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EveryDayAmnesiac
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I'm gonna go ahead and say this is officially the most depressing thread on FC.
And yes, that includes the Dragon Lite thread...
And yes, that includes the Dragon Lite thread...
Vicki
Herbal Alchemist
They get caught red handed, and do they apologize? Nope. The woman in red approaches the owner of the stuff and says, "I'm gonna grab your dick!" I like what he says as a comeback, "thanks, but I don't think the chemistry is there."
Vicki
Herbal Alchemist
He hits the nail on the head about Bill O'Reilly, and all the people that think like him.
I especially love this part..."Bring us your tired and weary, poor, huddled masses.......but not you, fuck you!"
That's about right.
thisperson
Ruler of all things person
I thought his most important point was where if you stop and consider where the children are from before helping them you have racist tendencies.
That hadn't even occurred to me, but anyone who is honest with his or herself can take this test and know if they are racist.
If your first thought is, are the children from Mexico? Send them back. Then you are a racist.
And he says they are fleeing poverty oppression. I thought Mexico was in the hands of drug cartels and they were beheading people or some shit? No?
That hadn't even occurred to me, but anyone who is honest with his or herself can take this test and know if they are racist.
If your first thought is, are the children from Mexico? Send them back. Then you are a racist.
And he says they are fleeing poverty oppression. I thought Mexico was in the hands of drug cartels and they were beheading people or some shit? No?
grokit
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It's just current events without a filter, I think of it more as an extremely dark comedy
grokit
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Whatever works for ya...
Winky face!!!!!!!!!!!
CarolKing
Singer of songs and a vapor connoisseur
- Forgotten vials of smallpox found near D.C.
Liz Szabo, USA TODAY4:55 p.m. EDT July 8, 2014
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Scientists last week discovered several vials of smallpox — one of the deadliest diseases known to man — in an unused storage room at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., according to officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Officials say there's no health risk from the vials — either to NIH employees or the public. The vials of smallpox, which apparently date to the 1950s, were "immediately secured" in a CDC containment lab, according to a CDC statement. NIH officials alerted the CDC about the smallpox July 1.
Smallpox killed about one-third of its victims and is estimated to have killed up to 500 million people in the 20th century. It devastated populations around the world for at least 3,000 years until being officially eradicated by vaccines in 1980. There is ongoing concern that smallpox could be used in a bioterrorist attack.
The smallpox samples were found in a lab run by the Food and Drug Administration. Scientists discovered the vials when preparing to move to the FDA's main campus in Silver Spring, Md.
A government aircraft took the smallpox vials to CDC's high-containment facility in Atlanta on Monday, according to the CDC statement. Overnight genetic testing in a top-security lab confirmed that the vials did indeed contain smallpox, but CDC officials say they will need to do additional tests to find out whether the smallpox is viable or able to reproduce and spread. Testing could take up to two weeks. CDC scientists will destroy the smallpox samples after finishing the tests.
The World Health Organization has designed two storage sites for smallpox, one at the CDC in Atlanta and one at the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology (VECTOR) in Novosibirsk, Russia. The WHO oversees the inspection of both facilities and certifies their safety and security.
CDC has alerted WHO about the discovery and has invited the WHO to join its investigation of how the smallpox wound up in Bethesda. If the vials contain viable smallpox, the CDC will invite WHO officials to witness their destruction, the usual practice when smallpox has been found outside of official storage sites, the CDC says.
The CDC's Division of Select Agents and Toxins and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating how the smallpox vials were originally prepared and stored in Bethesda.
The discovery marks the second episode this summer in which federal agencies were concerned about potential exposure to a killer bug. In June, the CDC announced that up to 75 of its scientists may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria after a safety lapse. Many were treated with antibiotics as a precaution, although none had symptoms.
Infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm says the smallpox discovery did not pose a safety risk.
"If smallpox were to occur in a few people in a lab because they handled a vial of variola," the scientific term for smallpox, "I am convinced that the global public health community would squelch that very quickly," says Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
Osterholm, who served as an adviser to the Bush administration on bioterrorism, says smallpox is far less contagious than influenza. Its telltale symptoms of body-wide blisters would allow patients to be diagnosed and treated. Osterholm notes that that vaccination is effective even after exposure. An accidental release of a killer flu strain would be far more difficult to control, he says, because the flu spreads much more easily and because its symptoms can mimic those of other respiratory bugs. He praised the way NIH handled and publicized the discovery.
