Dan Ostermayer

i really like this flu study. what causes the flu in equator level counties if it isn't from the cold, isn't from being indoors on a seasonal basis and isn't from changes in relative humidity "Through this, we show that influenza in Vietnam does not show consistent timings, making preparedness efforts such as vaccination campaigns difficult to design."

Repeatability and timing of tropical influenza epidemics

Author summary Much of the world experiences influenza in yearly recurring seasons, particularly in temperate locations. Such seasons occur each ye...

this is the explanation for why the flu is seasonal: 1. Viral Stability in Cold, Dry Air: Influenza viruses survive better and remain in the air longer when the air is cold and dry. Low absolute humidity (the total amount of water vapor in the air, which is lower in winter even when relative humidity is high) allows the tiny respiratory droplets that carry the virus to stay suspended for longer periods and travel farther. 2. Host Immune Response: Cold, dry winter air can also impair our innate immune defenses. The mucociliary clearance system, which is the layer of mucus and tiny hairs (cilia) in our respiratory tract that traps and clears out pathogens, works less efficiently in these conditions 3. Human Behavior: During colder months, people spend significantly more time indoors in closer proximity to one another. This increased crowding in homes, schools, and offices facilitates easier transmission of the virus through respiratory droplets and aerosols. does this sound logically coherent to you?

there are no conditions that would survive from an evolutionary perspective that severely disabled young people before having children. you should not be hearing about young adults and teenagers having strokes and heart attacks.

a common statement in infectious disease: "if something is highly infectious and not lethal it spreads far but highly lethal and infectious won't spread" ask yourself: if something kills a host very quickly and people learn to avoid that sick person so they don't immediately die, how does the "virus" continue to exist?

the best peer review is scientific experiment replication. if different groups do the same experiment over and over and get the same result there is no need for peer review. replication is the only valid peer review.