Black Death... Al-Qaeda Catches Plague- 40 Dead
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Indeed true but unfortunately having seen a report recently on rats in Britain, many are now attracted to the warmth of our cities. I am sure the warmth of a cave system is preferable to the close to zero temperatures that often hit the desert countries.
Maybe the US should parachute billions of rats over the mountains of Afghanistan. R.A.T.S. Rodent Anti Terrorist Squad.
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so they can easily buy firearms and explosives but basic medical supplies are unavaliable?
i highly doubt this is legit.
i highly doubt this is legit.
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In before the "how can people be happy someone died" crowd jump in.
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I may be wrong, but I seem to remember there being something genetic about the plague, which means that 'most' natural born europeans are in fact immune to it now, those who are descended of the survivors, the reason that it is so prevalent in countries like the US, is the high proportion of non-europeans.
We'd be fine.. just the rest of the world that would be screwed.. oh, and many of those that are not of european descent (just dont tell the BNP please, or they'd want in on it)
We'd be fine.. just the rest of the world that would be screwed.. oh, and many of those that are not of european descent (just dont tell the BNP please, or they'd want in on it)
^^ Are you saying the Black death is Racist+
Well it's not called the white death is it?
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Recently, scientists were astonished to find that some individuals did not become infected with HIV, even after repeated exposure to the deadly virus.
For some reason, they were immune. A long and difficult scientific search, using blood samples from hundreds of HIV-resistant patients, finally teased out the genetic explanation. Resistant individuals had in their cells two copies of a mutation that disrupted the entryway through which HIV viruses entered white blood cells. People who inherited just one copy of the change could become infected, but their disease progressed more slowly.
With this being such a recent epidemic, where did peoples' immunity come from?
Another puzzle was the way this resistance is distributed throughout the world. In some Northern European populations it is relatively common. In Southern Europeans it is more rare, and it is almost entirely absent in Africans, Asians, and Native Americans. Logically, the mutation must have occurred in the past, acting as a defense against a different, previous epidemic caused -- like the AIDS epidemic -- by a pathogen that also targeted white blood cells.
Reading a chronological history, biologists traced the HIV-resistance gene mutation back about 700 years. That was the time at which the Black Death -- bubonic plague -- swept like a deadly scythe through Europe, killing one-third of the population. Then, as now, there were individuals who survived the lethal organism, perhaps because it could not enter their white blood cells. The areas that were hardest hit by the Black Plague match those where the gene for HIV resistance is the most common today.
For some reason, they were immune. A long and difficult scientific search, using blood samples from hundreds of HIV-resistant patients, finally teased out the genetic explanation. Resistant individuals had in their cells two copies of a mutation that disrupted the entryway through which HIV viruses entered white blood cells. People who inherited just one copy of the change could become infected, but their disease progressed more slowly.
With this being such a recent epidemic, where did peoples' immunity come from?
Another puzzle was the way this resistance is distributed throughout the world. In some Northern European populations it is relatively common. In Southern Europeans it is more rare, and it is almost entirely absent in Africans, Asians, and Native Americans. Logically, the mutation must have occurred in the past, acting as a defense against a different, previous epidemic caused -- like the AIDS epidemic -- by a pathogen that also targeted white blood cells.
Reading a chronological history, biologists traced the HIV-resistance gene mutation back about 700 years. That was the time at which the Black Death -- bubonic plague -- swept like a deadly scythe through Europe, killing one-third of the population. Then, as now, there were individuals who survived the lethal organism, perhaps because it could not enter their white blood cells. The areas that were hardest hit by the Black Plague match those where the gene for HIV resistance is the most common today.
