tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post8318226354592783824..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: Enlisting In The Covid ArmyK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-43224913234878021652022-01-07T09:22:47.066-08:002022-01-07T09:22:47.066-08:00[ STAY AT HOME & WORK AT HOME FOR USA ] Start ...[ STAY AT HOME & WORK AT HOME FOR USA ] Start making money this time… Spend more time with your family & relatives by doing jobs that only require you to have a computer and an internet access and you can have that at your home. Start bringing up to $65o to $7oo a month. I’ve started this job and earn a handsome income and now I am exchanging it with you, so you can do it too. You can check it out here...<br /><br />↠↠↠►↠► Www.Social96.com<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-91915279972290906612022-01-04T17:42:18.186-08:002022-01-04T17:42:18.186-08:00I have been informed that tequila makes her clothe...I have been informed that <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj2700em-JQ" rel="nofollow">tequila makes her clothes come off</a>. K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-37883638807903429322022-01-04T14:48:37.460-08:002022-01-04T14:48:37.460-08:00KT - so can about 3 shots of tequila, or the testo...KT - so can about 3 shots of tequila, or the testosterone level of the typical 18 year old male.Ohioan@Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08650494620853971183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-87318870814471390342022-01-04T13:10:20.170-08:002022-01-04T13:10:20.170-08:00T. gondii can alter humans' personalities and ...T. gondii can alter humans' personalities and prompt us to act recklessly? Heck a couple of pints of a good double IPA can do that!K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-81873650077788131772022-01-04T11:39:25.509-08:002022-01-04T11:39:25.509-08:00Tim,
"A feel good virus"... could they ...Tim,<br /><br />"A feel good virus"... could they exist? Absolutely. <br /><br />So let's start with this fact, my training is in Chemistry. Not Biology. Really not Biology (not a single college course in the field). But Mrs Ohioan has Bachelor degrees in both of those fields, so I have heard a lot about Biology. She has a book called "This is Your Brain on Parasites". I must (shamefully) admit that I have not read it, despite her exhortations about it being a great book. But I know there are species of wasps that basically 'zombie-fy' spiders, cockroaches, maybe others(?) and then use those zombies to feed their eggs. I just used the book's Index to find descriptions of that. The few pages I just read suggest that they do this using chemicals and at least some use neural transmitters like dopamine. If they can do that, then I see no reason why a virus couldn't evolve to do likewise.<br /><br />Wow, just I was preparing to publish this comment the book opened to the photo section and I see a caption that reads "The Czech biologist Jaroslav Flegr believes <i>T. gondii</i> can alter humans' personalities and prompt us to act recklessly." I think I will have to read the book...Ohioan@Hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08650494620853971183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-30353655586099063912022-01-04T09:24:17.483-08:002022-01-04T09:24:17.483-08:00Yes, if the Omicron variant (or whatever it ultima...Yes, if the Omicron variant (or whatever it ultimately becomes) turns out to be basically a contagious vaccine against the actual dangerous strains, that is probably the best outcome. That way, you won't have to worry about the people who refuse to take a regular vaccine. They aren't going to get a choice.<br /><br />I don't think there is any need to rush, though. I think we are basically in a situation where people who know they are sick have the more severe strains and end up quarantined, and so spread it to hardly anyone. Meanwhile, the people who do spread it are the ones that had the milder strains, and never noticed they were infected. And then the people who catch it from them, also only spread it when they don't notice they have it. The longer this process goes on, the more the viruses will be selected for strains that are highly infectious but don't produce symptoms[1]. <br /><br />So, given that I already got the vaccine against the more severe strains, there's no real hurry for me. The longer it takes to get one of the "attenuated" strains, the more mild the symptoms are likely to be. <br /><br />[1] This is something I've kind of wondered about, ever since I read it (written as a joke) in Analog magazine back in the early '80s: Is there such a thing as a positive disease? A virus that actually makes us feel good, instead of feeling bad? If there was, would we ever notice? And if we did notice, would we do anything about it?<br /><br />I can see this working out pretty well for the "feel good" virus - if it made people alert, energetic, and craving the company of others, it would basically encourage people to go out and socialize, giving a perfect environment for spreading itself through the population. Particularly if it also made people crave physical contact. Heck, maybe that has already happened. Maybe sociable people have already been infected with such a virus, while unsociable people are immune to it!tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.com