http://healthblog.ncpa.org/who-gets-the-flu/ Health Care Policy and Reform Insights | NCPA Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:03:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://healthblog.ncpa.org/who-gets-the-flu/comment-page-1/#comment-47996 Devon Herrick Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:23:53 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=6580#comment-47996 I understand there is a threshold, which must be surpassed, for a viral or bacterial infection to take hold. We come in contact with hundreds of cells routinely but need something like, say, 10,000 to 20,000 to develop symptoms. There is also a phenomenon known as quorum sensing, where the germs don't go on the attack until their numbers are sufficient. I understand there is a threshold, which must be surpassed, for a viral or bacterial infection to take hold. We come in contact with hundreds of cells routinely but need something like, say, 10,000 to 20,000 to develop symptoms. There is also a phenomenon known as quorum sensing, where the germs don’t go on the attack until their numbers are sufficient.

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/who-gets-the-flu/comment-page-1/#comment-47991 Larry C. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:54:07 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=6580#comment-47991 Say, Tom. Where do we get the right genes? Say, Tom. Where do we get the right genes?

]]> http://healthblog.ncpa.org/who-gets-the-flu/comment-page-1/#comment-47989 Tom H. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:50:51 +0000 http://www.john-goodman-blog.com/?p=6580#comment-47989 Interesting. Lesson: It doesn't help to avoid the germs. What helps is to have the right genes. Interesting. Lesson: It doesn’t help to avoid the germs. What helps is to have the right genes.

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