Blog #8: Entering a Hotzone

When entering a hot zone, one must wear a bio hazard suit. One must check his/her suit for any leaks or holes that may cause them to get infected. Also, he/she should wear three layers of clothing to minimize chances of infection. Also, going under blacklights to kill any germs will also help. Decon showers are your best friend when leaving a hotzone.

Blog #11 In the movie Gattaca parents were allowed to pick the traits of their babies, should we be able to do this? Why or why not?

In answer to the question, no we should not be able to to that. It robs us of the many ways we are different. Since we're supposed to have "perfect" genetics, when we find a flaw we may kill ourselves as seen in the movie.   We will no longer be able to adapt to certain aspects in life.

Blog #10 WHO WANTS TO MAKE PICKELS?!

Recipe:

Ingredients

• 2 (32 ounce) jars dill pickles
• 4 cups white sugar, divided
• 1/2 cup distilled white vinegar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 tablespoon pickling spice

Directions

1. Drain pickles and slice into 1/4 inch pieces. Place in a medium bowl with 2 cups sugar. Stir, cover and allow to stand at room temperature 6 to 8 hours, or overnight.
2. In a medium saucepan, mix together the remaining sugar, vinegar, water and pickling spice. Bring to a boil. Pour over the pickles. Allow the mixture to stand at room temperature 6 to 8 hours, or overnight.
3. Transfer the pickles to sterile jars and store in the refrigerator. Serve chilled.

Fermentation helps make the food by  creating a interesting flavor that is very appealing. 

blog 9 How far should the government go in isolating people with an infectios diseases? Should the army be involved?

The government should isolate the infected community AND test each person to see if they are positive with said disease. If they are, they must remain. If not they should be given the option of leaving. The military should be involved BUT for security purposes only. The military could take samples of the disease for research of biological weapons. The role of the United States government is to protect there citizens so by quarantining the area they are preventing the disease from spreading. In the movie "Outbreak", military units should use force to stop the people. Also, it showed that ultraviolet light were used to kill the virus. Ultraviolet light should be installed and everyone in the area should wear air filters or full body bio suits.

IM

xheyitzmarkx: Hiiiiiii Jiselle =)
hellooooojiselle: WHAT'S UP MARK FUKUDA WHO IS TOTALLY AWESOME?!
xheyitzmarkx: Nm, just research for speech & debate...
hellooooojiselle:  That sounds fun! What are you researching?
xheyitzmarkx: I'm researching Swine Flu (h1n1). It's a prettttty major disease right now. It's like the mad cow of 2009.
hellooooojiselle: No way, you are so much smarter than me! tell me about it!
xheyitzmarkx: Well , according to wikipedia, Influenza A (H1N1) virus is a subtype of influenza A virus and was the most common cause of humaninfluenza (flu) in 2009. Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of allinfluenza-like illness and a small fraction of all seasonal influenza. H1N1 strains caused a few percent of all human flu infections in 2004–2005.^[1] Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs (swine influenza) and in birds (avian influenza).

In June 2009, the World Health Organization declared the new strain of swine-origin H1N1 as apandemic. This strain is often called swine flu by the public media. This novel virus spread worldwide and had caused about 17,000 deaths by the start of 2010. On August 10, 2010, the World Health Organization declared the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity had returned to typical seasonal patterns. Click on the links if you want to know more! 

The bell just rang, g2g peace!

Blog #6 poem

Acrostic poem 

Mad (14th symptom)
occupation (possible source of disease)
nice (to animals, women another possible source of disease)
end (his death was a tragic and ghastly)
time (as time went on the disease destroyed his body and tissues, leading to his unfortuent end.)

(poem just for fun)
roses are red, violets , are blue, charles monet, you got screwed.
roses are red, violets are blue, charles monet, you turned to goo.

week 5 blog: helpful bacteria, bad viruses

Not all bacteria are bad!  Some bacteria are helpful! Intestinal bacteria help break down foods.  Without the right kind of bacteria, we would die.  These bacteria help break down food.  So not all bateria are bad, many are useful and help us LIVE!



http://www.ctds.info/helpful_bacteria.html#helpful_bacteria
ezinearticles.com/?Helpful-Bacteria&id=1818496 
nbsp.sonoma.edu/resources/presentations/.../tsld012.htm 

 Viruses, on the other hand, are very harmful.  They infect your cells and make you sick. They are responsible for many deaths (like in Africa)


en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus  
www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=11557
www.mayoclinic.com/health/infectious-disease/AN00652