A lethal and highly contagious marine virus has been detected for the first time in wild salmon in the Pacific Northwest

The only shill around here is you, with your constant whining about fukushima.How much you getting paid Troll?

Your mother has two cunts and your one of them.

he sits on the bottle all day then comes here and spreads his racist hate towards Japan, ignore him.

Hey now cool off. Just curious, what part of Japan are you from? Despite what's going on over there, my husband and I would love to visit one day...

I know someone...a very high ranking CDC official in the US who will offer far more comfort to your puppies than a mere hug can offer.

Sorry my friend, i refuse to talk about Japan anymore, its pointless around here.Its best you take what ever you hear on this forum and shit yourself with fear.

Sorry i can be of more help.

they were fairly safe until stuxnet

still, the plants needed to be upgraded

yer just charming.. the only reason i don't ban you is to amaze people how stupid you are..... keep going...... LUV YOU!

instead of making comments about me, retort to the facts and information available... or go play with your peepee... adults talking here.....

I thought you were funny or wierd.. no yer just boring and dangerous....

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 10/19/2011 10:19 AM

Actually, I refuse to take anything I hear at just face value. There are few things that make me "shit with fear". We're all gonna die one day, anyway. Might as well get in what you want to do, and for me, that's visit Nippon! ^_^

Youd love it!

that
s a;most like saying i'll walk into a bus... but made of half the population of the world... fecking rediculuous..... SHILL... nice try,,, you getting Tepco Yen>>?????

The Irony.

yeah, and i don't get payed for the truth... so you work the black seam together?

Look up 5 quotes ago. Please continue our conversation, citizenperth.

there was a conversation?

Maybe it's part of a plot to eliminate wild salmon and replace them with GMO salmon. I don't eat salmon myself, but it seems like only a matter of time before all the fish (and plants) are GMO....

yes. it's called radiation.

There was. I said something, you replied, and I asked a question based on said reply. Then you go off on a tangent, and completely ignore my question. I was wondering how your story was relevant to the issue of ISAvirus at hand. That is all.

we have milllions.... millions.. millions of beqs releases into the oceans..... they have explained away the death of sea life on the east coast for 600+ KM because of the Eruption... maybe so..... but the lack of ANY sea life...... man.....I;m dubious.....

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 10/19/2011 10:44 AM

I was at the Oregon coast a couple week ago and the dead animals lined the beach for miles. Seal pups (no adults) birds etc...

oh man!!!! SHIN THAT PIT!!!

keep it real............
and out there.........
and not to be sensational but realistic...

Last Edited by CitizenPerth™ on 10/19/2011 12:34 PM

I think you all are blowing this WAAAAY out of proportion. If you actually read the article thoroughly, you'll find that this is not a new virus. It's a virus we've known about for decades in one area that's been found to have spread to another. This virus is originally found in fish farms in Europe, Canada, and Chile. It has been known to kill at least 70% of their fish at a time.

Now, some more research would yield that this virus isn't very dangerous to any fish outside the the family Salmonidae.
Enveloped viruses like ISAV enter target cells by attachment to receptor molecules on the plasma membrane and this initial attachment determines the host range and tissue tropism of the virus
Quoting: Virology Journal (2007)
[link to www.virologyj.com]

ISAV is "infectious salmon anemia virus" by the way. The virus in question in OP's article. If there are seals and sea lions dying, I highly doubt it's because of this virus.

So, yes, I do believe that this could turn into salmon doom, but I don't think that it's also tuna, baby seal, whale, human, etc doom.

It very well could impact the ecosystem if it gets out of hand, but I also have some sort of faith in mother nature. Where a niche is left open, another opportunistic species will take it's place eventually.
Quoting: Alisaria



ok... i wasn/t there.. but was working on pandamic sotware in Western Autralia at the time in March of this year.... My ex-parter was the Educational Co-ordinator for the facualty for medicine of the Edith Cowan Univeristy of Western Australia and this year received the Australian award for Uninversity Educational Pioneer of the year. This is all documented. Her role was in March to take place ina an emergency :placement: in Tokyo..... shie is not available to release any comment..... she told me to hug my puppies.... As i breathe that it what I was told....
Quoting: citizenperth


It's always WONDERFUL advice to hug your puppies! Who wouldn't want to hug their puppies? You should be doing that every day, for that matter! There's no guarantee for tomorrow. You could die from an embolism or car accident today for all you know. None of us know.

The information you just told me above this post makes no coherent sense with the conversation at hand. Viruses fascinate me, and I have a pretty good understanding of how they work. And this ISAVirus in question has NOTHING to do with the Fukushima incident.



As a marine biologist who studied marine mammals specifically, the radiation from Fukushima will have an effect on the marine mammals by lowering their immune system functionality, so the virus will be able to have a stronger effect. The St. Lawrence Estuary belugas are a perfect example of this, they live in water so contaminated by heavy metals, radiation, and cyclic compounds (like DDT), that it's amazing they don't glow in the dark! If the virus is in salmon then it stand to reason that whales like orcas and other toothed whales who survive on the fish will get a major dose of the virus and as the radiation spreads through the food chain lower immunity will definitely cause problems. The virus may not have a direct effect on the whales, but it WILL affect their prey. No salmon, fewer whales and more predation on marine mammals like sea otters and seals. Just food for thought.....

ahhhh... nicely.....tyvm..... :)

thankyou in other words for the insight .... still sad though don't you think?

Yes, it's sad. As a marine biologist and a conservationist with a soft spot for marine mammals I definitely don't like seeing how human actions have really stacked up and hurt the environment. As a resident of the Pacific Northwest, I despise the fact that I'm worried about giving my son ANY sea fish at all--given the facts I know. I wish there was more I could do, but I guess for now I have to just try and raise awareness that what goes on in one place will eventually affect ALL of us who live on this earth.

Thanks by the way for bringing this up! I appreciate being able to talk about this with people who care what is going on in our world!

I live on the west coast.
I think I'll open a fission chips joint.

i just re-read your words and smiled.. and i did hug my puppies... ty....

I apologize for my abrupt reply, please feel free to drop me a mail and ill gladly answer any questions you have.

[email protected]

I don't know what I can do to help, but I'm glad I could make you smile. I'm sure there are people who care all over the world, it's just a matter of finding who is serious about this and who can do something about it. I can give you some ideas maybe of who to apply to, people who might support some action, but as for myself I'm just a stay at home mom with some knowledge---that's all. :)