Comments on: What is a virus?

By: Roberta R

Roberta R — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:17:00 +0000

There is nothing pseudosciency about environmental contaminants such as arsenic or DDT turning the polio virus into a paralytic agent. What is pseudosciency is the claim that polio spread as a consequence of increased sanitation, a claim still made by some in the medical establishment.

By: JRobertson

JRobertson — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:34:00 +0000

I have to agree with Mbeaving. Simply imposing a ban on DDT is hardly the answer for polio eradication. Most likely it is due to the vaccines that were prescribed to children during the mid- twentieth century. If anyone is interested, I have posted some information relating to the virology of the common adenovirus infection here: http://adenovirus.com/adenovirus-virology.html

By: Mbeaving

Mbeaving — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:49:30 +0000

Baning DDT? That's completely nonsensical and does not explain historical and current instances of polio without DDT. Sound quite pseudosciency.

By: The virus and the virion

The virus and the virion — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:12:57 +0000

[...] acid genome among hosts or host cells. A virion is not the same as a virus. I define virus as a distinct biological entity with five distinct characteristics. Others believe that the virus is actually the infected host [...]

By: Slopez

Slopez — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:31:13 +0000

The word virus comes from the Latin for a poisonous liquid. Virus are vesicles produced by a cell capable of carrying genetic codes and cellular material to other cells. The absorption of this material into a recipient is commonly called infection although it is not necessarily harmful. Virus produced by healthy cells are called passenger virus. Virus produced by poisonous cells are called pathogenic virus.There is strong evidence that polio was not eradicated by vaccination but by banning the use of DDT.

By: Slopez

Slopez — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:31:13 +0000