zazen Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 here, i'll start: - the fatality rate is probably much lower than the initial 7% reported by mexico, cos they weren't counting all the mildly ill people that didn't go to hospital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adjective Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 let's make pandemic mad libs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 30,000 people die from normal flu every year my mom and her whole family went through the same scare in the 1970s and they all got swine flu vaccinations sars, west nile virus, hanta, bird flu were all viruses that were equally hyped up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Most of the symptoms are the same as normal flu, and most diagnosed with Swine Flu haven't even needed hospitalization or special treatment. Media once again making a big deal out of a relatively minor incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 according to ron paul, only 1 person in the US died from the flu last "epidemic", but 25 people died from the vaccine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCONES TO DIE FOR Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 In the US, you're still more likely to die from getting struck by lighting than from swine flu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Israel is not calling it swine flu because its not kosher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maddestmax Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 according to a reliable german news website (spiegel.de) normal flu actually kills between 250.000 and 500.000 people every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Franklin Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 lame pandemic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spike Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 the flu is boring man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 you always hear about "the bad aids". maybe swine flu will be the "good aids". when we all catch it, we will feel all happy and fluffy and nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Everyone is so worried, but I think they're just acting pigheaded and this whole pandemic is just hogwash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 This is going to kill me. (Maybe a bit toooo optimistic.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 (Its not parmageddon, its not the aporkalypse, its just a small snoutbreak) keep them coming... more optimism: - because of the avian flu scare, the world is now quite well prepared with plans and tamiflu - the flu has arrived in the summer instead of the winter which will reduce its spread somewhat - by winter we should have some vaccinnes ready Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCONES TO DIE FOR Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Everyone is so worried, but I think they're just acting pigheaded and this whole pandemic is just hogwash. *snorts with laughter* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest weed Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 you always hear about "the bad aids". maybe swine flu will be the "good aids". when we all catch it, we will feel all happy and fluffy and nice. jews always should feel "happy and fluffy and nice" heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pilcat Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 you always hear about "the bad aids". maybe swine flu will be the "good aids". when we all catch it, we will feel all happy and fluffy and nice. is dat liek teh bad acid??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A/D Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 probably this fever that's bacon my brain and my stuffy jowls are just a curly tale from ASS BACON JOWLS CHOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joshier Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 The media is absolutely right. There is serious risk and you shouldn't leave your house or talk to anyone within your house unless you know sign language or set-up some kind of mechanism where you poke each other with long sticks in morse code format to communicate. Breathing isn't recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorjamb Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 at least we're not talking about 'sexting' anymore... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Betty Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 At least it's something to talk about with strangers. "So, how 'bout them swine flus?" "Oh I know!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 Here's some recycled optimism from the bird flu scare a few years ago... New York Times, Oct 2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/national/09flu.html ...But not everyone is equally worried about the bird flu. The fear "is very much overdone, in my opinion," said Dr. Edwin Kilbourne, an emeritus professor of immunology at New York Medical College, who has treated flu patients since the 1957 pandemic and has studied the 1918 flu. The bird flu, he said, is distantly related to earlier flus, and humans have already been exposed to them, providing some resistance. Scientists also say that the death rate may not be as high as it appears, because some milder cases may not have been reported. Dr. Kilbourne and other experts also noted that when viruses become more transmissible, they almost always become less lethal. Viruses that let their hosts stay alive and pass the disease on to others, he explained, have a better chance of spreading than do strains that kill off their hosts quickly. Moreover, he said, while much has been made of comparisons between the current avian flu and the 1918 strain, the factors that helped increase the flu's virulence in 1918 - the crowding together of millions of World War I troops in ships, barracks, trenches and hospitals - generally do not exist today for humans. ... In addition, more people now live in cities, where they have probably caught more flus, giving them immunity to later ones. "In 1918, you had a lot of farm boys getting their first contact with city folks who'd had these things," Dr. Kilbourne said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest my usernames always really suck Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 I like staying in bed all day. I wouldn't mind having the flu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Super lurker ultra V12 Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 2012 is getting closer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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