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They 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
by kazinator 8mo ago
They 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 8mo 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 8mo agoSure, and this vaccine goads the macrophage into that state, putting it on "red alert", without there actually being an infection.
- RupertSalt 8mo 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.