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oldandslow 04-29-2009 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by kcfanXIII (Post 5726715)
and i wonder how many threats like this popped up before the "instant information" age. before there had to be 24 hours a day worth of news to report on. we're hearing about a few thousand world wide. once again, WORLD WIDE. i'll take my chances...

there are those that are panicking though. when i was clocking out today, i heard one of the office ladies say "Did you know you can pass swine flu before you even know you have it?" and there was genuine terror behind her voice.
Oh, I don't know...you mean like the kind that wiped out 90% of the American Indian population or the ones that just wiped out 40% of the European population....

This one probably isn't bubonic or small pox or whatever, but someday one will be...

Ultra Peanut 04-29-2009 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Krab's (Post 5726800)
53,000 kids in Texas out of school for awhile because of the swine flu.
It makes up for not getting any snow days!

DenverChief 04-29-2009 06:03 PM
Maine just confirmed 3 cases....11 states

Pants 04-29-2009 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by DenverChief (Post 5726826)
Maine just confirmed 3 cases....11 states
JFC, it's the ****ing flu, it's inevitable that it will spread to all states including Alaska and Hawaii. That's what the flu does - it spreads and kills a few people. The articles are saying that symptoms are mild, yet here we are - panic-stricken and giving in to fear mongering.

Brock 04-29-2009 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Metrolike (Post 5726832)
JFC, it's the ****ing flu, it's inevitable that it will spread to all states including Alaska and Hawaii. That's what the flu does - it spreads and kills a few people. The articles are saying that symptoms are mild, yet here we are - panic-stricken and giving in to fear mongering.
No shit. People are just clawing wildly for things to be worried about these days.

Ultra Peanut 04-29-2009 06:13 PM
The response is pretty hyperbolic, but it's still something that a lot of incredibly proficient people are rightly putting a lot of work into containing. Every single one of these things is an unknown quantity, at least until well after the fact, and prevention is a top priority for any of them.

007 04-29-2009 06:14 PM
I've got yet another head cold. I want to know what the hell this swine flu is and why everytime there is some kind of a flu outbreak they go overboard on the coverage and all but say "you're going to die". How many outbreaks have we had and nothing came of it?

I mean hell, even the president is throwing money we don't have at the "problem" now.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Donger (Post 5726712)
I don't really understand the laughing about this. This outbreak of H1N1 exists and has spread pretty quickly. And, it has killed. It's apparently a new bug that they've never seen before and we don't have a natural immunity to it.

I'm not about to get naked and run around my neighborhood about it, but it IS real. I suppose over the next few weeks, we'll all see how nasty it is.
It's killed people in a 3rd world country. Just like it always does.

DenverChief 04-29-2009 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Metrolike (Post 5726832)
JFC, it's the ****ing flu, it's inevitable that it will spread to all states including Alaska and Hawaii. That's what the flu does - it spreads and kills a few people. The articles are saying that symptoms are mild, yet here we are - panic-stricken and giving in to fear mongering.
hey calm down sally, if you watched the presentation given by the WHO director you might understand where I am coming from...if it were "just the flu" why would they be closing schools and raising alert levels?

DenverChief 04-29-2009 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5726848)
It's killed people in a 3rd world country. Just like it always does.
1 death in texas

Ultra Peanut 04-29-2009 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by DenverChief (Post 5726849)
hey calm down sally, if you watched the presentation given by the WHO director you might understand where I am coming from...if it were "just the flu" why would they be closing schools and raising alert levels?
Just to clarify, the alert level is related to the spread of it rather than its severity.

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Originally Posted by DenverChief (Post 5726853)
1 death in texas
The baby got it in Mexico, as it turns out.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr. Krab's (Post 5726800)
53,000 kids in Texas out of school for awhile because of the swine flu.
I can understand taking precautionary measures, but there were hundreds kids around here staying home before there was ever any confirmed cases NEAR here.

The chicken little-ness of it is ridiculous.

Brock 04-29-2009 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DenverChief (Post 5726853)
1 death in texas
From a third world country.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by DenverChief (Post 5726853)
1 death in texas
1) It was an INFANT.

2) Said infant already had a compromised immune system.

3) Apparently, said infant was a MEXICAN CITIZEN who was brought to Texas for treatment.

Please, this is STUPID.

RJ 04-29-2009 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Brock (Post 5726834)
No shit. People are just clawing wildly for things to be worried about these days.

Actually, there's no need for "clawing wildly". You can't swing a dead cat these days without hitting something to worry about. Not the least of which is all these damn dead cats.


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