https://www.bbc.com/news/health-46078989 potential game changer in the hunt for cures to the flu virus. maybe no more pandemics like the flu viruses so popular in apocalyptic dystopian stories. for me that is the only downside. economic impacts of the flu viruses every year are staggering in lost worker productivity and days lost. that doesn't even consider doctor visits and even deathes to the young and elderly every year. be nice to no longer associate the nba season with the flu season. maybe even a game changer for portland free agent recruiting as rainy wet weather will no longer be a cause for catching the flu. i know, not going to happen. we catch the flu here in paradise too. so many people, from so many places, sharing their "bugs". could change though.
Boy, that would be awesome if this research pays off with a viable broad-spectrum vaccine. Maybe they can apply the same technique to the common cold if this works. I've always been a bit curious as to whether people living in the islands have a lesser amount of cold and flu due to not being as confined to enclosed spaces in the winter months. Any insight on that lawai'a?
Hey, my wife and I have been there. We stayed in some sort of time share that was really nice. Tried to get to the top of Mount Mauna Kea to see the Keck but our all wheel drive couldn't make it to the top. Tropical fruit trees everywhere. I ate papaya with fresh squeezed lemon juice on top until I couldn't eat any more. Met a guy there that was the trainer for the Hawaiian Iron Man team. Watched them from a shopping center where I sat and drank iced coffee while looking out onto a bay where they were all swimming. Had a great time. Would love to go back except now I need to go to the hospital about four times a week. I suppose they have a VA hospital there on Oahu but the arrangements would be tricky. Edit: ps Had a couple Hawaiian buddies in the Army. Nicest guys you ever met. Also, went to high school with a terrific young lady who moved to Hawaii years and years ago. Wish I could look all of them up. Sorry to ramble on but I really liked those three.
with tourism as our leading economic industry, you can imagine the folks coming and going. most are cooped up on an airliner's recirculating air systems, sitting in close proximity to one another for the 5+ hour flight before landing. whenever locals fly during flu season many will complain about catching a flu bug during the season. now imagine the numbers of tourists that accompanied them on their flights are now out and about, traveling and dining out and being waited on at their destinations. are we less inclined to get sick? i don't think so, besides all the tourists with colds and flu, my grand kids hygiene at school leaves something to be desired, and the kids share everything. if anything i am a little more circumspect in avoidance and hand washing than i ever was in oregon or alaska and i still catch colds, seems like one a year. if anything, i might argue that the worst affects are shorter, though that could be directly related to how much nicer it is outdoors to being inside here.besides the hawaiians live for the weekend, pau hana, work done, and if anything are way more "busy" on time off from work. paradise beckons. i fish at least one day a weekend and often 2. no cold will keep me from this,LOL.
during the dengue fever outbreak a couple of years ago here on the big island, the ground zero vector/person was reported to be a tourist, and our mosquitoes did the rest.
Sweet! I had the islands as my part of my territory for years and Hawaii is a special place for my wife and I. Love kailua kona!
us too, though kona town is only recently our home, having bought our place 2 years ago. previously we have lived south kona district working for one of the ranches of the region, in ho'okena.
Nearly every strain of flu existing today was created by the misguided idea that it can be prevented or eliminated by vaccination.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/05/the-deadly-diseases-being-released-by-climate-change/ http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170504-there-are-diseases-hidden-in-ice-and-they-are-waking-up couple of zombie viruses articles for you. might be a conspiracy here somewhere.
Tripler is the army med center my big island vet friends go for any testing or procedures not available locally. my friend big john says their care is "decent". waiting for the voucher red tape for the flight there, not so much. mango is my favorite fruit here. iron man just ended for another year here. it is a nice shot in the arm for the service industry, but is hell on traffic.
Hey, there's no dengue in Oregon so don't be getting any ideas about blocking us northwest haoles from coming for a visit. It would be cruel and unusual punishment to make us stay here under the rain clouds all winter.
then you won't likely be labeled a vector and spend the vacation in quarantine! nice! as i have told any who ask, all are welcome.
part of the original mccandles lands, since broken into several smaller holdings. if 6,000 acres is at all small. james mccandles was the first person to pull chains to survey the islands for king kamehameha and was allotted a HUGE grant throughout the islands for his efforts.
