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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2009, 10:46:13 pm »
A quick Wikipedia search on this subject serves to remind me of how much I love those Middle Ages paintings where babies look like tiny men.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_of_God

It crossed my mind that nobody says "Father of God", meaning Joseph, but that saying is probably not in use for several reasons, having to do with gender roles, the nature of adoption, and links between blasphemy and "Your Mom" jokes.

Hey, I just thought of something: I was thinking that every time travel gets easier, some disease spreads really far. And that led me to think about space travel, and alien species. Which leads to a question: if we met an alien species, would their biology be so different from our own that their diseases couldn't infect us? Or would they, due to some reason that I don't know about? Who here knows enough about this to answer?
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #16 on: April 27, 2009, 11:12:15 pm »
They're playing Mexican soccer games in empty stadiums right now.  It's quite odd-looking.
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2009, 12:01:12 am »
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Swine flu? Not in the Jewish state.

"We will call it Mexico flu. We won't call it swine flu," Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman, a black-garbed Orthodox Jew, told a news conference Monday, assuring the Israeli public that authorities were prepared to handle any cases.

Under Jewish dietary laws, pigs are considered unclean and pork is forbidden food -- although the non-kosher meat is available in some stores in Israel.

(Writing by Jeffrey Heller; Editing by Charles Dick)
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2009, 12:08:44 am »
Government: Always on the ball.
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #19 on: April 28, 2009, 12:10:00 am »
Wait, ..., uh... doesn't this help the whole pigs are vile unclean animals thing.
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2009, 12:47:09 am »
Yeah, Kieth is right; why wouldn't people who don't like pigs take capitalize on a negative portrayal of pigs? Isn't nature kind of doing their work for them? Wouldn't they be like "See? See?"
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2009, 02:25:47 am »
Maybe some people get upset just saying it or something?

Seriously though, good to know they've got the important angles covered.
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #22 on: April 28, 2009, 03:02:12 am »
Quote from: theinevitable on April 27, 2009, 10:08:32 pm
For some reason the specific phrase I want to say is "mother of God!"

Even though I don't completely understand what it means. Mary? Because Jesus is part of the trinity?

Mongo?  Santa Maria!
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #23 on: April 28, 2009, 06:25:13 am »
Quote from: Toaster on April 27, 2009, 10:46:13 pm
Hey, I just thought of something: I was thinking that every time travel gets easier, some disease spreads really far. And that led me to think about space travel, and alien species. Which leads to a question: if we met an alien species, would their biology be so different from our own that their diseases couldn't infect us? Or would they, due to some reason that I don't know about? Who here knows enough about this to answer?

Depends what alien species you're talking about. For example, Thralians are independently-evolved humans deriving from the galactic seeding of Arisian life-spores, so Terran and Thralian diseases can cross-pollinate freely. Velantines operate similarly to humans on a cellular level, but their gross anatomy and physiology is significantly different - it is possible that a disease could cross over from a Velantine to a human or vice versa, but it's about as likely as catching a disease from an alligator. Palainian metabolic processes are four-dimensional, so it is highly unlikely that a three-dimensional Terran virus could functionally survive in a Palainian body. These are only three examples, so if you'd be more specific about which sentient alien species you're worried about catching a disease off of, I can probably clarify further.
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #24 on: April 28, 2009, 06:38:16 am »
How about an ALF?
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #25 on: April 28, 2009, 07:15:11 am »
New candidate for my favorite internet exchange, ever.
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #26 on: April 28, 2009, 07:52:20 am »
Yeah, this message board had a good day.
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #27 on: April 28, 2009, 02:18:28 pm »
Of course, it appears that pigs are not so much at fault as humans:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article6182789.ece
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
« Reply #28 on: April 28, 2009, 02:27:32 pm »


The only potential species to have evolved from humans, specifically HeLa (or, controversially, Helacyton gartleri), would likely be unaffected by swine flu.
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Re: New Swine Flu from Mexico
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