Osterholm says it's not totally surprising to find smallpox in an unused storage area. Still, he says it's likely that other labs will look a bit more carefully to see if they also have any aging vials with surprising labels.
"The freezers of the microbiology labs of the world are a lot like the trunks in your attic. When you open them up, sometimes you are surprised," Osterholm says. "Most people have already gone through their freezers, but some freezers get missed."
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Vicki
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- Forgotten vials of smallpox found near D.C.
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Scientists last week discovered several vials of smallpox — one of the deadliest diseases known to man — in an unused storage room at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., according to officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Officials say there's no health risk from the vials — either to NIH employees or the public. The vials of smallpox, which apparently date to the 1950s, were "immediately secured" in a CDC containment lab, according to a CDC statement. NIH officials alerted the CDC about the smallpox July 1.
Smallpox killed about one-third of its victims and is estimated to have killed up to 500 million people in the 20th century. It devastated populations around the world for at least 3,000 years until being officially eradicated by vaccines in 1980. There is ongoing concern that smallpox could be used in a bioterrorist attack.
The smallpox samples were found in a lab run by the Food and Drug Administration. Scientists discovered the vials when preparing to move to the FDA's main campus in Silver Spring, Md.
A government aircraft took the smallpox vials to CDC's high-containment facility in Atlanta on Monday, according to the CDC statement. Overnight genetic testing in a top-security lab confirmed that the vials did indeed contain smallpox, but CDC officials say they will need to do additional tests to find out whether the smallpox is viable or able to reproduce and spread. Testing could take up to two weeks. CDC scientists will destroy the smallpox samples after finishing the tests.
The World Health Organization has designed two storage sites for smallpox, one at the CDC in Atlanta and one at the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology (VECTOR) in Novosibirsk, Russia. The WHO oversees the inspection of both facilities and certifies their safety and security.
CDC has alerted WHO about the discovery and has invited the WHO to join its investigation of how the smallpox wound up in Bethesda. If the vials contain viable smallpox, the CDC will invite WHO officials to witness their destruction, the usual practice when smallpox has been found outside of official storage sites, the CDC says.
The CDC's Division of Select Agents and Toxins and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are investigating how the smallpox vials were originally prepared and stored in Bethesda.
The discovery marks the second episode this summer in which federal agencies were concerned about potential exposure to a killer bug. In June, the CDC announced that up to 75 of its scientists may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria after a safety lapse. Many were treated with antibiotics as a precaution, although none had symptoms.
Infectious disease expert Michael Osterholm says the smallpox discovery did not pose a safety risk.
"If smallpox were to occur in a few people in a lab because they handled a vial of variola," the scientific term for smallpox, "I am convinced that the global public health community would squelch that very quickly," says Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
Osterholm, who served as an adviser to the Bush administration on bioterrorism, says smallpox is far less contagious than influenza. Its telltale symptoms of body-wide blisters would allow patients to be diagnosed and treated. Osterholm notes that that vaccination is effective even after exposure. An accidental release of a killer flu strain would be far more difficult to control, he says, because the flu spreads much more easily and because its symptoms can mimic those of other respiratory bugs. He praised the way NIH handled and publicized the discovery.
Osterholm says it's not totally surprising to find smallpox in an unused storage area. Still, he says it's likely that other labs will look a bit more carefully to see if they also have any aging vials with surprising labels.
"The freezers of the microbiology labs of the world are a lot like the trunks in your attic. When you open them up, sometimes you are surprised," Osterholm says. "Most people have already gone through their freezers, but some freezers get missed."
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And, people stopped vaccinating their kids. Good job with that morons. Let's just start another epidemic.
Caligula
Maximus
Very true. Perhaps, though, she was referring to the mentality rather than citing this as an actual example? I could well imagine there being a small segment of the population that would refuse vaccination even if an outbreak were to occur. IDK, I'm only guessing here, you'd have to ask V herself.
cybrguy
Putin is a War Criminal
- Forgotten vials of smallpox found near D.C.
