Dies to Removal

Khaos is a low-key guru. Wise nigga is wise.

He speaks for the mead.

Hope you're all feeling peachy, friends.

Peachy feelings to you too

With great power comes....great power?

Peachy indeed. Merry Christmas eve everyone, except Khaos.

Fuck that Khaos guy.

Khaos is a low-key guru. Wise nigga is wise.

I'd sig this in a second if I was at my computer.

Peachy indeed. Merry Christmas eve everyone, except Khaos.

Fuck that Khaos guy.

I celebrate my paid day off if you want to wish me a good one, lol

Wish I didn't have to go Grandma's for Christmas this weekend. Really wanted to play in a 3k. Oh well, grandma's still cool.

I'm
Not used to being around this many people who like each other.

Merry Christmas guys!

I'm not used to being around such a group of sexy men.

I'm kind of a big deal.

And then there's Suga....

I'm super sexy

I'd hit that.

I'm getting drunk in a hotel room in masshole-achussetts

I'm getting drunk on mead before going out with my brother to see what kind of trouble we can get into in downtown St. Pete.

And then tomorrow I have to go visit my dad in Plant City. But I'm bringing my guitar and an amp. And my bro is bringing his bass and amp. Why? Cuz my dad is also a musician. Drunken Christmas jam with my old man!

You should use that one more sparingly, Ham. It's starting to lose its effect.

You should use that one more sparingly, Ham. It's starting to lose its effect.

I have much to learn

Merry Christmas, everyone.

Discovered the Esper thread on Sally. Have another Time-Sink.

why cant we all be friends

lets all hold each others hands and sing some feel good music

we can all be around a campfire too

Oh, and its a perfect night and the stars are out.

we can talk about our dreams and aspirations.

we can make smores....

and then it starts to snow and we all realize the true meaning of christmas

You're more queer than I am.

Tube, are you the new Thrillho? These streams of consciousness...

do not question me, i am a profesional.

Dat spell tho

Anybody see the new UG walker? Made for Maze's End. Lol

Yo Tubehunter....

already ahead of you man....
(check the rumor mill)

Dat spell tho

Spelling is just a lie told by the goverment to hold the masses down.

FUCK THE SYSTEM BRO

In the military it was mandatory to get a flu...something. There was the nasal spray and the shot. Apparently, there was a method of blowing out the nasal spray after it was administered and avoiding your body "taking" the vaccine, but if this didn't work you where FOR SURE getting the flu. I always took the shot and I was usually fine after a day or so.

The injectable flu vaccine (typically trivalent) is a killed virus; the introduction of the virus into your system causes you to mount a response to the various strains in the vaccine, which sets you up to be resistant to further exposures to the particular flu strains. The intranasal vaccine is LIVE, attenuated (weakened) virus; again, it operates by causing you to mount a response.
The difference is that the shot generally just causes a mild inflammatory reaction (maybe some aches, pains and fatigue), while the nasal product actually "infects" you and inspires your system to come in for the kill and leave troops on watch. This infection is relatively mild, but it can have all the typical flu symptoms (at a much lower acuity) of getting the full-blown bug. The difference being that this attenuated bug is just a mild irritant while the full-blown flu can and does kill by overwhelming your respiratory system.

Now, as to the efficacy of vaccination...

The issue with vaccinating against viruses is that many of the damned things--our typical flu strains included--can adapt through mutation. When they mutate into a new virus, the likelihood is that the shot provides no protection from the newly-developed strain. Similarly, a mild strain from the wild that we didn't protect for can suddenly go virulent and get around the vaccination's protection. Thus the designing of
the flu shot each year is a reasearch-intensive exercise in probabilities--it comes down to the CDC folks having to make their best educated guess about what we will see in the real world in a given season.

If you've ever wondered why there doesn't exist a "cold vaccine", the above is your answer. There at any time are in the wild a multitude of different rhinoviruses, and they readily mutate for the most part. Thus, a cold vaccine would be really expensive to develop (as it would require growing all the major strains of rhinoviruses of infectious potential), and then would likely not work well because numerous viruses would mutate and bypass the vaccination's protection.

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TH, I ain't got time to check these "rumor mills" as you call them.

Alrighty then, we're official now:

MERRY CHRISTMAS from the chilly midwest, my brothers! May peace and happiness be with you wherever you are, and know that I'll be raising a glass in your honor when I get home.