Swine Flu, possible Pandemic?

[JayL]

1 year old, and I think it was a boy, no?

It's Tamiflu by the way.

[NeBizzenzuelleEne]

There are many better things to worry about.

[Malcolm]

There are many better things to worry about.

Better things.. Not really. This could cause millions of lives if not prevetend and if spread. It's a freaking pandemic!

[tiderman]

The name is strange, since you can't actually catch it from eating Pork, and pigs don't "catch it".

Hey, we gotta blame something, right?

[Brains]

There is no cure/vaccine for Mexican flu. If there was those 153+- people from Mexico wouldn't die. There are only anti-viral medicines like Tamiflu, Relenza which can only help in reducing symptoms of flu and possible recovering.

Hey, we gotta blame something, right?

Blame those who released it from the labs and we know very well who and which country did that, since it is impossible that this virus was created in a 'natural' way.

[tiderman]

Blame those who released it from the labs and we know very well who and which country did that, since it is impossible that this virus was created in the 'natural' way.

Yeah, they even made a video about it from 2006 or something. Saw it on youtube. Some serialkiller-looking scientist was fooling around with the 1918 flu virus and wanted to mix it with some other shit, the bird flu I think. Sometimes I have no hope in humanity, you know? I mean it's just batshit crazy. Why we "blame" it on the pigs is because that's the way humans always been.. Like if you spilled water on the floor in school and your teacher asked who did this; you'll blame it on someone (or something) els. It's just in our nature I think..

[JayL]

Blame those who released it from the labs and we know very well who and which country did that, since it is impossible that this virus was created in the 'natural' way.

I don't want to offend but, really, 100% true. Many viruses were created in labs but they said it was because of a 'change'... Just like the HIV thing, they found the cure for it, and now they spread a new virus to screw everything up again.

[Altair_Carter]

Hm.....this is getting more and more interesting...Reminds of epidemy of Anthrax virus in Sverdlovsk in 1979. The virus got leaked because filter wasn't installed, and laborant turned equipment, without knowledge of non-installed filter, so millions spores of anthrax went into atmosphere....
More about Anthrax.
More about leak

[Matthew_Cipricla]

The anti viral medicine seems to work ok. And the scientists down at CDC are 1/3 way of making a vaccine for it.  :poke: Supposedley the vaccine will come out next month.

[EliteTerm]

On April 28, the US suffered its first confirmed death of swine flu in Texas, a 23 months old baby.

On April 29, WHO raised the pandemic alert level to five, the second-highest level, indicating that a pandemic is "imminent". Human-to-human transmission cases have been recorded in multiple regions. In Spain, officials confirmed the first case of an infection in a person who had not travelled to Mexico.


The government ordered the mass slaughter of all pigs in Egypt.



Ah shit, I just found out that Arizona, United States (I live in the state) has confirmed case of Swine Flu.

[Matthew_Cipricla]

That is horrible....about that baby..... I say Mexico does what Egypt does. It seems that it would help some what.

[Dave]

On April 28, the US suffered its first confirmed death of swine flu in Texas, a 23 months old baby.

On April 29, WHO raised the pandemic alert level to five, the second-highest level, indicating that a pandemic is "imminent". Human-to-human transmission cases have been recorded in multiple regions. In Spain, officials confirmed the first case of an infection in a person who had not travelled to Mexico.


The government ordered the mass slaughter of all pigs in Egypt.



Ah shit, I just found out that Arizona, United States (I live in the state) has confirmed case of Swine Flu.

You're state has it? It's 40 miles down the road from me right now. Thats worse than it just being in a state.

[Dogmatic]

It's in another school in Queens called St. Francis Prep. I hope it doesn't spread to my school but I'm sure it will, and even if it does it it's unlikely anyone with sufficient care will die.

Also LOL @ some of the things said in this thread, seriously, do some research.

[cumbia_chorra]

Swine flu is on stage 5 now, if it reaches stage 6, all countries will have to be aislated.

April 27/09 Stage 3 ---> April 28/09 Stage 4 ---> April 29/09 Stage 5.

It will be a Pandemia...

[Hustle]

The baby died in Houston, my town and there closing schools downs like crazy here cause another girl got it and shit its crazy here.