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DenverChief 04-29-2009 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5726901)
anti-viral drugs don't CURE a viral infection, they prevent the spread of infection. Once you're infected with a virus, the only course of action is to let it run it's course.

Furthermore, infants and the elderly die from the flu ALL THE TIME. Not from the infection itself but from COMPLICATIONS - mainly dehydration.

I understand that, all I have been saying all along is we don't know yet....yes it could be no big deal....but to scoff at something that has only been in the know for 1 week, well a bit premature if you ask me...and just FYI anti-viral drugs do work after infection but must be taken within the first several days of infection to work

007 04-29-2009 06:38 PM
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Originally Posted by DenverChief (Post 5726895)
from the FLU?? I mean we have all these anti-viral drugs and....sheesh...I'm not panicking I just like being well informed some people here are acting as if nothing is wrong at all
babies and elderly die from the flu all the time. It's a fact of life. Even as advanced as our medical system is, they can't save everybody.

Pants 04-29-2009 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by DenverChief (Post 5726921)
...and just FYI anti-viral drugs do work after infection but must be taken within the first several days of infection to work
They can work. It's not a 100% thing, not even close.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 06:41 PM
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Originally Posted by DenverChief (Post 5726921)
I understand that, all I have been saying all along is we don't know yet....yes it could be no big deal....but to scoff at something that has only been in the know for 1 week, well a bit premature if you ask me...and just FYI anti-viral drugs do work after infection but must be taken within the first several days of infection to work
Anti-viral drugs prevent spread of infection. If taken after infection, they slow the progression of the disease and/or lessen the symptoms. There's no "antibiotic" for viruses.

And I'm not scoffing at the disease, I'm scoffing at the reaction to it. The swine flu is not armageddon. We should be FAR MORE concerned with the fact that our government can't seem to prevent us from being infected with salmonella every 6 months. Salmonella is FAR more deadly than the flu.

ToxSocks 04-29-2009 06:44 PM
All this swine flu talk has me avoiding mexicans at all costs. I'm sitting around a bunch of them right now, they're probably all infected. Dirty little bastards. God knows how many of them just came from mexico.
I agree that the media is doing nothing but trying to strike fear, I think that's obvious. I hate the dirty little media bastards 2.

Oh god, am I getting a soar throat?
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WoodDraw 04-29-2009 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5726903)
I didn't say anything about preexisting conditions. Infants have underdeveloped immune systems when they're healthy.
You said "compromised immune system" which I'd say is different than underdeveloped. But, I agree.

ToxSocks 04-29-2009 06:46 PM
Ah shit, a mexican just sat down across from me on the trolley. The dark dirty type. I should get off at the next stop
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DenverChief 04-29-2009 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Metrolike (Post 5726930)
They can work. It's not a 100% thing, not even close.
nothing is 100%

htismaqe 04-29-2009 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by WoodDraw (Post 5726948)
You said "compromised immune system" which I'd say is different than underdeveloped. But, I agree.
Yeah, I wasn't meaning to say "compromised" as in they had an auto-immune disease or a bacterial infection causing them to have a lowered immune response, but rather that infants have a lowered immune response inherently because they're not fully developed.

Otter 04-29-2009 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 5726897)
Infants in this country will likely die of the swine flu, just like the die of the regular flu. This is because they have underdeveloped immune systems and are less able to tolerate the symptoms, like high fever and dehydration. Infants and the elderly are ALWAYS at risk with the flu, and this strain isn't any worse in that aspect than any other.

Furthermore, it's highly likely that the child was already very, very sick by the time they got here. Our advanced technology can do alot of things, but it can't raise the dead.
It's the baby zombies that are going to be toughest to shoot. Not only because they're a smaller target either. The good news is that they could only reach your brain if your laying down taking a nap.

ToxSocks 04-29-2009 06:55 PM
So how long do u think it will take before we reach lvl 6? Ima say by monday.
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Pants 04-29-2009 06:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Otter (Post 5726982)
It's the baby zombies that are going to be toughest to shoot. Not only because they're a smaller target either. The good news is that they could only reach your brain if your laying down taking a nap.
To be fair, they can always bite through your ankles, defooting you in the process at which point you fall down and get your brains eaten.

You - 0.
Baby Zombie - 1.

ToxSocks 04-29-2009 06:57 PM
Ahh, that mexican guy just yawned. Maybe this flu is part of the mexican plot to retake cali. I bet they've put all of there infected onto boats and they're on there way right now.
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RJ 04-29-2009 07:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Guru (Post 5726887)
:rolleyes::shake: You would be wrong. Especially on private schools.

My daughter goes to a private school. They have 7 days left. Schools let out early in the southwest, it's hot by May.

htismaqe 04-29-2009 07:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Otter (Post 5726982)
It's the baby zombies that are going to be toughest to shoot. Not only because they're a smaller target either. The good news is that they could only reach your brain if your laying down taking a nap.
ROFL


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