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Space Herpes
« on: March 22, 2019, 04:08:54 PM »
We're all gonna die!

Maybe

Herpes Virus Reactivation in Astronauts During Spaceflight and Its Application on Earth
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2019.00016/full
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Re: Space Herpes
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2019, 04:38:46 PM »
Not what I thought this was going to be about...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-me2inj1nNw
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Re: Space Herpes
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2019, 04:41:28 PM »
Hey WLJ - Millcreek hacked your account!  :laugh:
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Re: Space Herpes
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2019, 04:58:52 PM »
That answers one question I had about astronaut selection... would having herpes simplex disqualify someone from astronaut selection.  Evidently not.  Not in the least, since they've had enough astronauts with it to perform a statistically significant study.

A side-note:  Don't sleep with an astronaut.  Wow.

And now I really don't want to visit the ISS, since it's a floating petri dish of astronaut biomatter.

I have to wonder if the study accounted for the increased viral reactivation as a result of general stress resultant from the dangers of spaceflight, versus some element of microgravity or radiation?
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Re: Space Herpes
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2019, 05:22:22 PM »
Since the majority of the human population has herpes, it would be hard to eliminate candidates based on that alone.
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Re: Space Herpes
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2019, 05:26:06 PM »
Quote from: fifth_column on March 22, 2019, 05:22:22 PM
Since the majority of the human population has herpes, it would be hard to eliminate candidates based on that alone.

Did they all get it from a tractor?

https://youtu.be/pQ73NKS3B1c?t=104
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Re: Space Herpes
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2019, 07:08:08 PM »
Quote from: freakazoid on March 22, 2019, 04:38:46 PM
Not what I thought this was going to be about...

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-me2inj1nNw
That was my first thought as soon I noticed the youtube link.  I have the DVD.
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Re: Space Herpes
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2019, 07:28:00 PM »
Quote from: Ben on March 22, 2019, 05:26:06 PM
Did they all get it from a tractor?

https://youtu.be/pQ73NKS3B1c?t=104

Ben, do you have the entire series memorized?
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Re: Space Herpes
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2019, 09:08:55 PM »
Quote from: Angel Eyes on March 22, 2019, 07:28:00 PM
Ben, do you have the entire series memorized?


Pretty much.  :laugh:
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Re: Space Herpes
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2019, 09:44:54 PM »
I don't remember that episode.
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Re: Space Herpes
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2019, 03:21:25 AM »
For cold sores on lips.

Campho Phenique.

Apply at first tingling.

Stinks but apparently the cold sore organisms hate it, too.

Like a chom it voiks.  For other stuff too.

Would probably choke up the ISS's air purifiers, though.

Can't see it being used on tractor seats.

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