Re: Re: [AVML] Malaria Vaccine Closer - & Sheri does the math WRONG!!!

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Sherri - I noticed the boo boo but didn't think the difference between 117 and

114 people was worth pointing out... your point was still correct.

Sheri Nakken wrote:

> Sheri, who always got A's in Math (and astronomy) does the math wrong!

>

> Oops - how stupid of me! You must all think I'm an idiot!

> 365 days NOT 356 days

> Yes, it was a test.. No. Just had a brain lapse.

> 114 persons

> Sheri

>

> At 02:27 PM 04/23/2000 EDT, you wrote:

> >Peace,

> >

> >I love your breakdown. It is neccesary that people keep their eyes open when

> >numbers are used in ads and all.

> >

> >I just want to know though. Was this a test for the group, to see if we are

> >learning from the lesson that you put out?

> >

> >It read it twice when I realized that you said.. 356 days.. It's 365. And it

> >actually comes out to about 114 people per hour.

> >

> >=P Good test.. Keep up the good work. We need to be on our toes.

> >

> >Peace

> >

> >Prince S.

> >Princess Yahmeela's Husband =)

> >

> >

> >>From: Sheri Nakken <snakken@...>

> >>Reply-snakken@...

> >>Vaccinationsegroups, i-v-yegroups, avml@...,

> >>avnegroups, via@...

> >>Subject: [AVML] Malaria Vaccine Closer - & Sheri does the math!

> >>Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:20:33 -0700

> >>

> >>Article below my brilliant comments on Malaria Vaccine closer....

> >>***

> >>Quote

> >> " There are about 1m deaths from malaria world-wide each year and up to 500m

> >>people become ill with the disease.

> >>

> >>Most deaths are in children under the age of five. It is estimated that

> >>between

> >> 200 and 300 children an hour die of malaria " Unquote

> >>***

> >>Ok kids, let's do the math. Everybody got their thinking caps on?????

> >> -- 1 million divided by 356 days divided by 24 hours = 117 people.

> >>Now some of these people that die are adults and some are children.

> >>So how could there be 200 or 300 children per hour if there are only total

> >>of 117 people per hour.

> >>

> >>I'm not saying malaria isn't bad and even 1 child dying is terrible, but

> >>how about improving food and water and living conditions so that malaria

> >>doesn't affect these children so much - no, that wouldn't give the drug

> >>companies any money.

> >>

> >>I'm so sick of these numbers being bandied about.

> >>***************

> >>

> >>Malaria vaccine 'closer'

> >>reposted from BBC News (Health)

> >>

> >>

> >> Malaria is passed by mosquitos

> >>

> >> A breakthrough in understanding what causes malaria

> >>may

> >> speed up development of a vaccine, say researchers.

> >> Scientists found that concentrations of the malaria

> >>parasite

> >> were higher in children with severe illness and

> >>believe this

> >> may help them to fight the disease.

> >>

> >> This is another step in a very complicated process

> >>

> >> Professor Greenwood, London School of Hygiene

> >>and

> >> Tropical Medicine

> >> Clumps of the malaria parasite - Plasmodium

> >>falciparum - can

> >> form in infected red blood cells and the scientists

> >>are now

> >> trying to establish if this clumping behaviour

> >>directly

> >> causes severe disease and to pinpoint the part of

> >>the

> >> parasite responsible.

> >>

> >> Dr , at the National Blood Service,

> >>made the

> >> discovery after studying specimens of the parasite

> >>taken

> >> from patients in Africa.

> >>

> >> He found that the clumps, known as

> >>autoagglutination of

> >> blood cells, occurred in over 70% of children with

> >>severe

> >> malaria, but in less than half of those with mild

> >>disease.

> >>

> >> And the number of cells in the clumps was far

> >>higher in

> >> children with the most serious illness.

> >>

> >> Deaths

> >>

> >> There are about 1m deaths from malaria world-wide

> >>each year

> >> and up to 500m people become ill with the disease.

> >>

> >> Most deaths are in children under the age of five.

> >>It is

> >> estimated that between 200 and 300 children an hour

> >>die of

> >> malaria.

> >>

> >> Dr said: " We know there is a family of

> >>proteins on

> >> the surface of red blood cells which can cause

> >>parasites to

> >> stick to blood vessels and probably cause clumping

> >>of

> >> infected cells as well.

> >>

> >> " Our next challenge is to identify exactly which of

> >>these

> >> parasite molecules are responsible for clumping of

> >>infected

> >> cells. This will help enormously to narrow down the

> >>search

> >> for an effective vaccine. "

> >>

> >> Professor Greenwood at the London School of

> >>Hygiene

> >> and Tropical Medicine said any vaccine developed

> >>from the

> >> discovery would not stop infection, it would simply

> >>prevent

> >> the full blown development of the disease and its

> >>symptoms.

> >>

> >> He added: " This is another step in a very

> >>complicated

> >> process. It is such a difficult process we are

> >>having to

> >> explore every avenue in the hope a vaccination is

> >>found in

> >> the end. "

> >>

> >>

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