the swine flu.

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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    Call me what you like but i'm actually quite worried about this, but then, I have reason...

    The virus seems to be attacking otherwise healthy people between the age of 7 and 50 - I'm 25. I also have an immune system disorder. Now, When I get colds, I get them BAD. When I get the Flu, I'm in bed for two weeks minimum. This immune system disorder has nearly killed me once, just from the normal flu virus, so understandably, i'm rather worried about catching the mutated H1N1 virus.

    I'm not gonna panic though, I'm just going to take extra precautions with cleanliness and hygiene and stay away from anyone who coughs or sneezes. And if I develop flu like symptoms, I'll go to the quacks.
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  • orig_long red
    orig_long red Posts: 2,029
    I have Pacman Fever.
    Jam out with your clam out.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Arcticangel wrote:
    I'm a little worried... but that's just probably because we've been talking about pandemics in my Infectious Disease Ecology class... and it looks kind of ugly right now.
    It's not really a bad flu. Not to worry :)
    Allow me to rephrase that. It's not really a bad flu outside of Mexico...
  • Heatherj43
    Heatherj43 Posts: 1,254
    Is ther a vaccine? Years ago the swine flu came around, but I guess this one has the bird flu and some other flu that comes with it.
    I am worried about it.
    Save room for dessert!
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    Heatherj43 wrote:
    Is ther a vaccine? Years ago the swine flu came around, but I guess this one has the bird flu and some other flu that comes with it.
    I am worried about it.
    There is not.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Rygar wrote:
    Heatherj43 wrote:
    Is ther a vaccine? Years ago the swine flu came around, but I guess this one has the bird flu and some other flu that comes with it.
    I am worried about it.
    There is not.

    our government is telling us we have a vaccine and that we have stock of it to cope with any pandemic... :?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    dunkman wrote:
    Rygar wrote:
    Heatherj43 wrote:
    Is ther a vaccine? Years ago the swine flu came around, but I guess this one has the bird flu and some other flu that comes with it.
    I am worried about it.
    There is not.

    our government is telling us we have a vaccine and that we have stock of it to cope with any pandemic... :?
    Well it's a new strain of flu and to make a vaccine and stockpile it takes months, so maybe they just have a stockpile of red smarties?
  • GraySaturday
    GraySaturday Posts: 2,878
    My professor canceled class because she is too sick to come to campus, and she spent all winter quarter in Mexico..

    do you smell something piggy?
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    Rygar wrote:
    dunkman wrote:
    Rygar wrote:
    There is not.

    our government is telling us we have a vaccine and that we have stock of it to cope with any pandemic... :?
    Well it's a new strain of flu and to make a vaccine and stockpile it takes months, so maybe they just have a stockpile of red smarties?

    just going by the BBC website which reads

    "We have established a stockpile of enough anti-virals to treat more than 33m people, that is to say half of the UK population," he said.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8020222.stm
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    milarso wrote:
    It's not spring unless an infectious disease scare comes.
    Let's see- Bird flu, West Nile Virus, Hoof and Mouth disease, Mad Cow Disease.... list goes on and on...
    Anyone remember those swarms of killer bees that were making their way north? Still haven't seen any of those little fuckers...

    Exactly what I was thinking. Meanwhile, pharmaceutical companies will undoubtedly make a fortune off this panic.
  • Rygar
    Rygar Posts: 8,711
    dunkman wrote:
    Rygar wrote:
    dunkman wrote:

    our government is telling us we have a vaccine and that we have stock of it to cope with any pandemic... :?
    Well it's a new strain of flu and to make a vaccine and stockpile it takes months, so maybe they just have a stockpile of red smarties?

    just going by the BBC website which reads

    "We have established a stockpile of enough anti-virals to treat more than 33m people, that is to say half of the UK population," he said.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8020222.stm
    Interesting.
    The seasonal (or a seasonal) vaccine is the for the same type of flu, but it is my understanding that this is a new type, therefore the existing H1N1 vaccine is more or less useless.
    The article does mention Relenza - that and Tamiflu are two prescription drugs that some reports are saying are helpful in some way, so who knows.
  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    not sure if something like this has been posted, it's a map of the cases they are tracking ... feel free to move around the globe and check them all out.

    http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&ie ... 63&t=h&z=4
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  • Tom K
    Tom K Posts: 842
    I go to Shippensburg University in South Central, PA and we received an email that two students were being tested who attend the University for swine flu. I'm sure its just hysteria, but still kind of scary.
    I'm gone ..Long gone..This time I'm letting go of it all...So long...Cause this time I'm gone
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    are people really this fucking petty? it's a flu from pigs you jackass!! :roll:


    Israeli official: Swine flu name offensive

    Associated Press - April 27, 2009 10:53 AM ET

    JERUSALEM (AP) - An Israeli health official doesn't like the name swine flu and wants it changed to "Mexican" in deference to Jewish and Muslim sensitivities about pork.

    Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman tells a news conference the reference to pigs is offensive to both religions.

    Both Judaism and Islam consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products.

    Scientists, however, say there is nothing about the virus that makes it "Mexican" and worry such a label would be stigmatizing. They're unsure where the new swine flu virus originally emerged, though it was identified first in the United States.

    Two Israelis who recently visited Mexico have been hospitalized with symptoms of the flu. Health authorities have not yet confirmed whether they actually have the virus.

    http://www.wbay.com/Global/story.asp?S=10255490
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    2 kids a few towns over from are awaiting results. it's in lowell, mass. they vacationed in mexico :o

    http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/19 ... etail.html
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  • Prince Of Dorkness
    Prince Of Dorkness Posts: 3,763
    Meh.

    Not worried.

    I know that all the tinfoil hat people are saying that this is Obama starting his martial law thing... or killing undesirables... it's the Taliban attacking us...

    But no.. it's just another epidemic and yes.. some people will die. But I lived through two outbreaks of SARS in Toronto and I'm sure I'll live through this now that I live in LA.
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  • florence151
    florence151 Posts: 597
    I wonder, if travel restrictions are imposed due to the swine flu will PJ cancel the European Tour?
    Hold On
  • just tina
    just tina Posts: 277
    i am more worried now after hearing that the father of one of my son's classmates is a teacher at st. francis prep (the queens, ny school that had over 20 cases).
  • elvistheking44
    elvistheking44 Posts: 4,542
    The "regular" flu kills up to 30,000 people a year worldwide. When this flu kills that many in less than a year I will be worried.
  • Poncier
    Poncier Posts: 17,894
    milarso wrote:
    Anyone remember those swarms of killer bees that were making their way north? Still haven't seen any of those little fuckers...
    Perhaps you've forgotten this

    And this, you don't want none of this!
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