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"DonH" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> wrote in message 
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> Why are most fruit bats immune to this virus (and most chimps immune to 
> AIDS)?
>  Presumably their bodies have built up general immunity over time - much 
> as those Aborigines who did not die from measles when colonialists first 
> landed.
>  An American snake-handler died of old age recently (at 100), after years 
> of being bitten by his beloved snakes - he even deliberately injected 
> himself, to build up immunity.
>  A hendra anti-virus serum is being produced by researchers, but is a few 
> years away from being guaranteed safe to use.
>  Meantime, keep horses away from bats, if possible.
>

# Well, it now seems a family dog (kelpie?) has contracted the virus, with 
no obvious bad effect, as presence of the virus was only detected after 
deliberate testing.
    What is the "instinctive" reaction of the Authorities?  The dog must be 
"put down".
    Maybe.  But if the dog shrugs off the disease isn't that a good thing? 
The more immunity spreads, the better? 

"DonH" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> wrote in message 
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> "DonH" <donlhumphries@bigpond.com> wrote in message 
> news:fz5Rp.8088$aH5.3825@viwinnwfe02.internal.bigpond.com...
>> Why are most fruit bats immune to this virus (and most chimps immune to 
>> AIDS)?
>>  Presumably their bodies have built up general immunity over time - much 
>> as those Aborigines who did not die from measles when colonialists first 
>> landed.
>>  An American snake-handler died of old age recently (at 100), after years 
>> of being bitten by his beloved snakes - he even deliberately injected 
>> himself, to build up immunity.
>>  A hendra anti-virus serum is being produced by researchers, but is a few 
>> years away from being guaranteed safe to use.
>>  Meantime, keep horses away from bats, if possible.
>>
>
> # Well, it now seems a family dog (kelpie?) has contracted the virus, with 
> no obvious bad effect, as presence of the virus was only detected after 
> deliberate testing.
>    What is the "instinctive" reaction of the Authorities?  The dog must be 
> "put down".
>    Maybe.  But if the dog shrugs off the disease isn't that a good thing? 
> The more immunity spreads, the better?
>

# It seems the owners of Dusty have decided to beat the govt to it, and "put 
him down".
   As a carrier, he may infect other dogs or humans. He slept with the kids.
   Presumably, this policy will now become universal, and humans who manage 
to acquire immunity will also be executed?  Wipe out fruit bats? (Immune 
ones survive.)
   I believe there are many humans with HIV-AIDS walking our streets, and 
these are not even immune, but slowly dying.  Meantime, a source of 
infection.