The Flu - Page 2

sweetwater · 01-25-2009, 06:42 PM

Whenever I hear "bird flu" I expect it to be followed by a preposition and then continue: Bird flu out the window. If I ever caught it I would probably die with that puzzled, anticipatory expression still on my face.

TheMercenary · 01-26-2009, 07:23 PM

Update: Virginia is getting hammered.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/WeeklyFluActivityMap.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

Beestie · 01-26-2009, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Update: Virginia is getting hammered.

Damn. Just what I don't need. Thanks for the head's up.

morethanpretty · 01-26-2009, 08:10 PM

My mother got a flu shot this year. She just came home with the flu. Hilarious.

wolf · 01-27-2009, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Update: Virginia is getting hammered.

Perhaps they ate the tainted peanut butter and just think they have the flu?

glatt · 01-27-2009, 08:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

Update: Virginia is getting hammered.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/WeeklyFluActivityMap.htm

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

Shit.

That map is worthless though. Virginia is a big state. I'm up near DC, I'm actually soaking in it right now, and DC has "sporadic" activity, so I assume that the Virginia widespread activity is elsewhere.

wolf · 01-27-2009, 09:00 AM

The Virginia concentration could be the result of commuters to DC. People go to the doctor near home, not near work, in most cases.

Undertoad · 01-27-2009, 09:05 AM

Alright, who coughed on the Inauguration crowd?

wolf · 01-27-2009, 11:46 AM

I was telling people that was the perfect setting to just send in a bunch of disease vectors ...

Griff · 01-29-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

The Virginia concentration could be the result of commuters to DC. People go to the doctor near home, not near work, in most cases.

...or we could admit the numbers are stacked.

Higher Virginia flu numbers explained
By Tammie Smith
Published: January 24, 2009

Virginia is the only state reporting widespread flu, according to a federal map that shows where flu is occurring.

But there might not necessarily be more sniffing and sneezing going on here than in other states. Virginia has switched to a more sensitive method of finding cases of flulike illness.

"I have no reason to think Virginia is experiencing more influenza right now than other states," said C. Diane Woolard, division director for surveillance and investigation at the Virginia Department of Health.

"I think the difference is really in how we collect the data. We have changed how we do flu surveillance in the last couple of years," Woolard said.

Perry Winkle · 01-29-2009, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

The Virginia concentration could be the result of commuters to DC. People go to the doctor near home, not near work, in most cases.

In my limited experience, people in the Northern Virginia/DC area tend to pick doctors near work. Otherwise you might never have time to actually get to the doctor between commuting and serving time for murdering people because of said commute.

TheMercenary · 02-02-2009, 07:31 PM

Things are progressing

I hope you all got your shots.

(see the map at the bottom of the link)

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

TheMercenary · 02-09-2009, 02:36 PM

Updated.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/

monster · 02-09-2009, 08:11 PM

Texas? Looks like Bushie must've taken it home with him....

TheMercenary · 02-20-2009, 06:51 PM

Update.

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/...ng-Recess.html

01-25-2009, 06:42 PM	#16
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	Whenever I hear "bird flu" I expect it to be followed by a preposition and then continue: Bird flu out the window. If I ever caught it I would probably die with that puzzled, anticipatory expression still on my face. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

01-26-2009, 07:23 PM	#17
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Update: Virginia is getting hammered. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/WeeklyFluActivityMap.htm http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/ __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

01-26-2009, 08:10 PM	#19
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	My mother got a flu shot this year. She just came home with the flu. Hilarious. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

01-27-2009, 09:00 AM	#22
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Virginia concentration could be the result of commuters to DC. People go to the doctor near home, not near work, in most cases. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-27-2009, 11:46 AM	#24
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I was telling people that was the perfect setting to just send in a bunch of disease vectors ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-27-2009, 09:05 AM	#23
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Alright, who coughed on the Inauguration crowd?

02-02-2009, 07:31 PM	#27
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Things are progressing I hope you all got your shots. (see the map at the bottom of the link) http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/ __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-09-2009, 02:36 PM	#28
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Updated. http://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/ __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-09-2009, 08:11 PM	#29
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Texas? Looks like Bushie must've taken it home with him.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-20-2009, 06:51 PM	#30
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Update. http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/...ng-Recess.html __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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