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science takes 20 years to figure out what most of us already knew?
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<blockquote data-quote="boondocks" data-source="post: 1395695" data-attributes="member: 20599"><p>And my great-grandmother was one of them. </p><p>TG thinks if we "just" "close the borders" no diseases will spread. The Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 was spread by <strong>our soldiers</strong> returning from the war. TG, are we not going to post any more soldiers anywhere? Are <strong>we</strong> not going to be allowed to leave the country? We will always have viruses and bacteria. And they will always spread; they are quite literally engineered specifically to do so, with amazingly intricate structures and functions.</p><p>And even if we COULD just put the whole country in a bubble, no one allowed to come <u>or</u> go, there's that pesky little mutation thing that we'd still have to worry about...</p><p>Bottom line, folks who know absolutely nothing about viruses, bacteria, genetics, infectious disease and its history, etc should probably, all due respect, study up on it a bit, preferably <em>prior</em> to posting anti-science screeds. City Guy gets lambasted for posting (supposedly) uninformed opinions on cattle. Shouldn't uninformed opinions in other areas, like viruses and disease, be held to the same standard?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boondocks, post: 1395695, member: 20599"] And my great-grandmother was one of them. TG thinks if we "just" "close the borders" no diseases will spread. The Spanish Flu pandemic in 1918 was spread by [b]our soldiers[/b] returning from the war. TG, are we not going to post any more soldiers anywhere? Are [b]we[/b] not going to be allowed to leave the country? We will always have viruses and bacteria. And they will always spread; they are quite literally engineered specifically to do so, with amazingly intricate structures and functions. And even if we COULD just put the whole country in a bubble, no one allowed to come [u]or[/u] go, there's that pesky little mutation thing that we'd still have to worry about... Bottom line, folks who know absolutely nothing about viruses, bacteria, genetics, infectious disease and its history, etc should probably, all due respect, study up on it a bit, preferably [i]prior[/i] to posting anti-science screeds. City Guy gets lambasted for posting (supposedly) uninformed opinions on cattle. Shouldn't uninformed opinions in other areas, like viruses and disease, be held to the same standard? [/QUOTE]
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