Re: Vaccines—Who Needs 'Em?
Remember when this thread was about vaccines and those who reject them? No, me niether.
Re: Vaccines—Who Needs 'Em?
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Vladimir
Yes, which makes me wonder, if we had such short lifetimes in the past, is that a viable possibility?
Average lifespans are deceptive, there have always been people who lived well beyond their sixties, just not many of them.
Re: Vaccines—Who Needs 'Em?
And then you have this guy on the other end of the spectrum.
Re: Vaccines—Who Needs 'Em?
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Gelatinous Cube
What if, as we age, there is a biological mechanism that goes something like "Hey, I've had a few good ideas over the course of my exciting life, why not try and pass some on through my sperm?" Thus the higher mutation rate.
Not that we're aware of. The closest thing is epigenetics, which controls the gene expressions a bit.
Re: Vaccines—Who Needs 'Em?
This thread, like a defunct disease, rises from the dead! :skull:
Measles outbreak tied to Texas megachurch sickens 21
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An outbreak of measles tied to a Texas megachurch where ministers have questioned vaccination has sickened at least 21 people, including a 4-month-old infant -- and it’s expected to grow, state and federal health officials said.
“There’s likely a lot more susceptible people,” said Dr. Jane Seward, the deputy director for the viral diseases division at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sixteen people -- nine children and seven adults -- ranging in age from 4 months to 44 years had come down with the highly contagious virus in Tarrant County, Texas, as of Monday. Another five cases are part of the outbreak in nearby Denton County.
All of the cases are linked to the Eagle Mountain International Church in Newark, Texas, where a visitor who’d traveled to Indonesia became infected with measles – and then returned to the U.S., spreading it to the largely unvaccinated church community, said Russell Jones, the Texas state epidemiologist.
“We have a pocket of people that weren’t immunized,” said Jones, noting that vaccination rates typically hover above the 98 percent range in his county.
Infections spread to the congregation, the staff and a day care center at Eagle Mountain International.
