The scariest thing you'll hear today

Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM II

11/26/2004 11:48:44 AM · #1

"There is no doubt there will be another pandemic," Klaus Stohr of the WHO Global Influenza Program said on the sidelines of a regional bird flu meeting in Bangkok, Thailand.

"Even with the best case scenario, the most optimistic scenario, the pandemic will cause a public health emergency with estimates which will put the number of deaths in the range of two and seven million," he said.

Source: CNN

giega

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

11/26/2004 12:22:30 PM · #2

Quick, start making "Bubble-Boy" suits!

notonline

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

11/26/2004 12:53:35 PM · #3

The scariest thing I'll hear today is that I can cook.

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

11/26/2004 12:54:36 PM · #4

Originally posted by notonline:

The scariest thing I'll hear today is that I can cook.

Who told you that?

notonline

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

12/03/2004 02:12:37 PM · #5

nobody told me that but it would have to be the scariest thing I could ever hear.

12/03/2004 02:25:35 PM · #6

and some good news - by sometime around 2050 scientists will have figured out what makes people physically age ( this actually stops happening in very old folks and they stay looking the same ). with this they will be able to stop the aging process - say at 34 - so for the rest of your life you have the physical, and mental capabilites of a 34 year old - even when you're 95. along with this - i would imagine the immune system would stay young as well ( helping to stiffle that pandemic you mention ). of course you won't live forever - but you'll look damn good as an old person - unless of course you're already ugly...

the aging process is a genetically controlled chemical process.

also - one guy as created Super Flies ( excuse the pun ) which live three times as long as normal version of their species. he did this by making them wait longer to reproduce. it seems the reproductive process is one thing that may trigger the aging process. this is already being seen in humans ( to a degree ), but because of the long time between generations will take a much longer time to see drastic increases in human life.

Message edited by author 2004-12-03 14:26:12.

12/03/2004 02:41:26 PM · #7

Yeah, but nobody (especially from the WHO) is attaching "There's no doubt" to any of those statements!

12/03/2004 02:49:57 PM · #8

it's likely nobody from WHO is studying those things.
i wasn't saying it WOULD prevent such an event, just that there is research going on that may lessen the blow of such an event.

there is a disease going around right now - which has probably killed upwards of 7 million or more people ( i don't know the figures ) - it's called AIDS

EDIT: here are some recent AIDS specs

specs

Message edited by author 2004-12-03 14:52:29.

12/03/2004 02:52:13 PM · #9

Originally posted by soup:

Yeah, I know... there wasn't much response here, either.

Message edited by author 2004-12-03 14:52:25.

KDO

Canon EOS-700D Rebel T5i

12/03/2004 02:52:32 PM · #10

I have no desire to live forever. I just want to make the most of today.

12/03/2004 02:53:02 PM · #11

Originally posted by KDO:

I have no desire to live forever. I just want to make the most of today.

...what movie was that?

;0)

Message edited by author 2004-12-03 14:53:16.

12/03/2004 02:53:59 PM · #12

you won't live forever - just look YOUNG for your whole life.

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

12/03/2004 02:56:24 PM · #13

hey, it's a worthy cause to pour money into...

by looking less old, we...um...well, you know...uh...you see...why are we letting kids die?

scalvert

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

12/03/2004 03:03:07 PM · #14

Originally posted by soup:

...it seems the reproductive process is one thing that may trigger the aging process.

It isn't the reproductive process that triggers aging, it's the kids.