Mutating Viruses.

holeg2212 · 10-21-2008, 08:12 PM

This winter there has been a cold virus going around that doctors are calling "the hundred day cold" everyone who has had it, has had a very hard time shaking it, even with anti-biotics. Are these viruses becoming more immune to our medicines. Will it get to a point where our vaccines and medicines do nothing? After all insects and plants are increasingly becoming immune to pesticide...

Mingus · 10-21-2008, 08:40 PM

Nah, a lot of the stuff is meant to just treat symptoms. Antibiotics are somewhat bad for you anyway, as the nature of antibiotics is to destroy bacteria. The problem is that they are indiscriminate and will eliminate some of the essential bacterias that help in digestion or other processes, thus making you weaker. The end product is not stronger bacteria, but a weaker immune system and a weaker body overall.

holeg2212 · 10-21-2008, 08:44 PM

Sounds fair. but i dont think that means entirely that their is no change in the viruses. As the virus changes slightly as it jumps from person to person...

Mingus · 10-22-2008, 07:24 AM

Yeah, they do evolve quickly, but they aren't going to wipe us out unless we create a synthetic one that does

Talisyn · 10-22-2008, 09:06 AM

There are thousands of types of the cold virus and you can only get each one once. For example you get infected by a new cold X. Your body has never seen X before and doesn't know what to do to it. The cold takes the upper ground and starts causing problems the body reacts to this by pumping out white blood cells specifically designed to find and identify the virus. Once they have found it they report back to the immune system witch then starts producing anti-X white blood cells, they then go and seek and destroy the X-virus. The body stores the virus type in its memory and the next set of white blood cells.

This may just be a particularly strong variation. Also because of genetic immunity .1% of Bactria (not the same as a virus) becomes immune to each anti-bacterial treatment witch is why you can't stay on the same anti-bacterial medicine.

A vaccine introduces a minute dead quantity of a certain virus to allow the body the time develop the right defenses so when we are infected the body knows what it's fighting and acts accordingly.

holeg2212 · 10-22-2008, 04:04 PM

Man virus X is starting to P*** me off!

Whatever happened to good old ZERO virus.

Im gonna go watch the patriot....

10-21-2008, 08:12 PM	#1
holeg2212 Investigator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western Australia Capitol City 'Perth' Posts: 437	Mutating Viruses. This winter there has been a cold virus going around that doctors are calling "the hundred day cold" everyone who has had it, has had a very hard time shaking it, even with anti-biotics. Are these viruses becoming more immune to our medicines. Will it get to a point where our vaccines and medicines do nothing? After all insects and plants are increasingly becoming immune to pesticide... __________________ All evil needs to succeed. Is for the good to stand by and do nothing.

10-21-2008, 08:44 PM	#3
holeg2212 Investigator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western Australia Capitol City 'Perth' Posts: 437	Sounds fair. but i dont think that means entirely that their is no change in the viruses. As the virus changes slightly as it jumps from person to person... __________________ All evil needs to succeed. Is for the good to stand by and do nothing.

10-22-2008, 04:04 PM	#6
holeg2212 Investigator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western Australia Capitol City 'Perth' Posts: 437	Man virus X is starting to P*** me off! Whatever happened to good old ZERO virus. Im gonna go watch the patriot.... __________________ All evil needs to succeed. Is for the good to stand by and do nothing.

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10-21-2008, 08:40 PM	#2
Mingus Investigator Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 325	Nah, a lot of the stuff is meant to just treat symptoms. Antibiotics are somewhat bad for you anyway, as the nature of antibiotics is to destroy bacteria. The problem is that they are indiscriminate and will eliminate some of the essential bacterias that help in digestion or other processes, thus making you weaker. The end product is not stronger bacteria, but a weaker immune system and a weaker body overall.

10-22-2008, 07:24 AM	#4
Mingus Investigator Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 325	Yeah, they do evolve quickly, but they aren't going to wipe us out unless we create a synthetic one that does

10-22-2008, 09:06 AM	#5
Talisyn Investigator Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 188	There are thousands of types of the cold virus and you can only get each one once. For example you get infected by a new cold X. Your body has never seen X before and doesn't know what to do to it. The cold takes the upper ground and starts causing problems the body reacts to this by pumping out white blood cells specifically designed to find and identify the virus. Once they have found it they report back to the immune system witch then starts producing anti-X white blood cells, they then go and seek and destroy the X-virus. The body stores the virus type in its memory and the next set of white blood cells. This may just be a particularly strong variation. Also because of genetic immunity .1% of Bactria (not the same as a virus) becomes immune to each anti-bacterial treatment witch is why you can't stay on the same anti-bacterial medicine. A vaccine introduces a minute dead quantity of a certain virus to allow the body the time develop the right defenses so when we are infected the body knows what it's fighting and acts accordingly.