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Links for this episode:
Diagrams of virus structures
Boston Globe article on Genzyme
FDA warning letter to Genzyme (thanks Peter!)
Public Health Reports July – December 1918 (thanks Lenn!)
Amateur scientists working with professionals (thanks Ennio!)
Influenza H1N1 and computer analogies (thanks swiss compass!)
Bone marrow transplant to cure AIDS not reported (thanks Andrew!)
Paul Offitt interview on vaccines and autism
Mark Crislip on vaccines and autism
Weekly Science Picks
Dick Visual Explanations by Edward R. Tufte
Vincent The Youngest Science by Lewis Thomas
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instead of asking qustions directly – let me ask why you don't attach a discussion forum to the site where I can ask and discuss with other users about virology
I have been thinking about a discussion forum, especially since the
listers/readers of virology blog and twiv have now grown
substantially. It probably makes sense to have one forum for both the
blog and podcast. What do you think? Suggestions for the forum
software?
I know best phpbb:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhpBB
e.g.: http://www.setbb.com/fluwiki2/
and v-bulletin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBulletin
e.g.: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/search.php?do=...
phpbb is offered for free by some companies but they include advertisements.
I like their 3 icons for
View posts since last visit
View your posts
View unanswered posts
v-bulletin is better for tables,pictures, it also has otions for friends,albums,social groups, chat
I've been visiting these forums since birdflu/2005, I always wanted
to merge them instead I end up creating new ones…
you could probably also get a subforum on existing forums for special
virology subjects/threads using their moderation.
Some moderators will be useful to delete spams etc.
there are also mailing lists such as yahoogroups.com or “usenet”, now groups.google.com,
then facebook, which is quite popular, where you can also have groups.
instead of asking qustions directly – let me ask why you don't attach a discussion forum to the site where I can ask and discuss with other users about virology
I have been thinking about a discussion forum, especially since the
listers/readers of virology blog and twiv have now grown
substantially. It probably makes sense to have one forum for both the
blog and podcast. What do you think? Suggestions for the forum
software?
I know best phpbb:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhpBB
e.g.: http://www.setbb.com/fluwiki2/
and v-bulletin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBulletin
e.g.: http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/search.php?do=...
phpbb is offered for free by some companies but they include advertisements.
I like their 3 icons for
View posts since last visit
View your posts
View unanswered posts
v-bulletin is better for tables,pictures, it also has otions for friends,albums,social groups, chat
I've been visiting these forums since birdflu/2005, I always wanted
to merge them instead I end up creating new ones…
you could probably also get a subforum on existing forums for special
virology subjects/threads using their moderation.
Some moderators will be useful to delete spams etc.
there are also mailing lists such as yahoogroups.com or “usenet”, now groups.google.com,
then facebook, which is quite popular, where you can also have groups.