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WHO declares swine flu pandemic

jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
edited June 2009 in A Moving Train
not a peep in the media that I've seen so far today. and my office plays CNN, CNBC, FOXB, and CSPAN. time to be concerned?

I didn't know this.."Thursday's declaration of a pandemic by the WHO made this the first flu pandemic in 41 years"


http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/11/sw ... index.html
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  • VINNY GOOMBAVINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,818
    I think Daltrey and Townsend should just stick to making music.
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
    I think Daltrey and Townsend should just stick to making music.


    for a split second I was like, what the fuck are you talking about :lol:
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    jlew24asu wrote:
    WHO declares swine flu pandemic

    I don't know
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  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    LOL o forget it!
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    CJMST3K wrote:
    jlew24asu wrote:
    WHO declares swine flu pandemic

    I don't know
    no swine flu is on first
  • VINNY GOOMBAVINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,818
    MEGATRON wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    jlew24asu wrote:
    WHO declares swine flu pandemic

    I don't know
    no swine flu is on first
    Avian's on second!
  • yahamitayahamita Posts: 1,514
    I did catch this on the new this am..How many confirmed dead?? Reason to start mandatory vaccinations???
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  • VINNY GOOMBAVINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,818
    yahamita wrote:
    I did catch this on the new this am..How many confirmed dead?? Reason to start mandatory vaccinations???

    I think I read 130 or so dead somewhere.

    This number is nowhere near the NEED for mandatory vaccinations, however I believe that we could be a media hype-storm away from people choosing to get pricked for their own safety.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    This is why we can never have universal health care.

    Because the media will scare millions of Americans into going to the doctor for no reason. The cost will sink the system.

    Heard a doctor on the radio today say during the earlier swine flu panic, he saw about a thousand patients who "thought they had swine flu." Of course, zero did. Most of them just had seasonal allergies.
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    slightofjeff wrote:
    This is why we can never have universal health care.

    Because the media will scare millions of Americans into going to the doctor for no reason. The cost will sink the system.

    Heard a doctor on the radio today say during the earlier swine flu panic, he saw about a thousand patients who "thought they had swine flu." Of course, zero did. Most of them just had seasonal allergies.

    How about $40 copay, and if you're not sick, $100 on top. :)
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    CJMST3K wrote:
    slightofjeff wrote:
    This is why we can never have universal health care.

    Because the media will scare millions of Americans into going to the doctor for no reason. The cost will sink the system.

    Heard a doctor on the radio today say during the earlier swine flu panic, he saw about a thousand patients who "thought they had swine flu." Of course, zero did. Most of them just had seasonal allergies.

    How about $40 copay, and if you're not sick, $100 on top. :)

    If you're not sick, they inject you with swine flu.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    slightofjeff wrote:
    CJMST3K wrote:
    slightofjeff wrote:
    This is why we can never have universal health care.

    Because the media will scare millions of Americans into going to the doctor for no reason. The cost will sink the system.

    Heard a doctor on the radio today say during the earlier swine flu panic, he saw about a thousand patients who "thought they had swine flu." Of course, zero did. Most of them just had seasonal allergies.

    How about $40 copay, and if you're not sick, $100 on top. :)

    If you're not sick, they inject you with swine flu.


    :lol::lol::lol: that'll keep 'em at bay!
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  • yahamitayahamita Posts: 1,514
    VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
    yahamita wrote:
    I did catch this on the new this am..How many confirmed dead?? Reason to start mandatory vaccinations???

    I think I read 130 or so dead somewhere.

    This number is nowhere near the NEED for mandatory vaccinations, however I believe that we could be a media hype-storm away from people choosing to get pricked for their own safety.
    130 out of how many billion??? Unreal..got your T5000 masks ready?
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Who delcares the Swine Flu?
    Some Chinese guy in China says, "Oink-chooo! i do declare!"
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  • AusticmanAusticman Posts: 1,327
    2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic devastates parts of Asia
    2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian racing
    2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic kills hundreds of people around the globe.

    Has any one else noticed this? ...

    It gets worse next year... 2010 - Chinese year of the Cock - what could possibly go wrong?
    I can't go the library anymore, everyone STINKS!!
  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
    yahamita wrote:
    I did catch this on the new this am..How many confirmed dead?? Reason to start mandatory vaccinations???

    I think I read 130 or so dead somewhere.

