DIS Dads The DIS Dad's Club VII - Oh Peanut Butter...

[DisneyFed]

I've noticed a slight increase in muscle cramps. But that I had those before the statin meds, and it is probably due to my low carb diet that I try to stick to (unless I'm in Disney! ). Anyway, my CPK (which tracks muscle breakdown) has been normal, so I'm not worried. The only other major thing to worry about is liver enzyme elevation, but fortunately, I've had none of that. I actually pushed my Dr. to put me on them (last year), since I have such a strong family history of heart disease.

Yo Doc....let's say a mosquito (or other blood sucking parasite) bites a Zombie...then bites you....

What's the chance of infection??

Discuss.

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My Dad's favorite line he used to do was

When someone started with I know this guy and this one etc, trying to get out of a ticket, as my dad handed them the ticket he would say Now you know me too

Buuuurrrrnnn.......Ya gotta' love the old school guys (which I was recently told I qualify for---how did that happen??)

 

[DisDadDoc]

Yo Doc....let's say a mosquito (or other blood sucking parasite) bites a Zombie...then bites you....

What's the chance of infection??

Discuss.

Interesting. I'm going to say zero chance of infection for a couple of reasons,

1. Zombie infection may not be blood-bourne
From every movie, videogame and TV series that I've seen about Zombies, people get infected from being bitten by a Zombie. This implies a blood-bourne infection (i.e. you get the infection from contact with a Zombie's blood). In general, infectious diseases that are blood bourne are also transmitted by saliva and visa-versa, but I'm not sure that is necessarily true for Zombie-ism. Zombie infection seems to be only spread by biting (similar to rabies), suggesting that the infection is only in the saliva of Zombies. There are many examples in movies, videogames and TV, where even large exposure to the blood of a zombie does not result in disease transmission (most notably in the excellent Walking Dead episode where they covered themselves in Zombie guts to blend in the the other Zombies in order to escape). Suggesting that,

2. Zombie infections are hard to catch
But say you could catch a Zombie infection from the blood of a Zombie, it seems that this infection is really hard to catch. Take two well-studied diseases, Hepatitis B and HIV. It is really easy to catch Hepatitis B. Even small blood exposures can result in infection. But, Zombie infection seems more similar to HIV, which is relatively hard to acquire. Unless you are exposed to significant amounts of blood (splashed in eye, transfusions, etc), your chance of catching HIV is low. In this respect, Zombie infection seems more similar to a hard-to-acquire infection, such as HIV.
And we know from the HIV epidemic that you really can't get HIV infection from mosquitos. I believe that all of those cases of mosquito-transmission have been debunked (shocking that people lie about thier sexual history or IV drug use!). Which leads me to,

3. Mosquitos generally only spread infections of organisms that use mosquitos as part of their life cycle.



This last one is tougher to explain. Mosquitos (or other blood sucking parasites) spread lots of infections, but the infecting organism needs to be able to live and survive in the mosquito, otherwise, it can not reproduce and spread to another animal. See the above figure for details

Clearly, I have spent way too much time on this today!

 

[trennr]

I'm hungry for a Twinkie???

 

[Emma's Dad]

I'm hungry for a Twinkie???

That's CLOSE to a doughnut... Fed may have one

 

[IamTrike]

Interesting. I'm going to say zero chance of infection for a couple of reasons,

1. Zombie infection may not be blood-bourne
From every movie, videogame and TV series that I've seen about Zombies, people get infected from being bitten by a Zombie. This implies a blood-bourne infection (i.e. you get the infection from contact with a Zombie's blood). In general, infectious diseases that are blood bourne are also transmitted by saliva and visa-versa, but I'm not sure that is necessarily true for Zombie-ism. Zombie infection seems to be only spread by biting (similar to rabies), suggesting that the infection is only in the saliva of Zombies. There are many examples in movies, videogames and TV, where even large exposure to the blood of a zombie does not result in disease transmission (most notably in the excellent Walking Dead episode where they covered themselves in Zombie guts to blend in the the other Zombies in order to escape). Suggesting that,

