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Originally Posted by KSig RC
Agreed, partially.
Honestly, you probably have millions of viruses in/on/near your body at any given time - they get a bad rap for things like "sickness" or "cancer", but it's just a type of organism, and not necessarily a bad thing.
The majority of cutting-edge gene therapy research focuses on viral delivery, for instance - we're really going to have to get used to viruses used in this sort of fashion . . . and not make absolutely silly thread titles like "YUM YUM VIRUS FOOD"
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First: the title of the thread was: "Yum, Yum! FDA Approves Virus for lunchmeats", not "Yum Yum Virus Food."
Second: suggesting I "take a science class" really wasn't very nice. Please do not insult my intelligence or education.
Now.. let's try to discuss this without personal attacks, shall we?
In my opinion, the idea of spraying on viruses to prevent listeria is a bit of overkill. Out of the millions of people who eat deli meats on a daily basis, 500 die from listeriosis. Those that die are generally infants, the elderly, pregnant women, and those that have compromised immune systems.
Just as we warn pregnant women not to eat Tuna fish due to mercury, maybe it would make more sense to warn those at risk to heat up the deli meats before eating them (since listeriosis is caused by improperly cooked meat) than to expose millions of people to an unknown factor).. thereby virtually eliminating any chance of these people contracting listeriosis.
And while the FDA has proclaimed these viruses "safe" (Ha! Remember Phen Phen and Vioxx?!!) we do not yet REALLY know how safe they are. And further, we won't know which meats are sprayed. Sorry, but I would rather have the choice.
These whole thing is profit motivated-- not health motivated. Intralytix stands to make a tidy sum on this since they hold the patent on this virus cocktail.