Comments on: The Virus Hunter http://www.onpointradio.org/2008/10/virus-hunter On Point is a live, two-hour morning news-analysis program, produced by WBUR 90.9 and NPR. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:38:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hunting Viruses In The 21st Century « The NPR Fanboy http://www.onpointradio.org/2008/10/virus-hunter/comment-page-1#comment-5256 Hunting Viruses In The 21st Century « The NPR Fanboy Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:59:15 +0000 http://www.onpointradio.org/?p=12736#comment-5256 [...] read more | digg story [...] [...] read more | digg story [...]

]]> By: Kim http://www.onpointradio.org/2008/10/virus-hunter/comment-page-1#comment-5151 Kim Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:06:00 +0000 http://www.onpointradio.org/?p=12736#comment-5151 Since the viruses are passed through the hunting or farming of animals and then human consumption, doesn't it make sense to simply adopt a vegan diet? Humans have been surviving for centuries on such diets. It really seems unfair that beings around the world suffer, simply due to the unnecessary meat-based satisfaction of some human pallets. Since the viruses are passed through the hunting or farming of animals and then human consumption, doesn’t it make sense to simply adopt a vegan diet? Humans have been surviving for centuries on such diets. It really seems unfair that beings around the world suffer, simply due to the unnecessary meat-based satisfaction of some human pallets.

]]> By: cr http://www.onpointradio.org/2008/10/virus-hunter/comment-page-1#comment-5142 cr Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:52:41 +0000 http://www.onpointradio.org/?p=12736#comment-5142 What about H5N1? That nations are Not honestly disclosing cases, (for "political and economic" pressure reasons) not covering the "Rapid Response and Containment" of human-to-human H5N1 clusters in the past few years, not sharing samples, and, public awareness, preparation, and plans remain totally inadequate, despite as much or more threat from H5N1 now, isn't getting coverage. We don't have an effective vaccine, (nor currently the capacity to make enough if we had one) MA did not buy enough antivirals, which are the only things saving H5N1 cases, and H5N1 remains "unprecedentedly" high. Wasn't the close call last Dec. (when someone flew from NYC to his brothers in then Northwest frontier of Pakistan, and back to NYC) bad enough? Pandemic Preparedness should have been a campaign issue. The public hasn't even read the individual's page on pandemicflu.gov that's been up the past 3 years; because human cases and clusters are being kept out of the news, they don't understand this is more a threat than the switch to Digital TV, or the other issues in the presidential campaign, which will become moot if we wake up to a state of (long) emergency some day. See GetPandemicReady.org What about H5N1? That nations are Not honestly disclosing cases, (for “political and economic” pressure reasons) not covering the “Rapid Response and Containment” of human-to-human H5N1 clusters in the past few years, not sharing samples, and, public awareness, preparation, and plans remain totally inadequate, despite as much or more threat from H5N1 now, isn’t getting coverage.

We don’t have an effective vaccine, (nor currently the capacity to make enough if we had one) MA did not buy enough antivirals, which are the only things saving H5N1 cases, and H5N1 remains “unprecedentedly” high.

Wasn’t the close call last Dec. (when someone flew from NYC to his brothers in then Northwest frontier of Pakistan, and back to NYC) bad enough?

Pandemic Preparedness should have been a campaign issue. The public hasn’t even read the individual’s page on pandemicflu.gov that’s been up the past 3 years; because human cases and clusters are being kept out of the news, they don’t understand this is more a threat than the switch to Digital TV, or the other issues in the presidential campaign, which will become moot if we wake up to a state of (long) emergency some day.

See GetPandemicReady.org

]]> By: George Gropper http://www.onpointradio.org/2008/10/virus-hunter/comment-page-1#comment-5141 George Gropper Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:44:30 +0000 http://www.onpointradio.org/?p=12736#comment-5141 Do pathogens have any natural enemies? And, do they survive so readily because there are so many hosts to support them? Do pathogens have any natural enemies? And, do they survive so readily because there are so many hosts to support them?

]]> By: Kate http://www.onpointradio.org/2008/10/virus-hunter/comment-page-1#comment-5137 Kate Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:21:41 +0000 http://www.onpointradio.org/?p=12736#comment-5137 What is the potential role the exotic pet trade in the spread of viruses? What is the potential role the exotic pet trade in the spread of viruses?

]]> By: Trey http://www.onpointradio.org/2008/10/virus-hunter/comment-page-1#comment-5136 Trey Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:19:53 +0000 http://www.onpointradio.org/?p=12736#comment-5136 Could your guest, Dr. Wolfe, comment on the book "The River" by Ed Hooper which makes the claim that the spread of AIDS from monkeys to humans was, in fact, due to experimental oral polio vaccines administered in Central Africa during the late 1950s. Thank you for the fascinating topic! Could your guest, Dr. Wolfe, comment on the book “The River” by Ed Hooper which makes the claim that the spread of AIDS from monkeys to humans was, in fact, due to experimental oral polio vaccines administered in Central Africa during the late 1950s. Thank you for the fascinating topic!

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