[Coco] Lab South is Fine

[Tony Schountz]

Took a shot. Typhoid fever is endemic in central Europe and many  
people of that region have a mutation in the CFTR gene that renders  
them substantially resistant to TF if they have one copy of the  
mutant gene and one copy of the normal gene. Unfortunately, kids who  
get two mutant copies have cystic fibrosis. This is the same  
situation with the sickle cell allele and malaria.

T.

On Aug 31, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Ward Griffiths wrote:

> On 08/31/2005 04:56 pm, Tony Schountz wrote:
>
>> On Aug 31, 2005, at 2:55 PM, Ward Griffiths wrote:
>>
>>> Don't know if I'm immune to  typhoid, but several ancestors
>>> survived epidemics.
>>>
>>
>> By chance are you of central European descent?
>>
>
> As far western as you can get.  Welsh, Irish, Scots and some  
> English.  About
> as generically Celtic as you can find.  Might be some Scandy in there.
> -- 
> Ward Griffiths    wdg3rd at comcast.net
>
> Let's get real. According to the CBO's report, in the current fiscal
> year the U.S. government is gorging on some $2,142 billion of  
> revenues,
> consisting of taxes, fees, charges, fines, and other species of
> extractions from the people's purses. This sum works out to
> approximately $7,500 for every man, woman, and child resident in this
> country, or $30,000 for a family of four average persons. Perhaps some
> of those people feel they are getting benefits worth at least this  
> much.
> I myself don't have that feeling.   --  Robert Higgs
>
>
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