Most of which are due to |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 06:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Some info on how the well-off are able to arrange their lives to avoid risk: |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:03 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I can't believe you would say such crazy shit as that. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
21. pretty, pretty straw man. nice ad hom. gee you're cute. |
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salvorhardin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:10 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. How is cosmik making a straw man argument? |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. What else does he have? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. thanks, more to the point than my response. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Sometimes I forget how nice it is to have a stalker |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. "The implication that it has no benefit unless it prevents death" |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 03:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. No, sorry ... |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Your fundamental incomprehension of public health is what's on display. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. got your number. enjoy yourself. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Actually your credentials are impressive. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. are there 2 of you? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. It was a guess. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 09:53 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. "Your advanced degrees cannot be in any science field" |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:24 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. As I said before your credentials are impressive. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:37 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. as you said before, according to you, i have no science degree. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 10:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I never claimed to be a an expert at anything. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. When you say things like: "Your fundamental incomprehension of public health is what's on display." |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 10:57 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I disagree. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. You're assuming that pneumonia is caused by one bacteria |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 07:53 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You are assuming. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. The how can you vaccinate against an unknown bacterial agent? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Streptococcus pneumoniae, "pneumococcus", is the most common bacterial cause of pneumonia. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. "23 types of pneumococcal bacteria" |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. There are more than 90 types of pnuemococcal bacterias. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Yellow fever |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #19 |
28. Doesn't sound like fun. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 12:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. You seem woefully uninformed. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:25 PM Response to Reply #16 |
45. you assume too much. for example, you assume because i posted studies |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. I know that now. You don't have a opinion on it. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, but if they hadn't had the flu in the first place, they mostly wouldn't have got the other |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-05-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. "for several years at a time" -- is that possible? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
38. What a very odd conclusion |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. well, you may have something there, but: |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Still, the paper also cites the viral pneumonia |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-06-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. that would make sense; then the question would be the relative % of each type. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Wow we agree on something. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 03:48 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. what is the relation between your question & the quote? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Income. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. and? you're suggesting flu vaccination for the malnourished should be subsidized? |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. It already is. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. the article was about the worldwide pandemic 1917-1918. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:16 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Our county health department gave out 10,000 doses last year. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:39 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. well, because that was the implication of the original quote: |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 10:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Ok then. |
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HamdenRice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Sep-07-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. It generally did not kill in hours. In fact its nickname was ... |
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