Re: isn't it interesting

From: Brent (Bite_at_me.nuts)
Date: 03/26/05 

Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 05:40:43 GMT

On 25 Mar 2005 17:01:01 -0800, "eugeneshapiroisapig"
<mockingbirdstl@aol.com> snickered:

>it's interesting that two bizarre illnesses, HIV and lyme, have emerged
>in the past thirty years. Moreover outside of retrospective reports in
>the literature, both phenomenon were first characterized in the USA.
> Bb sensu stricto it is fairly obvious to me originated in north
>america. HIV was identified in the USA but then it's hypothesized it
>came from Africa.
> I don't know much about ID's or epidemiology. Have other new
>disorders been identified in the USA or western europe over the past
>say 30 years? Other than BSE, of course.
> It only stands to reason that as science progresses new causes of
>disease will be identified.
> But it's also interesting that these are chronic, baffling
>illnesses which have proven difficult to understand and treat. An
>acute, aggressive alien infection would stick out like a sore thumb.
>Like ebola, anthrax, or pneumonic plague. But it's different with
>subacute disorders whose deleterious effects only emerge gradually,
>thus allowing the infections to establish themselves in large
>populations over time. With something like ebola or plague the
>infection kills so rapidly that it is difficult to establish a
>wide-spread epidemic, especially in a disease-conscious society. And if
>the epidemic gets big enough to wipe out a population, it might also be
>large enough to endanger your own population. But spirochetes and
>retroviruses slowly eat away at the fabric of a society.

If a pathogen slowly kills you they like to call it an "autoimmune
disease"

These are some more pathogens that are slowly but surely killing us.
Salmonella intestinal infection , mononucleosis , parvovirus, chronic
hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C) virus infections , Retroviruses .
ureaplasma, gonorrhea and Gardnerella, mycoplasma , Human T Cell
Leukemia Virus-1 , chlamydia many different intestinal infections ,
cytomegalovirus , streptococcal , cat scratch disease , human herpes
virus-6 , hemophilus influenza bacteria , staph aureus bacterial
infections,etc,etc,etc...

I've read where about 50% of britains have low energy and sex drive.
Hell just look at their teeth.(or lack thereof) The daily battle
against pathogens is clearly evident. The experiment of entire
countries drinking water containing pathogen killing silver will be
very interesting. At the very least they will have nice shiny teeth
like my dog. better than fluoride imo.

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