Swine flu

[Uzor]

I've been wondering for some time why the fuck everyone is freaking out so much.

I mean, 80 deaths (which hasn't even been confirmed if it was the swine flu that killed them in the first place) in Mexico, OMG, we're all gonna die!

Seriously. More people die from falling out of their beds every day. The media makes it sound like if you touch someone you're guaranteed to die. No where have they mentioned (that I have seen) how many people in Mexico has actually got the swine flu in the first place, only how many has died.

I mean, this would be like saying we need to ban cars because over 100,000 people died from car accidents last year, without considering how many people actually rode a car last year, which I can guarantee is well over 100,000 people.

For example, every year over 20,000 people die from the flu every year. Over 40,000 people die in car accidents in the US every year, over 3 million people are injured from car accidents every year.

In comparison, more than 20,000 people were killed by the flu, while only 15,000 were murdered in the US. Hell, every year around 90 or so people die from getting struck by lightning every year. That's more people than have died in the Swine Flu.

In the past 20 years, there has been over 8,1 billion airline travels in the US, and only 2301 deaths, and yet there are a lot of people that panic when they're about to enter an airplane, even though you are more likely to die as a result of the flu.

My point is, stop believing all the shit the media spouts. They are drama queens and exaggerate stuff to make it sound more serious then it really is.

Remember a few years ago with the whole Anthrax threats and the supposed Anthrax epidemic the media talked about? Yeah, only 5 people has ever died by Anthrax in the US in the last 40 or so years.

 

[Tok]

oh shit bird flu!! no wait mad cow disease!! uhh...west nyle virus!!! swine flu??!!?!? holy fuck we are alllllllllllllllll gonna die!!!!

seriously, this is not 'mother earth' tryin to get rid of the pimples on her face

she does that with natural disasters like hurricanes and tsunamis

this is just another bullshit disease that is supposed to be the bane of mankind

i'm just gonna start pairing animals with the word flu or disease or virus and see how many people i can scare

 

[Reya]

I am not concerned with this piggy flu and here is why.

Reason 1: Deaths resulting due to the flu are mostly due to the person being infected is already suffering some kind of other illness. Their immune system is already compromised, which makes the person more susceptible to symptoms resulting in death. These people can also become easily dehydrated and do not consume treated water.

Reason 2: I live in the United States. The mortality rate for flu deaths is very low here, something like 1-3%. Majority of people who die from the flu devolope pneumonia and ultimately die from that.

Reason 3: The economy is shit right now and the media with propoganda, is trying to cash in on this maybe epidemic. An easy way to cash in and take advantage of people is through fear.

I'm skeptical when it comes to this new flu. Guess we will see what the future leads, but as of right now, I'm still going to keep doing what I am doing and travel as much as I am now. Being stationed in Texas coming up next week, yee-haw!!

 

[Makelith]

Inb4caninefluepidemic.

 

[Grandphoenix]

I am not concerned with this piggy flu and here is why.

Reason 1: Deaths resulting due to the flu are mostly due to the person being infected is already suffering some kind of other illness. Their immune system is already compromised, which makes the person more susceptible to symptoms resulting in death. These people can also become easily dehydrated and do not consume treated water.

Reason 2: I live in the United States. The mortality rate for flu deaths is very low here, something like 1-3%. Majority of people who die from the flu devolope pneumonia and ultimately die from that.

Reason 3: The economy is shit right now and the media with propoganda, is trying to cash in on this maybe epidemic. An easy way to cash in and take advantage of people is through fear.

I'm skeptical when it comes to this new flu. Guess we will see what the future leads, but as of right now, I'm still going to keep doing what I am doing and travel as much as I am now. Being stationed in Texas coming up next week, yee-haw!!

I'm in texas don't bring the piggy flu to me D;

 

[Mirewen]

The cases in Mexico have horrible symptoms and respiratory shut down (which oddly enough, resemble SARS), in Canada and America it just resembles the common flu. Still a bitch to get, but nothing to become a shut-in over.

 

[Reya]

BEWARE THE PIGGY FLU

 

[Uzor]

The cases in Mexico have horrible symptoms and respiratory shut down (which oddly enough, resemble SARS), in Canada and America it just resembles the common flu. Still a bitch to get, but nothing to become a shut-in over.

Exactly, which is why I said the deaths in Mexico hasn't been confirmed to actually be due to the flu itself.

Mexico is a lot different from the states. People are poorer, don't have the same hygiene, etc.

 

[Dancingweapon]

This don't sound any worse from than killer man flu I had a few months back.

