Completely drug-resistant strain of TB reported in India

[Mad Monarch]

They would have the children hide under their wooden desks so they would be safe from a miles-wide fireball.

You're just deliberately oversimplifying it.

1. Nuclear fireballs are not miles wide unless its' the Tsar Bomba or something.

2. If you cannot get into shelter, hiding under a desk is a good idea because unless your house is outright flattened by the nuke, it will protect you from things like shrapnel and glass shards (the main killers in nuclear attacks and bombing raids).

but not fire or radiation.

[United Dependencies]

This is the end, my little friend.

if TB could talk, this is exactly what it would have said when anti biotics first came out. Look where it is now.

Just like drug resitant diseases develop, disease resistant people also develop.

[Metanih]

I would be more affected if we lost Nightkill...or until me/family gets this and die from it.

Fuck.

Night lives in US, so he is just as safe as most of us.
Other than that, if this grows to pandemic level, we are all dead.

[New Sapienta]

I would be more affected if we lost Nightkill...or until me/family gets this and die from it.

Fuck.

Night lives in US, so he is just as safe as most of us.
Other than that, if this grows to pandemic level, we are all dead.

Time to nuke India.

[Saint Jade IV]

I'm afraid those sneaky Moldovans are on the cutting edge of fighting this new health threat, albeit with hooch that probably tastes of antifreeze.

Wow, I haven't seen that list in some time. Ireland used to be second behind Liechtenstein or something. New data, I guess.

We need to lift our game.

Though, since it goes from 15+, that could be the reason Australia is so low down on the list. Drinking is illegal til 18.

And Moldova, seriously? Unrecorded alcohol at 10.0? Though, what else are you going to do in such a miserable place?

[Mad Monarch]

Night lives in US, so he is just as safe as most of us.
Other than that, if this grows to pandemic level, we are all dead.

Time to nuke India.

ninja'd you to the joke

[Ifreann]

Wouldn't we eventually gain immunity to it?

Only if it doesn't kill us.

[New Sapienta]

Time to nuke India.

ninja'd you to the joke

[New Sapienta]

Wouldn't we eventually gain immunity to it?

Only if it doesn't kill us.

I don't think your body(unless you are immune) can completely fight it off either.

[Wisconsin7]

I'm not sure what to write about this, but I'm positive it won't wipe out mankind.

[Ourfgenstan (Ancient)]

I can imagine people like Alex Jones calling this a conspiracy to stop Indians rapidly rising population.

[Avenio]

This is the end, my little friend.

if TB could talk, this is exactly what it would have said when anti biotics first came out. Look where it is now.

Just like drug resitant diseases develop, disease resistant people also develop.

Tuberculosis has been around for at least 15 000 years, and humans have developed little resistance thus far. Needless to say, any resistance to tuberculosis that might develop will be slow.

[Ifreann]

Wow, I haven't seen that list in some time. Ireland used to be second behind Liechtenstein or something. New data, I guess.

We need to lift our game.

Though, since it goes from 15+, that could be the reason Australia is so low down on the list. Drinking is illegal til 18.

Psh, since when has the law stopped minors getting alcohol?

[Peace Strivers]

Disease is a natural procedure to prevent over population. I'm not one of those who think that we all need to accept God's will and those who have not sinned will move on, but seriously, our global population has reached 7 billion and has been growing exponentially. It's going to happen eventually.

[Mavorpen]

I'm not sure what to write about this, but I'm positive it won't wipe out mankind.

I bet $1 otherwise.

[Ifreann]

Disease is a natural procedure to prevent over population.

I think you're ascribing agency and intention to nature where none exists.

[Aeronos]

I've been vaccinated against TB... I hope it helps o.O

[Mavorpen]

I've been vaccinated against TB... I hope it helps o.O

...What?

[Lackadaisical2]

Wow, I haven't seen that list in some time. Ireland used to be second behind Liechtenstein or something. New data, I guess.

We need to lift our game.

I know, think how I feel every time I look at one of those lists?

I cry myself to sleep at night, fretting over the future of this country.

Though, since it goes from 15+, that could be the reason Australia is so low down on the list. Drinking is illegal til 18.

Thats a good excuse, our drinking age is even higher.

And Moldova, seriously? Unrecorded alcohol at 10.0? Though, what else are you going to do in such a miserable place?

Pretty much, they suck at everything (poorest country in Europe), so I guess we can give them this one small consolation.

[Aeronos]

I've been vaccinated against TB... I hope it helps o.O

...What?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4655355.stm

I was one of the last to get it through the school vaccination system it would seem (got it in November 2005).

[Mosasauria]

Fuck.
I had a feeling this would happen when I learned of MDR-TB.
And now, we're screwed thanks to the common people who disobey the doctor's orders and stop taking their medicine.

[New Sapienta]

Fuck.
I had a feeling this would happen when I learned of MDR-TB.
And now, we're screwed thanks to the common people who disobey the doctor's orders and stop taking their medicine.

I pray that it doesn't leave India.

[Mosasauria]

Night lives in US, so he is just as safe as most of us.
Other than that, if this grows to pandemic level, we are all dead.

Time to nuke India.

*Raises Pakistani flag and chants in Pashto*
I support Pakistan!

[Mavorpen]

...What?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4655355.stm

I was one of the last to get it through the school vaccination system it would seem (got it in November 2005).

You got a vaccination in 2005 for a strain that has just come up in 2012?

[New Sapienta]

Time to nuke India.

*Raises Pakistani flag and chants in Pashto*
I support Pakistan!

To be fair.

If we did, how badly would the world economy be affected?