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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: Timmay on April 29, 2009, 06:48:16 AM
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Well I see that we ( the US) has had its first reported swine flu death. An infant from Texas died this morning. We also were informed that a student at Notre Dame has the infection. There are possibly about 30 other cases going to be confirmed this morning in Indiana.
I guess with all the "funny" music videos, songs, comic skits and the like will soon come to a halt. I guess it was all fun and games when it wasnt our country that was infected with. Now the tables have turned, its in Our back yards now. I didnt find the songs or comic skits funny at all.
Wake up people, get your heads out of your arses!
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There are possibly about 30 other cases going to be confirmed this morning in Indiana.
Timmmay, you're always the bearer of such good news.
Did you say Indiana? I thought this was local only to NYC, and restricted to a Catholic school, St. Francis Prep. Now you're saying it's infected the midwest.
Holy frijoles!
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yes it has started to spread. The CDC is suppose to be releasing a report within the next 2 hours. The out look doesnt look good. I think the biggest scare and concern is that people need to realize that if they arent feeling good, do not just put it off as the typical flu. Stay home and get medical assistance.
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Yes, this is not good. Let's remember all the people affected and especially those who have died irrespective of where they come from. And remember guys, hand hygiene can really help here. Wash your hands regularly and use anti bacterial gel. You can get pocket sized ones now. This bacteria can live on hard surfaces for up tom 24 hours outwith the human body. DID YOU WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER TOUCHING THAT TOILET DOOR HANDLE/HANDLING MONEY ETC.
AS TIMM SAYS, GET YOUR HEADS OUT YOUR ASSES AND PLAY IT SAFE
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In history class I remember hearing something about one of the past presidents making everyone get a swine flu vaccination, it cost millions of dollars but nothing happened. Now that people had probably forgot about it it comes roaring back.
Which leads me to another thing. I like exotic critters and all and many of them are banned. It is long so I will just make another topic about why pigs should be banned.
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In history class I remember hearing something about one of the past presidents making everyone get a swine flu vaccination, it cost millions of dollars but nothing happened. Now that people had probably forgot about it it comes roaring back.
Which leads me to another thing. I like exotic critters and all and many of them are banned. It is long so I will just make another topic about why pigs should be banned.
Oh but something did happen....... In 1976, 40 million Americans were vaccinated with the new Swine Flu vaccine. Approximately 1 in every 100,000 developed Guillame-Barre syndrome. A very serious affliction.
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In history class I remember hearing something about one of the past presidents making everyone get a swine flu vaccination, it cost millions of dollars but nothing happened. Now that people had probably forgot about it it comes roaring back.
Which leads me to another thing. I like exotic critters and all and many of them are banned. It is long so I will just make another topic about why pigs should be banned.
Oh but something did happen....... In 1976, 40 million Americans were vaccinated with the new Swine Flu vaccine. Approximately 1 in every 100,000 developed Guillame-Barre syndrome. A very serious affliction.
Wow I didnt know that. I meant that swine flu didnt even hit the US, well I am pretty sure. The bad thing about the swine flu is that it mutates so fast so when they get a vaccine for it then the flu might have already changed.
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Thousands of people die every single year from the flu that we all know and love. If you really want an education about what the Flu (influenza) can do just check out the Flu epedemic of 1919.
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Fear mongering at its finest.
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A friend of mine who has a background in science told me something that I found really alarming. I also checked this out with someone in the medical field. This new flu has components of swine, avian, and human flu combined which is what makes the virus "hostable" in the human body. In nature, components of differing species do not mix well. It is the reason that if a man has a pet pig that he really, REALLY, loves that, no matter what, they cannot procreate. The opinion, then, in some circles is that this new flu might be what is referred to as (wait for it!).........
BIO-TERRORISM.
I, for one, would really like to not believe this but the science behind the theory is apparently sound.
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There is a suspected case at the hospital in my hometown. It was on Atlanta news tonight
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I have a feeling this is going to be more wide spread by this coming weekend. You wait and see, everyone and everything will be shutting down to keep from spreading....
The US come to another "hault". Can we handle such a thing at this point in time? I dont think so, it is going to be a major blow to everything.
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In history class I remember hearing something about one of the past presidents making everyone get a swine flu vaccination, it cost millions of dollars but nothing happened. Now that people had probably forgot about it it comes roaring back.
Which leads me to another thing. I like exotic critters and all and many of them are banned. It is long so I will just make another topic about why pigs should be banned.
