LedZeppelin8906
Well-Known Member
I know what you're thinking, not another Swine flu thread, but hopefully mine is a little different, I'll attempt to explain why I think this has happened in Mexico from a biological and ecological point of view. If you hate scientific jargon then this thread will be boring lol 
so light up your bong and let's take a stroll down Biology lane.
The first thing i'll have to explain, is what a carrying capacity is, wikipedia's definition is:
The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the population size of a species that the environment can sustain in the long term, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment. For the human population, more complex variables such as sanitation and medical care are sometimes considered as part of the necessary infrastructure.
You're probably thinking WTF?? Well basically that means, the maximum population an environment can sustain for long periods of time given the necessary resources.
As an example, Mexico City is Mexico's most populous city and also the Industrial center for the country. At a population of 8,836,045 people in an area of 1,485 km2 (573.36 sq mi) that makes the Density 5,950/km2 (15,410.4/sq mi), that's almost 6000 people per square kilometre. Combine that with pollution, poor living conditions and a poor healthcare system and thus a Regulating Factor is born.
In population ecology, a regulating factor is something that keeps a population at equilibrium (neither increasing nor decreasing in size over time). All regulating factors are density-dependent, meaning they keep populations at equilibrium by counteracting fluctuations in population size.
Examples are Food supply, water supply, prevalence of communicable diseases etc
From my point of view, Swine Flu or Influenze A virus subtype H1N1 is just a regulating factor born out of the need for the environment to restore the balance and maintain it's carrying capacity.
Edit: By no means am I saying you should worry about this flu, this flu is very mild, Im merely expressing why I think it started in Mexico
so light up your bong and let's take a stroll down Biology lane.The first thing i'll have to explain, is what a carrying capacity is, wikipedia's definition is:
The carrying capacity of a biological species in an environment is the population size of a species that the environment can sustain in the long term, given the food, habitat, water and other necessities available in the environment. For the human population, more complex variables such as sanitation and medical care are sometimes considered as part of the necessary infrastructure.
You're probably thinking WTF?? Well basically that means, the maximum population an environment can sustain for long periods of time given the necessary resources.
As an example, Mexico City is Mexico's most populous city and also the Industrial center for the country. At a population of 8,836,045 people in an area of 1,485 km2 (573.36 sq mi) that makes the Density 5,950/km2 (15,410.4/sq mi), that's almost 6000 people per square kilometre. Combine that with pollution, poor living conditions and a poor healthcare system and thus a Regulating Factor is born.
In population ecology, a regulating factor is something that keeps a population at equilibrium (neither increasing nor decreasing in size over time). All regulating factors are density-dependent, meaning they keep populations at equilibrium by counteracting fluctuations in population size.
Examples are Food supply, water supply, prevalence of communicable diseases etc
From my point of view, Swine Flu or Influenze A virus subtype H1N1 is just a regulating factor born out of the need for the environment to restore the balance and maintain it's carrying capacity.
Edit: By no means am I saying you should worry about this flu, this flu is very mild, Im merely expressing why I think it started in Mexico
