Few of the monsters that evolution created have been so successful at hurting us as the variola virus, responsible for smallpox. The carnage it caused was so terrible and merciless that it compelled humankind,... continue reading
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"... An undead city under siege, soldiers and police ruthlessly shooting down waves of zombies that flood from infected streets, trying to escape and infect more cities. This is what happens when your... continue reading
posted by ant 11 months ago • 42 views • 10:25Sam Harris speaks with Matt Ridley and Alina Chan about the origins of the COVID pandemic. They discuss the evidence of a lab leak from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, media and academic censorship of... continue reading
posted by eric3579 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 273 views • 58:27"I’m vaccinated. I’m boosted. And I still got infected with the omicron variant of COVID-19. Here’s what I learned, and what it means for the possible end of this pandemic. References and sources:... continue reading
posted by ant 2 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 106 views • 17:55It turns out that there are giant viruses that blur the line between life and death – and other viruses hunting them.
posted by Mordhaus 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 79 views • 11:10"... Wren uses VFX to explain Exponential Scale and how it relates to the spread of a virus like COVID-19..."
posted by ant 4 years 1 month 1 week ago • 26 views • 7:03After being exposed to the virus that causes COVID-19, it can take as few as two and as many as 14 days for symptoms to develop. Cases range from mild to critical. The average timeline from the first symptom... continue reading
posted by eric3579 4 years 2 months ago • 529 views • 5:19Plain old soap and water absolutely annihilate coronavirus. Read more about the coronavirus pandemic at http://vox.com/coronavirus You've been told a thousand times: wash your hands to stop the spread... continue reading
posted by eric3579 4 years 2 months ago • 379 views • 3:45A critical care doctors explanation of the novel corona virus (COVID-19).
posted by w1ndex 4 years 2 months ago • 476 views • 9:44YouTube description: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill 23,000 people every year in the United States, and the United Nations estimates that by 2050, more people will die from antibiotic-resistant infections... continue reading
posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 5 months 1 week ago • 397 views • 14:33YouTube: Each year, we try to fight flu season with the influenza vaccine and this year is no different. But why is there a flu season at all and how do we fight it?
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 124 views • 4:45YouTube: From taking your files ransom to foiling uranium enrichment, here are five more computer viruses that you really want to avoid.
posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 632 views • 11:07Dispise the suckers! ewww-ahhh
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 1,511 views • 5:01A'yup YouTube: A new technology could make diseases like Zika a thing of the past. But should we use it? The CDC on Zika: http://www.cdc.gov/zika/ Vox explains Zika virus in 6 charts: http://bit.ly/1POrNjA... continue reading
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 123 views • 5:36Ewwww-ah
posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 178 views • 3:15"Our herd is being compromised."
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