Oh but something did happen....... In 1976, 40 million Americans were vaccinated with the new Swine Flu vaccine. Approximately 1 in every 100,000 developed Guillame-Barre syndrome. A very serious affliction.
But they CDC wants 400 million dollars from the stimulus package to create a vaccine for it now??
Americans do need to get their head out their arse as Timmayy put it and control this government thats pissing away our money.... EARMARKS FOR SWINE!
Also, there is a SC school shutdown that had students return from Mexico, it was on the local news last night.
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While I do take this threat seriously and make sure to step up the hygiene, I do think the media might be blowing this out of proportion a bit.
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While I do take this threat seriously and make sure to step up the hygiene, I do think the media might be blowing this out of proportion a bit.
THANK YOU!!!! :o
my wife and her mom are worried about this whole thing, but i keep telling them to be smart and wash your hands, keep your hands out of your mouth etc etc and you should be fine. It seems like a lot of the victims that died from this disease were not in a pinnacle of health anyways (i.e. the 22 month-old baby that passed away in the US from the swine flu.) The regular influenza virus could have killed the baby too.
i think this is just getting blown waaay out of proportion. and it could not be at a worse time.
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I agree it is being blown out of proportion. I didnt realize that until after the fact that I put reflective plastic on my windows, sealed all air leaks and vents in our house. Even bought a new furnance that had an allergy filter on it. We have even installed a decontamination device at our doors at work and home for people who come and go. What a waste of money. Oh well. Oh and dont forget, dont let your kids eat dirt.
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I agree it is being blown out of proportion. I didnt realize that until after the fact that I put reflective plastic on my windows, sealed all air leaks and vents in our house. Even bought a new furnance that had an allergy filter on it. We have even installed a decontamination device at our doors at work and home for people who come and go. What a waste of money. Oh well. Oh and dont forget, dont let your kids eat dirt.
pff haha ;D
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Everybody needs to calm down. over 36,000 people die of the flu every year in the US alone. This is another strain of flu. So, we have 100 cases in the US and no one has died (the infant in TX was visiting from Mexico). There are 306,000,000 people in the US. Percentage wise, this is less important than your average flu season. Healthcare in other parts of the world is not as advanced as it is here. our standards are MUCH higher!
It's just a strain of flu. Flu spreads every year all over the world and never makes the news. Things are getting way out of hand. I'll bet that some senior administration officials who were recently under fire (and were getting calls to resign **cough janet napolitano **cough) are trying to justify their jobs by acting in "crisis mode" now.
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CALM DOWN! I am outraged...lol Dont tell me to calm down. It is my right. I want my mone back!
LOL
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I think what's freaking people out is the deaths in Mexico. The thing they don't realize is that the health conditions in Mexico and the health conditions in the US are completely different. I wouldn't be shocked if most of the deaths in Mexico were in someone with poor living conditions and inadequate health care.
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I think what's freaking people out is the deaths in Mexico. The thing they don't realize is that the health conditions in Mexico and the health conditions in the US are completely different. I wouldn't be shocked if most of the deaths in Mexico were in someone with poor living conditions and inadequate health care.
Amen to that.
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The rest of the world does not have the living conditions or health care standards that we have here in the US. I agree with Tyler, probably very poor relatively isolated parts of the country.
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The rest of the world does not have the living conditions or health care standards that we have here in the US. I agree with Tyler, probably very poor relatively isolated parts of the country.
I think there will be other parts of the world that have comparable (if not better) health care standards and living standards than the US.
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The rest of the world does not have the living conditions or health care standards that we have here in the US. I agree with Tyler, probably very poor relatively isolated parts of the country.
Forgetting Switzerland, Canada etc?
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There is a suspected case at the hospital in my hometown. It was on Atlanta news tonight
It was confirmed today. We have swine flu in here
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Let me clarify. I didn't mean to imply that the US was the ONLY place that has high standards.
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Let me clarify. I didn't mean to imply that the US was the ONLY place that has high standards.
Just buggin' yah dude :XX
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Let me clarify. I didn't mean to imply that the US was the ONLY place that has high standards.
Just buggin' yah dude :XX
Didn't take it personal. After re-reading it, I did sound rather crass.
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Is everyone else seeing the way the media is starting to calm down with this whole Swine Flu panic?
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Is everyone else seeing the way the media is starting to calm down with this whole Swine Flu panic?
I noticed that crude oil dropped a bit after the media coverage. I wonder if its going to go up again after this hysteria.
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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
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I believe your chances of winning the powerball lottery is greater than contracting "swine flu"
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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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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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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?
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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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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.