10-04-2010, 04:20 PM
@Monica
I would not compare it to stepping in front of a train. I'd compare it to wearing seat belts.
@Cosmoethicism
You ask me to research your story. I already did but I thought better I don't respond to it... I'm sorry, I'm trained as a scientist. I have to check facts before I respond to them. It's not as simple as reading your story and responding to the emotional charge in it. I checked the facts and decided to keep my mouth shut. And not infringe on your free will any further..
However, you asked...
All viruses are measured in the nanometer range. Most viruses known are between the size 10 nm, and 300 nm, which is only 0.3 micron. There are some exceptions going to 600nm... (=0.6um) You speak of a virus 15um in size, which is enormous, about 30 times bigger than the largest virus known to man! Yet you call it small. You call this monster the green monkey kidney virus.. A suitable name for a monster.
However... Green monkey kidneys are used as a breeding material for all sorts of viruses. Meaning that "The green monkey kidney virus" isn't actually a name for a specific virus.
Your whole story makes no sense, to me. I think you heard something somewhere, or heard it from someone somewhere, but a lot was lost in translation... And from what came through I cannot reconstruct the original story. It's clear to me however that people really believe what they believe considering vaccination and I can't change that, so I thought it better to not respond.
You guys are more important to me than the ego in me that wants to be right all the time. And it's good for me to just shut up occasionally. Being right is no excuse to be an ass.
It means I cannot follow you in this belief. It would go against who I am. I will vaccinate my children, when I get them, just like I will teach them to swim. My respectfully stepping back from the discussion simply means that I cannot follow you here, just like you cannot follow me. And I accept our differences.
Namaste
I would not compare it to stepping in front of a train. I'd compare it to wearing seat belts.
@Cosmoethicism
You ask me to research your story. I already did but I thought better I don't respond to it... I'm sorry, I'm trained as a scientist. I have to check facts before I respond to them. It's not as simple as reading your story and responding to the emotional charge in it. I checked the facts and decided to keep my mouth shut. And not infringe on your free will any further..
However, you asked...
All viruses are measured in the nanometer range. Most viruses known are between the size 10 nm, and 300 nm, which is only 0.3 micron. There are some exceptions going to 600nm... (=0.6um) You speak of a virus 15um in size, which is enormous, about 30 times bigger than the largest virus known to man! Yet you call it small. You call this monster the green monkey kidney virus.. A suitable name for a monster.
However... Green monkey kidneys are used as a breeding material for all sorts of viruses. Meaning that "The green monkey kidney virus" isn't actually a name for a specific virus.
Your whole story makes no sense, to me. I think you heard something somewhere, or heard it from someone somewhere, but a lot was lost in translation... And from what came through I cannot reconstruct the original story. It's clear to me however that people really believe what they believe considering vaccination and I can't change that, so I thought it better to not respond.
You guys are more important to me than the ego in me that wants to be right all the time. And it's good for me to just shut up occasionally. Being right is no excuse to be an ass.
It means I cannot follow you in this belief. It would go against who I am. I will vaccinate my children, when I get them, just like I will teach them to swim. My respectfully stepping back from the discussion simply means that I cannot follow you here, just like you cannot follow me. And I accept our differences.
Namaste