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Offline Aj  
#1 Posted : 28 April 2009 06:36:18(UTC)
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Whats ya thoughts peoplez? All gunna die? Just a load off bullshit? SPEAK TO MEEE
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#2 Posted : 28 April 2009 06:40:28(UTC)
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Jeffree Star, on Twitter, wrote:
the Swine Flu is SO glamorous!!!
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#3 Posted : 28 April 2009 06:43:03(UTC)
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If we all die, you are welcome to say I told you so.

But, the press has been going on about the economy so much, they need something new to sell. And suddenly, he's another influenza. I talk to doctors regularly (no, I'm not a headcase :P) and they'll all tell you that this is a classic example of the press blowing something completely out of proportion. Remember when we all died of bird flu? No, me neither.
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#4 Posted : 28 April 2009 06:45:15(UTC)
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no, I'm not a headcase :P

You really expect us to believe that? :P
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Offline old.gregg  
#5 Posted : 28 April 2009 06:48:46(UTC)
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bikz wrote:
old.gregg wrote:
no, I'm not a headcase :P

You really expect us to believe that? :P


No?

At least not any of you that know me personally!
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#6 Posted : 28 April 2009 07:28:57(UTC)
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old.gregg wrote:
If we all die, you are welcome to say I told you so.

But, the press has been going on about the economy so much, they need something new to sell. And suddenly, he's another influenza. I talk to doctors regularly (no, I'm not a headcase :P) and they'll all tell you that this is a classic example of the press blowing something completely out of proportion. Remember when we all died of bird flu? No, me neither.


This is a lot worse than birdflew. Now people can infect each other. I think its going out of hand.
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#7 Posted : 28 April 2009 11:08:00(UTC)
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If it is the end of the world the Jews & Muslims are RAGING.

And perhaps it is over-stepping my boundaries as a mere peon but perhaps it's worth moving this thread into Serious Debate to kick that baby off?

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Offline Raphaela  
#8 Posted : 28 April 2009 11:27:22(UTC)
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I haven't eaten pig on more than a year, if I get this flu the pigs are some unfair motherfuckers.
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#9 Posted : 28 April 2009 12:26:41(UTC)
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Its called Swine Influenza but it has nothing to do with swines, ive heard today on TV from a Dutch specialist.

Swine flu is a respiratory infection caused by influenza type A. It usually affects pigs, but can be passed to humans. This is a new strain, probably created when two older swine flu viruses infected the same pig in Mexico. These then swapped genes to create a fresh strain.
They dont have a vaccin. It will take three to six months to produce one.
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#10 Posted : 28 April 2009 12:32:38(UTC)
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Well, it's called swine flu because it orginates in pigs, so I think it's fair to say that it DOES have something to do with swines...

And yes, it's a new strain, because these are always mutating. We really have to panic when someone with human flu, or a cold, or something like that then gets this new strain of H1N1 and they get a chance to share RNA and then become something that can be spread from human to human much more virulently than is currently the case
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#11 Posted : 29 April 2009 01:36:36(UTC)
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Clearly we're not all going to die its not a virus that spreads that easily, pork is safe as long as its cooked properly and it cant be passed human to human so yes it will spread, no there wont be alot of deaths and im sure the hype will die down soon i think the whole situation being headline news has been taken all out of proportion and clearly the news channels and newspapers havent got much else to talk about.
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#12 Posted : 29 April 2009 02:08:55(UTC)
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#13 Posted : 29 April 2009 05:59:58(UTC)
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The last standings at the AD Dagblad of today.

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#14 Posted : 29 April 2009 19:24:54(UTC)
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i think it is possible and probably that within the next 25 years or so we will have a massive influenza outbreak, just look at the Spanish flu and what that did to the world... Does this mean that its going to be swine flu or bird flu that does it? i have no idea... Pigs are genetically close to Humans so it could jump in theory a lot easier than bird flu could. On the other side yes, the media need a new scare story now that everyone is getting used to the idea of a global recession. At the end of the day, if im dead in six months, then i wont care what killed me, just that im dead.
I hate it when people see me at the supermarket and they are like:
Hey, what are you doing here?
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#15 Posted : 30 April 2009 04:28:51(UTC)
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The last standings at the AD Dagblad of today.

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basically, that.

In the UK at least, a whole 14 odd suspected cases I think it is when I last checked? And only two confirmed. And something tells me this nation has possibly surpassed a fair few hundreds of thousands in the population mark...
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Offline old.gregg  
#16 Posted : 01 May 2009 03:51:27(UTC)
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The WHO raised the alert to phase 5 yesterday - meaning that a pandemic is said to be highly likely or "imminent" in 2 countries.

Scary stuff :P
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#17 Posted : 01 May 2009 05:04:08(UTC)
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Now 230 suspected cases, ooh dear...

No level 6 please, I want to finish my college year...
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#18 Posted : 01 May 2009 06:21:11(UTC)
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Raphaela wrote:
I haven't eaten pig on more than a year, if I get this flu the pigs are some unfair motherfuckers.


You cant actually catch it from eating pork! Its passed human to human not by pigs.
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Offline beefstew26  
#19 Posted : 01 May 2009 06:22:51(UTC)
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The first US casualty was in New York, my home state. I hope it doesn't get too bad. (Although it appears to already have)
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#20 Posted : 01 May 2009 08:05:26(UTC)
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beefstew26 wrote:
The first US casualty was in New York, my home state. I hope it doesn't get too bad. (Although it appears to already have)


Excuse me if the following statement looks like I'm against Mexico, it is not meant in that way.

Did you notice that the death was:
- 1. A young child, I think 4 years of age?
- 2. A Mexican?
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