2. Zombie infections are hard to catch
But say you could catch a Zombie infection from the blood of a Zombie, it seems that this infection is really hard to catch. Take two well-studied diseases, Hepatitis B and HIV. It is really easy to catch Hepatitis B. Even small blood exposures can result in infection. But, Zombie infection seems more similar to HIV, which is relatively hard to acquire. Unless you are exposed to significant amounts of blood (splashed in eye, transfusions, etc), your chance of catching HIV is low. In this respect, Zombie infection seems more similar to a hard-to-acquire infection, such as HIV.
And we know from the HIV epidemic that you really can't get HIV infection from mosquitos. I believe that all of those cases of mosquito-transmission have been debunked (shocking that people lie about thier sexual history or IV drug use!). Which leads me to,

3. Mosquitos generally only spread infections of organisms that use mosquitos as part of their life cycle.



This last one is tougher to explain. Mosquitos (or other blood sucking parasites) spread lots of infections, but the infecting organism needs to be able to live and survive in the mosquito, otherwise, it can not reproduce and spread to another animal. See the above figure for details

Clearly, I have spent way too much time on this today!

hmmmm. It looks like spending the morning building out a business plan that involved stockpiling deep woods off to sell during zombie invasions was not a great use of time. Next time I need to wait to hear docs reply before I start acting on the question.

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

Yo Doc....let's say a mosquito (or other blood sucking parasite) bites a Zombie...then bites you....

What's the chance of infection??

Discuss.

I don't think any red blooded American mosquito would bite a Zombie! So no infection here in the Good Ol' U.S.A.!

 

[Emma's Dad]

I think someone in this club has an ANNOUNCEMENT to make!!

 

[DisDadDoc]

I think someone in this club has an ANNOUNCEMENT to make!!

Channeling my boy scouts,

"Announcement! Did someboy say Announcement?!

(sung to London Bridge tune)

Make the announcements short and sweet,
Short and sweet,
Short and sweet.
Make the announcements short and sweet,
They're so BORING!"

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

I think someone in this club has an ANNOUNCEMENT to make!!

 

[tutter99]

my dr. wants me to controll it by diet. he asked me what did i eat and he all most feel over. i said,look, my mother is italian and my father is german. i dont stand a chance. i live on carbs! so one day ill go back, and maybe ill get some pills.

Ask him if they have a pill that has been breaded and fried

My doc told me he'd like to see me loose 60 pounds. I told him I'd like a pony, but I don't think either one of us was going to get our wish.

That's because Dave doesn't know how to multi-post!

HARSH!

So tonight I went to our district's annual recognition dinner (Scouting) - a place where lots of different people are recognized for various things. This year we had three honorees from our Troop who were recognized for some great stuff. The two that impressed me the most though, were one individual was recognized for 30 years of service to Scouting as an adult leader. That's very impressive.

BUT...

the even more impressive one, was one individual was recognized for 50 years of service to Scouting as an adult leader!

My Dad stopped when he reached 50 years of service, there were a lot of politics doing on in the district and too much infighting for him to put up with so he switched to working with one of the local church camps.

We had an absolutely huge camp in our district and one of the ways Dad was involved was acting as Warden for the camp on a rotating basis. So imagine being 14 years old and spending weekends, and vacation weeks with complete free reign over canoes, zip lines, ropes courses, and work tractors!

The camp land was originally Attawandaron Indian land and they came in whenever their were Jamborees to show the scouts various tracking and survival skills and perform ceremonial dances. One of the coolest things I ever witnessed was when they made my Dad an honorary Chief of the Attawandaron for his years of service and dedication to keeping their heritage part of the camp. It was a full blown native ceremony complete with headdress and from that time on he was referred as Chief Working Horse.

Yo Doc....let's say a mosquito (or other blood sucking parasite) bites a Zombie...then bites you....

What's the chance of infection??

I think even in mosquito culture it is considered bad form to backwash.

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

I think someone in this club has an ANNOUNCEMENT to make!!

