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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_alert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_alert Amber alert means something different than the author thinks ...
by amelius 9mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_alert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_alert
Amber alert means something different than the author thinks ...
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- RupertSalt 9mo agoPerhaps "Defcon 02" would be better understood?
- kazinator 9mo agoThey wanted "red alert". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Alert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Alert This is just an idiom for denoting a high alert state.
- RupertSalt 9mo agoNo, "Red Alert" is called when there is an attack imminent, incoming weapons detected, enemies sighted. So a macrophage on "red alert" would be reacting to an active infection or disease.
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- kazinator 9mo agoSure, and this vaccine goads the macrophage into that state, putting it on "red alert", without there actually being an infection.
- RupertSalt 9mo agoI suppose it is not worth debating a metaphor written by BBC reporters for the general public, without even reading the research. But I was edified to learn that Dr Edward Jenner was a vaccine pioneer even without the honors of knighthood.
- resoluteteeth 9mo agoNotice that that Wikipedia page links to a disambiguation page which links to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIKINI_state https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIKINI_state which may be more familiar to people in the UK than the meaning you are thinking of