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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Pandemic H1N1 causes brain damage in children
There are many viruses which can cause brain damage. To this list, we can now add pandemic H1N1. From NBC News, September 22, 2010 New research released Sunday by the University of Utah shows the H1N1 virus apparently triggered a … Continue reading
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Tagged aphasia, brain damage, H1N1, neurological, pandemic, seizure, swine flu
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Airborne AIDS? Does pandemic H1N1 cause acquired immune deficiency?
During the early days of the AIDS pandemic, there was considerable concern that the virus which causes the disease, HIV, could change from a pathogen that required close physical contact to spread to one that could spread by respiratory droplets … Continue reading
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Tagged dendritic cells, H1N1, immune deficiency, pandemic, swine flu
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Thinking the Unthinkable in the 21st Century – Part 3 – The Natural Solution
Back in July 2008, I wrote a blog called: Thinking the unthinkable in the 21st century: Who would use influenza as a biological weapon?. The title is an homage to Herman Kahn’s “Thinking about the unthinkable” written during the Cold … Continue reading
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Tagged biological warfare, bioweapon, China, Herman Kahn, influenza, Margaret Chan, pandemic
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