People turning in 3 seconds is ridiculous and impossible.
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Loveunderlaw — 13 years ago(June 04, 2012 04:59 AM)
Just take a stroll into one of our bio-research weapons labs, & you'll become the example. And leave your respirator at home, so you can enjoy the full effects of weaponized virii, or bacteria you dismiss as being fake because you can't comprehend them
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randomspamaccount-1 — 13 years ago(June 05, 2012 11:04 PM)
Sorry, but no.
I'm in med school and I can tell you for a fact that viruses cannot "turn" a person (i.e. show signs and symptoms) that fast.
Why?
Because a virus works by using our own mechanisms against us. It doesn't magically start dividing and multiplying instantaneously. It enters a cell and then seizes control, ending up with lysis (destruction) after it has exhausted the machinery of the cell. This bursting of the cell releases newly formed viruses, which then go on to infect other cells.
Most of the viruses that we know which do affect a person's mental status take a long time to do so. First of all, our body has something called a "blood brain barrier" - where the blood that flows through our body does not make direct contact with our brain and our spinal cord (the central nervous system). So, it is difficult for a virus to actually enter the central nervous system. Secondly, if a virus is able to do so, if it is not contained, it causes DEATH. Rabies, one of the most commonly known viruses to affect the brain, leads to death if it isn't contained. If a person starts showing signs of rabies, he dies from it in as short as 2 days to as much as a week.
Viruses aren't some sort of poison or chemical compound that are instantly harmful to us upon touch. They are made up of the exact same things we're made up of: some have lipid (fat) envelopes, they have a carbohydrate (sugar) coat, they have proteins like we do which function in the same manner, and most importantly, they have nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) like we do.
If viruses worked in the way that you think they do, none of us would have a nascent period and we'd show signs and symptoms instantaneously. People would die after instantly getting rabies or get liver cancer right after being infected by hepatitis B or C viruses. -
randomspamaccount-1 — 13 years ago(June 08, 2012 05:13 PM)
Wow, you're really thick.
What you're saying is like saying we have a weapon that can change the chemical composition of our beings.
Some things are restricted by the laws of physics. The reason viruses act in a particular manner and take a longer time to disseminate throughout our body is simply because it is physically IMPOSSIBLE for them to take over instantly. Even when we inhale gas, like halothane (an anesthetic), it takes more than 3 seconds for it to take effect and this is gas we're talking about. The smallest virus is thousands of times larger than the largest gas particle.
And I'm pretty sure most of my last post went straight over your head, even though it took me more time to dumb it down than type it up. -