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Apollo 04-27-2009 08:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Bullitt (Post 560673)
Next come the zombies.. you all just wait and see.
:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool: :magnum:
True that. It's gonna be crazy. :rattat:

Kitsune 04-27-2009 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by tw (Post 560593)
Apparently you are reading too much fear into it. A disease that can cause a pandemic has been detected. You and everyone around you should know that - nothing more. Nobody is hyping it into fear.
OMG teh 1918 economies!

Well, kind of. Honestly, I haven't seen the media freaking out like I thought they would. Most everyone is actually pretty restrained with only the typical survivalists hyping it up and spreading crazy rumors/conspiracies. So far, so good.

Kudos to the CDC and WHO for being on top of this. I wouldn't have expected as fast a response, nor updates as quick as they are coming in. It isn't possible to isolate this kind of disease, but the precautions being taken, including readying stocks of antivirals, is pretty impressive in this short amount of time. The avian flu panic was actually good for something!

morethanpretty 04-27-2009 10:38 AM
Just got an email warning at work:

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The Department of Homeland Security and Center for Disease Control (CDC) have issued a Public Health Advisory in response to a number of cases of swine flu reported in Texas, Ohio, New York and California which originated from Mexico. This email is directed to all U.S. employees, but particularly to employees who participated in our Sales Conference last week in Dallas, where a number of cases are currently being tracked.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/habit...u_outbreak_003
I live in and work near Dallas BTW. I'm not freaking, I don't go out, but if I was a socializer, I think right now I would not be so much. Really all the suggestions are what a person should be doing normal to avoid any sickness.

RFN my major disease paranoia is about flesh-eating bacteria. Why? Well, a friend of my mom's went to the hospital the other week with flu-like symptoms and the whole damn time she is telling the staff that there is an odd rash on her arm that needs to be checked out. The staff refused to call the doctor in to look at her for a rash (WTH?!) and by the next morning the skin on her whole arm was laid open from the flesh-eating bacteria its turns out that she had.

Shawnee123 04-27-2009 10:40 AM
As far as I can tell, there is one Ohio boy with a confirmed case, in the Cleveland area, and he and his family had recently been to Mexico.

sugarpop 04-27-2009 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by morethanpretty (Post 560733)
Just got an email warning at work:



I live in and work near Dallas BTW. I'm not freaking, I don't go out, but if I was a socializer, I think right now I would not be so much. Really all the suggestions are what a person should be doing normal to avoid any sickness.

RFN my major disease paranoia is about flesh-eating bacteria. Why? Well, a friend of my mom's went to the hospital the other week with flu-like symptoms and the whole damn time she is telling the staff that there is an odd rash on her arm that needs to be checked out. The staff refused to call the doctor in to look at her for a rash (WTH?!) and by the next morning the skin on her whole arm was laid open from the flesh-eating bacteria its turns out that she had.
Well that sounds like a lawsuit to me. Stupid ass hospital staff. Don't they know they can be sued for refusing treatment?

sugarpop 04-27-2009 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Kitsune (Post 560723)
OMG teh 1918 economies!

Well, kind of. Honestly, I haven't seen the media freaking out like I thought they would. Most everyone is actually pretty restrained with only the typical survivalists hyping it up and spreading crazy rumors/conspiracies. So far, so good.

Kudos to the CDC and WHO for being on top of this. I wouldn't have expected as fast a response, nor updates as quick as they are coming in. It isn't possible to isolate this kind of disease, but the precautions being taken, including readying stocks of antivirals, is pretty impressive in this short amount of time. The avian flu panic was actually good for something!
When Janet Napolitano went on TV to issue the warning, she was sure to use language that wouldn't panic people. I respect her for that. She said, this is just to release the antiviral meds, in case we need them. Nothing to be concerned about at the moment, but, IF you get flu-like symptoms, especially with a fever, you should go to the doctor, just to be sure, and if you're sick, stay your ass home from work or school. :D

Kitsune 04-27-2009 02:21 PM
Drew Curtis of Fark has a great summary of media panic on this.

My current bet on why no one in the US has died or had a severe reaction, yet: the air quality in Mexico City is bad enough to cause lethal complications with anyone who has a case of the sniffles. Pneumonia is not difficult to develop when you're inhaling air as thick as soup.

dar512 04-27-2009 03:03 PM
A school in California has closed because a student has mild flu symptoms - until lab results show whether it's swinish or not.

Pie 04-27-2009 03:33 PM
...but does it taste like bacon? :yum:

wolf 04-27-2009 04:59 PM
Working in a hospital, I tend to worry about this kind of thing more than most people, especially given that my hospital is a non-medical one.

We were talking about this a little today, and I recalled back when I was in high school, when a bunch of people died from receiving the swine flu vaccine.

ZenGum 04-27-2009 08:25 PM
I think it has been said before, but it is worth repeating: just because someone dies with the disease, doesn't mean they died because of the disease. Kitsune's point about complicating factors is a very good one.

jinx 04-27-2009 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by wolf (Post 560825)

We were talking about this a little today, and I recalled back when I was in high school, when a bunch of people died from receiving the swine flu vaccine.
Yeah, from Guillian Barre - which is eerily similar to polio btw....

morethanpretty 04-27-2009 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by wolf (Post 560825)
We were talking about this a little today, and I recalled back when I was in high school, when a bunch of people died from receiving the swine flu vaccine.
My dad was telling me about that. He said one person died from the swine flu, so legislation was rushed through to force drug companies to make and distribute the vaccine. Then the vaccine killed several people itself and caused neurological damage in others. Thats what he said about it atleast.

morethanpretty 04-27-2009 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by sugarpop (Post 560785)
Well that sounds like a lawsuit to me. Stupid ass hospital staff. Don't they know they can be sued for refusing treatment?
The family took pictures of the progression the whole night. I do believe a lawsuit is in the works, and deservedly so.

Aliantha 04-27-2009 11:46 PM
In Australia authorities are executing pandemic procedures at our boarders, which is mainly at international airports. They're quaranteening and then testing anyone coming into the country with flu like symptoms. Apparently the number being tested is quite high.

I ask you, who doesn't look and feel like shit after an international flight to Australia? We're a long way from pretty much anywhere.


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