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What's the way forward?

Jun 13, 17 / Can 24, 01 09:25 UTC
If and only if we decide to relocate to outer space, which will be awesome like we see in space movies, what is the plan to protect citizens from possible space infections? Since we will need some adapting to space microfauna. Any proactive epidemic plan?
Jun 13, 17 / Can 24, 01 09:25 UTC
Nice one at CLemmons
Jun 13, 17 / Can 24, 01 09:25 UTC
I think your biggest problem in the whole of this is microgravity. You can use vacutainer collection for blood, but unless a machine is doing the phlebotomy, I would assume it hard for the phlebotomist to draw from anyone that is an especially hard stick. A lot of parasitology is ...
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Jun 13, 17 / Can 24, 01 09:25 UTC
Great! But maybe we will also need to take samples of potential pathogenic organisms, passage in lab animals, study their biology and prepare vaccines or drugs as a way of proactive preparation against epidemic.
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