Swine Flu
04-27-2009, 11:32 AM
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Yeah unfortunately its a coin flip. The first strains of the 1918 flu were later found to originate in Kansas. They were so mild that the local physicians refused to believe that it could be influenza. After that stain mutated for a bit and traveled around with U.S Soldiers, it became very nasty. It was so aggressive that physicians again refused to believe that it was influenza, because of how deadly it was.
04-27-2009, 11:37 AM
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that's what happened 
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04-29-2009, 01:32 PM
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The World Health Organization raised the swine flu alert to level five Wednesday indicating it fears a pandemic is imminent.
I don't think they would be doing this to stir the pot or create hype. This is much more serious then previous threats of other diseases.
An Air France crew today refused to do a trip to Mexico.
And if this does continue to get out of hand, it will, and is already creating panic. Surely the airlines will suffer further because of this. Especially AeroMexico.
I don't think they would be doing this to stir the pot or create hype. This is much more serious then previous threats of other diseases.
An Air France crew today refused to do a trip to Mexico.
And if this does continue to get out of hand, it will, and is already creating panic. Surely the airlines will suffer further because of this. Especially AeroMexico.
04-29-2009, 01:38 PM
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how do they declare this as a pending pandemic? This has nothing on the standard Flu that happens to 1/4 of all Americans every year. there is a lot of Hype with this. The media is spreading fear so they can boost their viewership.
04-29-2009, 01:42 PM
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150 cases in 11 countries confirmed. About 2500 suspected cases as of now according to CNN. About 150 dead and a vast majority of those are in Mexico. The one death in the US was a Mexican boy that was already sick when he came here.
Normal flu kills about 30,000 in the US alone every year. 250,000-500,000 worldwide.
This has a long way to go before it's that bad. Superpilot has it right. Media Hype. Just like SARS (that was an epidemic that killed about 700 in one of the most densely populated parts of the world), West Nile, and Bird Flu. Remember those?
Normal flu kills about 30,000 in the US alone every year. 250,000-500,000 worldwide.
This has a long way to go before it's that bad. Superpilot has it right. Media Hype. Just like SARS (that was an epidemic that killed about 700 in one of the most densely populated parts of the world), West Nile, and Bird Flu. Remember those?
04-29-2009, 01:44 PM
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150 cases in 11 countries confirmed. About 2500 suspected cases as of now according to CNN. About 150 dead and a vast majority of those are in Mexico. The one death in the US was a Mexican boy that was already sick when he came here.
Normal flu kills about 30,000 in the US alone every year. 250,000-500,000 worldwide.
This has a long way to go before it's that bad. Superpilot has it right. Media Hype. Just like SARS (that was an epidemic that killed about 700 in one of the most densely populated parts of the world), West Nile, and Bird Flu.
Normal flu kills about 30,000 in the US alone every year. 250,000-500,000 worldwide.
This has a long way to go before it's that bad. Superpilot has it right. Media Hype. Just like SARS (that was an epidemic that killed about 700 in one of the most densely populated parts of the world), West Nile, and Bird Flu.
04-29-2009, 01:49 PM
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Then why is the WHO making such a big deal of this raising a pandemic threat level to a 5 on a 6 point scale. That is quite significant.
I understand the media wanting to get ratings, but the WHO is not the media.
I am somewhat on the fence about the severity of this, and what you guys say makes sense. But I just wonder why this is such a big event with the WHO. Maybe they are just trying to cover their ass just in case.
I understand the media wanting to get ratings, but the WHO is not the media.
I am somewhat on the fence about the severity of this, and what you guys say makes sense. But I just wonder why this is such a big event with the WHO. Maybe they are just trying to cover their ass just in case.
04-29-2009, 02:12 PM
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Then why is the WHO making such a big deal of this raising a pandemic threat level to a 5 on a 6 point scale. That is quite significant.
I understand the media wanting to get ratings, but the WHO is not the media.
I am somewhat on the fence about the severity of this, and what you guys say makes sense. But I just wonder why this is such a big event with the WHO. Maybe they are just trying to cover their ass just in case.
I understand the media wanting to get ratings, but the WHO is not the media.
I am somewhat on the fence about the severity of this, and what you guys say makes sense. But I just wonder why this is such a big event with the WHO. Maybe they are just trying to cover their ass just in case.
Look at the symptoms and the facts. The facts are that most people who get this recover without meds or treatment. About 1/4 people get the flu every year and the majority dont die. People who die of the flu typically are in poor health before they got the flu and most have respiratory problems prior. Its not flu season so that one of the big differences in this and the standard flu. People get scared of things they dont know about and to most the "swine flu" is a Killer per the Media and its not anymore of a killer as of yet than the normal flu we all know about.