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Scientists last week discovered several vials of smallpox — one of the deadliest diseases known to man — in an unused storage room at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md., according to officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Yeah, there's a story that lends itself to that 21st century sense of security. Beginning to feel like the 60s again. Re-litigating civil rights and birth control. Drugs on the front burner (so to speak). Women fighting for their rights. Russia threatening the world. Education policy an argument. Safety rules and regs being thrown out or ignored. Oil companies completely unrestrained. And complete insanity ascendent in the republican party.
The only difference is I'm not young and strong anymore. I think it is only fair if I have to contend with the former I should be able to enjoy the latter. Who do I talk to?
CarolKing
Singer of songs and a vapor connoisseur
Did Somebody say boobs?
Jenny McCarthy Backpedals on Vaccine Issue
Ok folks, it’s time to play another amusing round of “Let’s bitch-slap Jenny McCarthy in her stupid face”!
Give me a minute to gather my strength for this…
Come on Ren… get it together…
Ok, here goes!
Jenny McCarthy, you REALLY need to just shut the fuck up. Like NOW-ish. Myself and millions of other people worldwide cannot stand your bullshit any longer. You and your flunky “doctor” friend Andrew Wakefield need to jump off of a cliff so you can start saving lives!
*Sidenote* Doesn’t the name Andrew Wakefield sound more like a character out of the Sweet Valley High novels rather than the name of a respected physician? OH WAIT! He’s NOT a respected doctor. In fact, his false information on the supposed Austism causing vaccines is what caused him to lose his license to practice medicine. Yes, THAT’S the person whose advice I wanna take regarding my child’s health. GOD!
Back on track…
Ms. former playboy playmate penned an Op-ed piece for the Chicago Sun-Times this past weekend with the attempt at backpedaling her stance of being ‘anti-vaccine’ claiming that this isn’t the case. If you feel inclined to read the piece you can do so by clicking here.
She begins with; “I am not “anti-vaccine.” This is not a change in my stance nor is it a new position that I have recently adopted. For years, I have repeatedly stated that I am, in fact, “pro-vaccine” and for years I have been wrongly branded as ‘anti-vaccine.’”
PURE BULLSHIT!
Honestly, I was primed and ready to go to town on this flunked porn star. But at the moment I can’t be bothered. Partially because my 5 year old son with Autism, who happens to have been vaccinated just finished having one of his epic freak-out sessions and totally took the wind out of my sails.
That, and the bitch just ain’t worth our time anymore. Can we not just have her flogged already?
Author: Renna on April 15, 2014.
Jenny McCarthy Backpedals on Vaccine Issue
Ok folks, it’s time to play another amusing round of “Let’s bitch-slap Jenny McCarthy in her stupid face”!
Give me a minute to gather my strength for this…
Come on Ren… get it together…
Ok, here goes!
Jenny McCarthy, you REALLY need to just shut the fuck up. Like NOW-ish. Myself and millions of other people worldwide cannot stand your bullshit any longer. You and your flunky “doctor” friend Andrew Wakefield need to jump off of a cliff so you can start saving lives!
*Sidenote* Doesn’t the name Andrew Wakefield sound more like a character out of the Sweet Valley High novels rather than the name of a respected physician? OH WAIT! He’s NOT a respected doctor. In fact, his false information on the supposed Austism causing vaccines is what caused him to lose his license to practice medicine. Yes, THAT’S the person whose advice I wanna take regarding my child’s health. GOD!
Back on track…
Ms. former playboy playmate penned an Op-ed piece for the Chicago Sun-Times this past weekend with the attempt at backpedaling her stance of being ‘anti-vaccine’ claiming that this isn’t the case. If you feel inclined to read the piece you can do so by clicking here.
She begins with; “I am not “anti-vaccine.” This is not a change in my stance nor is it a new position that I have recently adopted. For years, I have repeatedly stated that I am, in fact, “pro-vaccine” and for years I have been wrongly branded as ‘anti-vaccine.’”
PURE BULLSHIT!
Honestly, I was primed and ready to go to town on this flunked porn star. But at the moment I can’t be bothered. Partially because my 5 year old son with Autism, who happens to have been vaccinated just finished having one of his epic freak-out sessions and totally took the wind out of my sails.
That, and the bitch just ain’t worth our time anymore. Can we not just have her flogged already?
Author: Renna on April 15, 2014.
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