Science in Action: Virus Mutation

With the recent outbreak of Swine Flu, it's important to understand how viruses mutate.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• swine flu
• viruses
• antigenic
• ucsf
• charles chiu
• david mindell

[snikitty12345]

@truvelocity but u said vaccines cause them to mutate its rare when they do thats what they call a fail vaccine they test them in a lab if it goes wrong they restart and if the new vaccine works they release it its just like patching an online gane for hax only more dangerous but do not say all vaccines only the failed ones do

[snikitty12345]

@truvelocity but u said vaccines cause them to mutate its rare when they do thats what they call a fail vaccine they test them in a lab if it goes wrong they restart and if the new vaccine works they release it its just like patching an online gane for hax

[truvelocity]

@snikitty12345 Basically you are stating what I said. Its evolution in action.

[snikitty12345]

@truvelocity dud the fact that different cultures mixed and overpopulation is causing viruses to mutate we meet other people from other coubtries we spread viruses to them they spread to us viruses mutate = killer plague also vaccines supress the viruses so they are important and needed viruses are here because there is too much of us thus nature is getting back at us they

[boardelle]

this is a good video thank youuu

[MrMattsmind]

scare tactics

[truvelocity]

@stonerj0e The flu has not always been the flu and the cold has not always been the cold. Viruses of today evolved into colds and flu as mammals evolved. When there were no mammals and any land animal other than insects and plant life on land, there were no cold or flus to be had.

[truvelocity]

Don't flu shots force viruses to mutate faster?  I mean... There has to be a selective and careful thought as to what population or whom should be vaccinated, kind of like over use of anything, really.

[antonioVillasboas]

how fast is fast , drift or shift, a day ,a week ,a season,