Chicken Vaccines Combine To Produce Deadly Virus 178
stoilis sends this quote from an article at Science:
"Vaccines aren't supposed to cause disease. But that appears to be what's happening on Australian farms. Scientists have found that two virus strains used to vaccinate chickens there may have recombined to form a virus that is sickening and killing the animals 'This shows that recombination of such strains can happen and people need to think about it,' says Glenn Browning, a veterinary microbiologist at the University of Melbourne, Parkville, in Australia and one of the co-authors on the paper."
The glory (Score:5, Funny)
How glorious it is to be chicken!
To hatch from an egg; To grow feathers!
To scratch the ground with my claws and beak!
To cluck!
Soon the gods themselves will consume my juicy flesh, and they shall exclaim:
"Behold, this chicken is good!"
lol (Score:0, Funny)
Where is your God now?
Malcolm warned you (Score:1, Funny)
Chicken Vaccine Waivers (Score:4, Funny)
So the anti-vaxxer is not only reducing herd immunity to the strains we can protect against, but also still just as vulnerable to the new virus. The only people who should be opting out of vaccines are those whose vaccination is counter-indicated due to a bona fide medical condition. If you aren't one of those people, and you refuse vaccination, your ass should be deported or jailed, as you pose a clear and present threat to public health -- you're in the same category to me as drunk drivers.
So what you are trying to say is that the chickens that refused immunization caused the outbreak? Stupid chickens!
Re:This is Australia. (Score:4, Funny)
Where they "accidentally" released a virus to kill all the rabbits. Just saying that they hav a mixed history with such things.
I remember that movie, it was called "Night of the Lepus".
Re:in 3..2..1 (Score:2, Funny)
You know what else doesn't work unless a large percentage of the population does it?
Communism. Yeah.
So it's Kenyan? (Score:3, Funny)