I'm having Mickey Mouse Mac 'n Cheese for lunch today.

 

[RAlexander84]

I think someone in this club has an ANNOUNCEMENT to make!!

good morning all, let's have an exciting announcment to get the day rolling!

 

[Emma's Dad]

I'm having Mickey Mouse Mac 'n Cheese for lunch today.

Not the announcement I was referring to! But thanks for sharing

 

[IamTrike]

I'm having Mickey Mouse Mac 'n Cheese for lunch today.

Showoff!. Way to make those of use with off brand easy mac feel bad.

 

[GoofyIsAsGoofyDoes]

I'm having Mickey Mouse Mac 'n Cheese for lunch today.

I want some!!!
Deep fried…
With extra cheese

 

[FreezinRafiki]

I don't think any red blooded American mosquito would bite a Zombie! So no infection here in the Good Ol' U.S.A.!

It's not the American mosquitoes I'd be worrying about. It those dang commie mosquitoes...

I think someone in this club has an ANNOUNCEMENT to make!!

Still waiting. You know who you are. Spill it!

 

[DisneyFed]

Interesting. I'm going to say zero chance of infection for a couple of reasons,

1. Zombie infection may not be blood-bourne
From every movie, videogame and TV series that I've seen about Zombies, people get infected from being bitten by a Zombie. This implies a blood-bourne infection (i.e. you get the infection from contact with a Zombie's blood). In general, infectious diseases that are blood bourne are also transmitted by saliva and visa-versa, but I'm not sure that is necessarily true for Zombie-ism. Zombie infection seems to be only spread by biting (similar to rabies), suggesting that the infection is only in the saliva of Zombies. There are many examples in movies, videogames and TV, where even large exposure to the blood of a zombie does not result in disease transmission (most notably in the excellent Walking Dead episode where they covered themselves in Zombie guts to blend in the the other Zombies in order to escape). Suggesting that,

2. Zombie infections are hard to catch
But say you could catch a Zombie infection from the blood of a Zombie, it seems that this infection is really hard to catch. Take two well-studied diseases, Hepatitis B and HIV. It is really easy to catch Hepatitis B. Even small blood exposures can result in infection. But, Zombie infection seems more similar to HIV, which is relatively hard to acquire. Unless you are exposed to significant amounts of blood (splashed in eye, transfusions, etc), your chance of catching HIV is low. In this respect, Zombie infection seems more similar to a hard-to-acquire infection, such as HIV.
And we know from the HIV epidemic that you really can't get HIV infection from mosquitos. I believe that all of those cases of mosquito-transmission have been debunked (shocking that people lie about thier sexual history or IV drug use!). Which leads me to,

3. Mosquitos generally only spread infections of organisms that use mosquitos as part of their life cycle.



This last one is tougher to explain. Mosquitos (or other blood sucking parasites) spread lots of infections, but the infecting organism needs to be able to live and survive in the mosquito, otherwise, it can not reproduce and spread to another animal. See the above figure for details

Clearly, I have spent way too much time on this today!

Thanks Doc...just what I needed

And yeah, a little more than I was expecting...LOL

That's CLOSE to a doughnut... Fed may have one

As noted before, if it doesn't say Krispy Kreme, it's not a donut **Runs and hided**

I'm hungry for a Twinkie???

See above...

hmmmm. It looks like spending the morning building out a business plan that involved stockpiling deep woods off to sell during zombie invasions was not a great use of time. Next time I need to wait to hear docs reply before I start acting on the question.

That's why I asked the question...big sale on Off at Bass Pro shops

I don't think any red blooded American mosquito would bite a Zombie! So no infection here in the Good Ol' U.S.A.!

I don't know, we got some pretty wild ones down here

 

[dvczerfs]

wow, barely two pages today? the new smell is fading fast.

 

[KTME]

I finally got out of my meeting and there were only two pages to catch up on. I am a little disappointed. As far as the announcement.....not me! I am very curious now though.

 

[Cinderella's Fella]

I want some!!!
Deep fried…
With extra cheese

I'm not sharing.