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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (96080)	1/20/2005 11:31:18 PM
From: Maurice Winn	of 794001

True, the bug needs a host, but pathetic hosts which can't carry the virus are no good. So the bugs kill off all the non-carrier pathetic people, leaving the robust carriers to continue and breed and propagate the virus. Because the viruses have to hijack cells to propagate, they damage the host and they find their way into survival by quantum computing processes = try all possible states simultaneously and keep the ones that succeed. Another angle on it is biological warfare among the carriers. The immune do well by propagating the bug which kills those who can't cope with the bug, therefore enabling the immune tribe's DNA to take over from the newly-vacant territory where the weakling tribe lived. It's more effective than whacking them around the head with a club or nuking the whole city. It's like a neutron bomb = kills the people, but leaves the property. It's symbiotic biological warfare; one lot of bugs plus humans versus another lot of bugs and their humans. Winner takes all. Since there haven't been huge human pandemics, it seems unlikely for such a virulent bug to succeed, or they already would have done so [the Black Death was a long time ago]. Which is a weak argument as there's always a first time, which is a surprise. It seems unwise to hope that the mortality rate declines. With 50 already infected and 37 dead, it's off to a strong start. Even if the mortality drops to 30%, it's a pretty good kill rate! It's not really the skill of doctors that's needed, it's the vaccine makers' creativity. Mqurice

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