    This number is nowhere near the NEED for mandatory vaccinations, however I believe that we could be a media hype-storm away from people choosing to get pricked for their own safety.
    Something like 700 people die every week from the regular flu.. I don't get what's so bad about this one.
  • keeponrockinkeeponrockin Posts: 7,446
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
    yahamita wrote:
    I did catch this on the new this am..How many confirmed dead?? Reason to start mandatory vaccinations???

    I think I read 130 or so dead somewhere.

    This number is nowhere near the NEED for mandatory vaccinations, however I believe that we could be a media hype-storm away from people choosing to get pricked for their own safety.
    Something like 700 people die every week from the regular flu.. I don't get what's so bad about this one.
    +1
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  • AusticmanAusticman Posts: 1,327
    There was a Rugby League team doctor talking about it last night. A few players have been diagnosed and quarantined over the last week. He was saying that its just like a normal flu. There concern was that it was a new strain and they didn't know if average human being would have the anti bodies in their system to fight it. He was saying that it seems that they do but of course he didn't dismiss it as just a normal flu either.
    I can't go the library anymore, everyone STINKS!!
  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    Austicman wrote:
    2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic devastates parts of Asia
    2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian racing
    2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic kills hundreds of people around the globe.

    Has any one else noticed this? ...

    It gets worse next year... 2010 - Chinese year of the Cock - what could possibly go wrong?


    Ummmmmmm......where to begin with what is wrong with this?

    First of all, there is no year of the chicken.
    Second, the year of the horse was 2002
    Third, the year of the rooster(or cock if you want to be vulgar! :mrgreen: ) was 2005

    Unless of course you are being sarcastic, I don't know what to think!
  • NoKNoK Posts: 824
    Thorns2010 wrote:
    Austicman wrote:
    2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic devastates parts of Asia
    2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian racing
    2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic kills hundreds of people around the globe.

    Has any one else noticed this? ...

    It gets worse next year... 2010 - Chinese year of the Cock - what could possibly go wrong?


    Ummmmmmm......where to begin with what is wrong with this?

    First of all, there is no year of the chicken.
    Second, the year of the horse was 2002
    Third, the year of the rooster(or cock if you want to be vulgar! :mrgreen: ) was 2005

    Unless of course you are being sarcastic, I don't know what to think!

    Haha yah not even one was right

    2007: Pig
    2008: Rat
    2009: Ox

    It was still funny though..
  • Thoughts_ArriveThoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
    I think Daltrey and Townsend should just stick to making music.

    :lol:
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Austicman wrote:
    2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic devastates parts of Asia
    2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian racing
    2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic kills hundreds of people around the globe.

    Has any one else noticed this? ...

    It gets worse next year... 2010 - Chinese year of the Cock - what could possibly go wrong?

    Everybody gets an STD?
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • cincybearcatcincybearcat Posts: 16,500
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    VINNY GOOMBA wrote:
    yahamita wrote:
    I did catch this on the new this am..How many confirmed dead?? Reason to start mandatory vaccinations???

    I think I read 130 or so dead somewhere.

    This number is nowhere near the NEED for mandatory vaccinations, however I believe that we could be a media hype-storm away from people choosing to get pricked for their own safety.
    Something like 700 people die every week from the regular flu.. I don't get what's so bad about this one.


    Well, what was bad was that they didn't know what to expect...so they didn't know how bad it could be. Also, the majority of people effected are ages 5-25...with the second highest group those that are <5...so it is effecting a different population then most flus. BUt that being said, I think that they know understand that the effects of this flu are not more severe than the average flu. They are concerned however that it will come back in the fall and be more potent.
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  • yahamitayahamita Posts: 1,514
    Austicman wrote:
    2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic devastates parts of Asia
    2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian racing
    2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic kills hundreds of people around the globe.

    Has any one else noticed this? ...

    It gets worse next year... 2010 - Chinese year of the Cock - what could possibly go wrong?
    this is the best comment of the day!!
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  • yahamitayahamita Posts: 1,514
    http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/conten ... brids.html

    sounds like they already had a plan in mind...
    I knew all the rules, but the rules did not know me...GUARANTEED!

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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Austicman wrote:
    2007 - Chinese year of the Chicken - Bird Flu Pandemic devastates parts of Asia
    2008 - Chinese year of the Horse - Equine Influenza decimates Australian racing
    2009 - Chinese year of the Pig - Swine Flu Pandemic kills hundreds of people around the globe.

    Has any one else noticed this? ...

    It gets worse next year... 2010 - Chinese year of the Cock - what could possibly go wrong?

    Everybody gets an STD?

    hahaha :lol:
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