US Army accidentally sends live anthrax(when it was supposed to be inactive) to South Korean army ba - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Viper123_SWE;47831376]I'm pretty sure you can't get vaccinated for anthrax?[/QUOTE] nah there's a vaccine. protects against cutaneous and inhalational anthrax. [url]http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a607013.html[/url] there's also a vaccine for lyme disease but anti-vaxxers got it banned somehow. which sucks because i had lyme disease once when i went to canada for about 5 minutes and got bit by a tick. worst summer ever.

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;47831768]Most vaccines require that you have the bacteria you're trying to fight around because most vaccines are nothing more than that bacteria's dead body. Vaccines teach your body how to fight certain bacteria by literally providing a practice target.[/QUOTE] or a live attenuated version of the same bacteria, or related strain, which is also a form of vaccination given. Vaccines can come in killed or attenuated formats, or purified immunoglobulins from recombinant sources (the monoclonals, and similar)

[QUOTE=Electrocuter;47831768]Most vaccines require that you have the bacteria you're trying to fight around because most vaccines are nothing more than that bacteria's dead body. Vaccines teach your body how to fight certain bacteria by literally providing a practice target.[/QUOTE] I thought the bacteria would have to be active, just administered in small controlled doses to ensure your body could fight it before it multiplies? How can your body learn how to fight a corpse of something? But hey, I'm using big logic for microscopic problems

[QUOTE=Faunze;47832013]I thought the bacteria would have to be active, just administered in small controlled doses to ensure your body could fight it before it multiplies? How can your body learn how to fight a corpse of something? But hey, I'm using big logic for microscopic problems[/QUOTE] It's still a foreign particle and your body responds as such

Yeesh, hope those guys are okay.

This is one of those situations where a really simple mistake like mislabeling becomes a very serious problem. First thought though: [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E70q9ojUauM[/media] 0:43

[QUOTE=Faunze;47832013]I thought the bacteria would have to be active, just administered in small controlled doses to ensure your body could fight it before it multiplies? How can your body learn how to fight a corpse of something? But hey, I'm using big logic for microscopic problems[/QUOTE] in your immune system there are molecules called antibodies that are produced by plasma cells. these antibodies are like little keys that "lock" into the holes in the membrane on foreign matter in your blood stream. these antibodies that lock into these holes are unique to that foreign matter, and instruct the killer B cells in your immune system to engulf and destroy it. in the context of bacteria, these antibodies that are created for the bacteria would be the same whether the bacteria is live or neutralized. therefore, by introducing inactive bacteria to your immune system, proper antibodies are created and your immune system learns how to fight the active form of the bacteria for in the future when you may/will be exposed to it. hopefully this makes sense :)

[QUOTE=Quark:;47831907]nah there's a vaccine. protects against cutaneous and inhalational anthrax. [url]http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/meds/a607013.html[/url] there's also a vaccine for lyme disease but anti-vaxxers got it banned somehow. which sucks because i had lyme disease once when i went to canada for about 5 minutes and got bit by a tick. worst summer ever.[/QUOTE] You mean those dolts have enough power to effect t legislation? I think this is worse then the anthrax accident.

Someones image on this page just gave me a virus alert. [sp]pun not intended[/sp]

[QUOTE=Viper123_SWE;47831376]I'm pretty sure you can't get vaccinated for anthrax?[/QUOTE] It's 6 shots taken in series. A new vaccine has only 5 iirc but it hasn't been widely used since our need to vaccinate for it are small.

This is why you don't let dumbass Private Schmuckatelli anywhere near the handling process.

[QUOTE=CrossTownNews;47837705]You mean those dolts have enough power to effect t legislation? I think this is worse then the anthrax accident.[/QUOTE] oops, that was a little misleading - my fault. it didn't get [I]banned[/I] but [I]recalled[/I] by the company that had created it. the vaccine was effective and had virtually no side effects; however, anti-vaxx people had flooded the company with an enormous barrage of complaints regarding unpleasant and horrible side effects. after a very, very thorough investigation of these side effects - with literally no credible evidence to support any of the claims - they decided to withdraw the vaccine due to their public image being destroyed by the anti-vaxx movement. sorry about that!

Someone not only is getting the long end of the military's justice stick, but is also going to spend a [I]long[/I] time in prison.