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| 2011-03-16 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #8 I'm a huge fan of the wonder pill FUCKITOL...it's good for people that suffer from panic attacks like this. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2011-03-16 22:40 |
| #7 Heres a new element on the periodic table: WE'REREALLYALLJUSTSCREWEDIUM. But we have your antidote for a mere 59.95. Call the number on your screen while supplies last!! |
| Posted by: Fi 2011-03-16 20:29 |
| #6 Okay, there is a lot of misconceptions that everyone can or should consume salt. Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D: "Sea salt and table salt have the same basic nutritional value — both mostly consist of two minerals — sodium and chloride. However, sea salt is often marketed as a more natural and healthy alternative. The real differences between sea salt and table salt are in their taste, texture and processing, not their chemical makeup. Sea salt is produced through evaporation of seawater, usually with little processing, which leaves behind some trace minerals and elements depending on its water source. These insignificant amounts of minerals add flavor and color to sea salt, which also comes in a variety of coarseness levels. Table salt is mined from underground salt deposits. Table salt is more heavily processed to eliminate trace minerals and usually contains an additive to prevent clumping. Most table salt also has added iodine, an essential nutrient that appears naturally in minute amounts in sea salt. By weight, sea salt and table salt contain about the same amount of sodium chloride. Your body needs only a couple hundred milligrams (mg) a day to stay healthy, but most people get far too much — mostly from sodium in processed foods. So regardless of which type of salt you prefer, keep sodium consumption between 1,500 and 2,300 mg of sodium a day if you're a healthy adult. People with high blood pressure, African-Americans and anyone middle-aged or older should aim for the low end of that range" For some with restrictions the best way to get iodine is from supplements because its lower sodium. |
| Posted by: Fi 2011-03-16 20:10 |
| #5 H1N1 is usually not human-human transmissible. Last year's version not only was, it contained snippets of material from humans, swine and birds - indicating the potential to mix with other strains of the virus. Since H1N1 is only 2 small modifications away from being highly lethal and virulent, the attempts to stop it were not just an exercise in preparation - they were an attempt to prevent a wide spread of the disease which might make such mutations more likely. Anonymoose is right re: 'waves'. A number of analyses done for DOD and other agencies showed that by the time you know you have an epidemic of these viruses in one country or region it already has the potential to become a pandemic, limited only by the degree of immunity in population groups due to vaccination or previous exposure and by the relative mildness or virulence of a particular strain. Since the mutations didn't occur, or at least didn't make it to humans, the focus on expensive vaccine production seems an over-reaction. I'm not so sure that was the case, though. |
| Posted by: lotp 2011-03-16 20:04 |
| #4 "Iodized salt is far cheaper. Sea salt has a lower concentration of iodine, but good too, it has all sorts of trace minerals." I use iodized sea salt exclusively (Hain is one brand), except for killing slugs, so guess if the "fallout cloud" makes it to Virginia I'm OK. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-03-16 19:32 |
| #3 Maybe we could flog "anti-radiation condoms", for like $500 each. As far as the H1N1 thing goes, the medical community knew that it was a mild flu from the get go, but it was propagating more like the anticipated, and feared, H5N1 Avian flu, than the typical flu, so the idea was to use it as a dress rehearsal for an indescribably bad plague, testing some international systems. And they learned an awful lot, and not particularly good news, either. First of all, the flu invisibly propagates in waves, and the wave you see is actually two waves behind the invisible primary wave. So it is next to impossible to control even by closing borders and restricting air travel. H5N1 is still there, btw, and could still emerge with minimal fanfare, though worldwide surveillance for it is still intense. It has become endemic in several places around the world, and if and when it emerges, it could still produce over a billion fatalities worldwide. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-03-16 18:21 |
| #2 Iodized salt is far cheaper. Sea salt has a lower concentration of iodine, but good too, it has all sorts of trace minerals. In any case, the concentration of RA elements would be so low when it reaches NA that you get more from the background radiation than from the "Fukushima cloud" |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2011-03-16 17:44 |
| #1 This reminds me of the H1N1 nonsense from a year or so back. Some people seem to be just looking for something to panic about. |
| Posted by: Jefferson 2011-03-16 16:26 |