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#30 by wpruitt on 03 May, 2009 20:24
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Is everyone else seeing the way the media is starting to calm down with this whole Swine Flu panic?
It's going to be just like the "Swine Flu Pandemic" of 1976 -
#31 by cleaner on 03 May, 2009 23:09
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I believe your chances of winning the powerball lottery is greater than contracting "swine flu"
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#32 by Dome of Steele on 04 May, 2009 01:31
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Between this and the gang violence, I'd bet I can get some cheap tickets to Mexico on a beach in a place where they bring you little drinks with an umbrella in them. As long as I keep my immune system strong.
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#33 by Vash on 04 May, 2009 04:48
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So far "Swine Flu" has a less than 1% mortality rate and is far LESS deadly than the 1918 outbreak of a quite similar Influenza strain.
The U.S. racks up about 35,000 deaths per year due to "Influenza" which covers all known permutations from year to year.
"The normal seasonal influenza is a huge public health problem that kills tens of thousands of people in the U.S. alone and hundreds of thousands around the world," said Dr. Christopher Olsen, a molecular virologist who studies swine flu at the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine in Madison. - Interview by Karen Kaplan and Alan Zarembo, April 30, 2009, L.A. Times
"Swine Flu" is just the name given to one strain of the illness. each year several new strains surface. They've simply slapped a name on this one and are giving it tons of media coverage.
That's not to say that ANY illness that takes lives isn't awful and something to be careful of. Let's just not lose our heads over it, that's all.
Just sayin
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#34 by buddha on 04 May, 2009 06:28
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I noticed that crude oil dropped a bit after the media coverage. I wonder if its going to go up again after this hysteria.
That's odd because the price of gas in the northwoods just went up 9 cents in 2 days. Hmmmmmmm? -
#35 by Mikekoz13 on 04 May, 2009 06:34
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My friend that is a registered nurse was on my golf trip last week. I asked him.... "Real or hype?". He said it's way more hype than bite.
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#36 by Paul on 04 May, 2009 08:42
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It's nuts here in Northern Illinois right now. They are sending kids home from our high school for coughing and having a headache. In fact, the powers that be are meeting right now to decide whether they are closing our school or not because ONE kid came down with the flu.