 

[Zephayra]

Piggy flu everywhere else (exluded Mexico) has all had mild symptoms and everyone is recovering, without the help of anti-virals. The health officials here in Canada are advising not to use antibiotics over such a mild case, so they do not become relisiant to these drugs and becomes a dun dun dun....Superbug!

That being said, this flu is sensitive to two anti-viral antibiotics should there be more severe cases.

 

[Raesvelg]

The flu will probably never reach the sort of epidemic status it attained in the past for a variety of reasons, not least of which are improvements in our abilities to treat the symptoms of the disease even when we cannot fully address the cause of the disease.

Media likes to scare people. Remember SARS?

 

[JP]

oh shit bird flu!! no wait mad cow disease!!

Fuck Mad Cow disease. I didn't even know cows had emotions. I don't give a fuck about how the cow is feeling. I just want a damn number 7.

Someone asked me where did Swine Flu even come from today. I told them "Well swine is pigs, so you guess. And if these fucking farmers would stop getting so damn bored and start fucking their pigs, we would have this problem."

 

[Zephayra]

The flu will probably never reach the sort of epidemic status it attained in the past for a variety of reasons, not least of which are improvements in our abilities to treat the symptoms of the disease even when we cannot fully address the cause of the disease.

Media likes to scare people. Remember SARS?

I think its funny that when SARS hit Canada (though it was pretty much contained in Toronto), other countries were regularly reporting "Do not travel to Canada". Now that there's an epidemic in Mexico, our government which was black balled by other countries during our stint hasn't done the same thing by putting up a travel advistory to stay away from Mexico.

So far I think only the USA has said this, but a rep from CDC says its unncessary (I disagree).

I've had a headache and feeling like bluh lately too JP..But I am pretty sure its not swine flu lol.

 

[Mirewen]

CRISIS AVERTED EVERYONE GO HOME! :dur: <-- alright first I can't use :awesome: now :dur: is gone. What pissant did this? >.<

 

[Tyrath]

I don't know, where are all the good smiles?! :think:

 

[JP]

I've had a headache and feeling like bluh lately too JP..But I am pretty sure its not swine flu lol.

I've had a headache, a sore throat for the past 3 days, and a dry cough. 3 signs of Piggy Fuck Flu.

 

[Tyrath]

I've had a headache, a sore throat for the past 3 days, and a dry cough. 3 signs of Piggy Fuck Flu.

My friend next doors and I have the same thing. Except for the headache, I never get headaches, ever.

I guess one of these days we're all just gonna wake up and be mindless zombies or something. Oh noez.

 

[Myrrh]

I've had a headache, a sore throat for the past 3 days, and a dry cough. 3 signs of Piggy Fuck Flu.

Then I've had the swine flu for the past 6 years.

 

[Aaleel]

Man in China they're scanning people coming through the airport, checking their body heat, and anyone with a fever gets pulled aside for additional tests and maybe quarantined, OUCH. I guess after the Sars thing they aren't taking chances.

 

[Alyada]

This ladies and gentlemen is mother earth fighting back yet again. It'll continue to happen and just grow stronger and more lethal. The more vaccines and antibiotics we produce the worse this will get.

I'm not spiritual, nor am I religious.. but I am superstitious and I do believe in karma. This earth is a living being and she's trying to get rid of her plague.. us.

Although reading up on super-strains is a bit unnerving.. I won't concern myself with it. Live life.




For as long as you have it.

Oh shut up. You believe the world wants to kill you? Then let it and rid us of your annoying proclamations of Mother Earth, karma, and spiritualistic bullshit. Science is science. We evolved to a point where we are the dominant species on the planet. Something else is going to evolve to the point where it will become the dominant species of the planet, ousting us.

I think the bad grammar in your Twilight series is calling you.

I'm not worried, because well... America seems to like to 'freak out' with things like killer bees, mad cow, bird flu, now what? A fucking pig flu?

I do agree, with every disease that comes forward that we get rid of, another more powerful one comes forward. But seriously... the propaganda of fear tactics is getting old. Next thing you know they will be telling us that there really is a Boogyman in your closet!!!!

As a stupid idiotic nation, we tend to be pretty stupid and idiotic.

I disagree. There is an abundant supply of weapons to battle this deadly porcine virus, many provided to us by the very incubators of this terrible disease...

For example...

The BA-K-47.

On a more serious note, realistically, this is a fairly minimal threat.

Thank you for being the only voice of reason on this forum, Rae.