Swine Flu!!!!!

[scottwvu]

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Discuss.....

[scottwvu]

If you like to freak out, read Stephen King's The Stand, then read or watch CNN.....:eek:

[Mxjunkie]

I guess we outta bust out the surgeon masks :p

[JForestZ34]

I just hope I don't get it being that I'm unemployed


James

[<DRS>GPF]

doesnt bother me as much as this: http://www.governmentsecurity.org/SecurityHackingNews/3_Vials_Of_Virus_Samples_Missing_From_Maryland_Fac ility

why is the media so quiet on this?


there was also 4tons of fertilizer stolen recently.. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/01/AR2009030102402_pf.html

not alot of coverage there either..

[Pappy]

I take this stuff pretty serious. In 2005, they all but said i had teh Bird Flu....but my Disease Specialist would not come out and say it but wouldnt tell me no when I pressed the question. She stated that this country will one day see a pandemic that kills hundreds of thousands and she blamed it on illigal immigrants who come in here without inoculations etc. and on visa holders that are not properly screened.

My family was told to start making arrangements for me...thats about as close as Id like to come to dying......so they better do something about all this crap:ermm:

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by <DRS>GPF
doesnt bother me as much as this: http://www.governmentsecurity.org/SecurityHackingNews/3_Vials_Of_Virus_Samples_Missing_From_Maryland_Fac ility

why is the media so quiet on this?


there was also 4tons of fertilizer stolen recently.. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/01/AR2009030102402_pf.html

not alot of coverage there either..

Maybe they were concerned on putting a panic into us all.

But then again, they sometimes seem to thrive on that at times too .:ermm:

This all is some serious stuff !! :eek2: Def. scary

[PhilMoore]

It is human nature to worry about stuff.

People get off on making others worry. Also, there are political benefits to keeping the populace in a state of unease.

Just wash your hands, and stop picking your nose. I know it is hard to resist the pick, but anyone gets sick, it is because they are a nose picker. :D If you visit an arid country that does not have Kleenex, be especially careful, because you know they are all picking.

[gcart2]

Originally posted by PhilMoore
It is human nature to worry about stuff.

People get off on making others worry. Also, there are political benefits to keeping the populace in a state of unease.

Just wash your hands, and stop picking your nose. I know it is hard to resist the pick, but anyone gets sick, it is because they are a nose picker. :D If you visit an arid country that does not have Kleenex, be especially careful, because you know they are all picking.

yea.

its nice knowing i live right next to one of the largest tourist attractions in america. (disney world). and since people from all over the world visit there daily i think if we have a national breakout it will without a doubt spread from there too. :scary:

[Chit]

Originally posted by gcart2
yea.

its nice knowing i live right next to one of the largest tourist attractions in america. (disney world). and since people from all over the world visit there daily i think if we have a national breakout it will without a doubt spread from there too. :scary:


So it is true....


Disney= Destroyer of our futures.

Orlando = fail lol if i'm going to the East coast I try to avoid Orlando even if it takes more time. Traffic is a beotch and theres so many damn people that have no idea where they are going. If it helps out the state i'm down just keep it away from my house.

[byrdman37876]

this could be a very bad day for humanity :(

[JOEX]

Originally posted by gcart2
yea.

its nice knowing i live right next to one of the largest tourist attractions in america. (disney world). and since people from all over the world visit there daily i think if we have a national breakout it will without a doubt spread from there too. :scary:
It's a small world after all........:eek:

[<DRS>GPF]

Originally posted by <DRS>GPF
doesnt bother me as much as this: http://www.governmentsecurity.org/SecurityHackingNews/3_Vials_Of_Virus_Samples_Missing_From_Maryland_Fac ility

why is the media so quiet on this?


there was also 4tons of fertilizer stolen recently.. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/01/AR2009030102402_pf.html

not alot of coverage there either..


hmm... the first link hosed up, but here's the story on CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/missing.virus.sample/index.html
3 vials of a virus were stolen..
"The vials contained samples of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, a virus that sickens horses and can be spread to humans by mosquitoes. In 97 percent of cases, humans with the virus suffer flu-like symptoms, but it can be deadly in about 1 out of 100 cases, "

[Quad18star]

Seems kind of similar to SARS , doesn't it?? I remember when SARS hit Toronto a few years back , it was scary.

[scottwvu]

Originally posted by <DRS>GPF
hmm... the first link hosed up, but here's the story on CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/missing.virus.sample/index.html
3 vials of a virus were stolen..
"The vials contained samples of Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis, a virus that sickens horses and can be spread to humans by mosquitoes. In 97 percent of cases, humans with the virus suffer flu-like symptoms, but it can be deadly in about 1 out of 100 cases, "

In "The Stand", this is sorta how the killer virus gets out- it was the Army's fault.

No really, I had the flu back in December. I was one sick mofo. I have never been that sick in my life. I have read detailed descriptions of the symptoms that swine flu causes, and they seem mild to what I had to deal with.

The scary part about NEW flu viruses is that in healthy adults (NOT the very young or very old) our own immune systems kill us. The body over-reacts and causes EXTREME high fever, EXCESS fluid in the lungs (pneumonia) ect. The Spanish influenza outbreak was notorious for killing otherwise healthy middle-aged adults. Many people think that was REALLY what caused the end of World War I. The flu was decimating armies at a devestating rate (faster than what the enemy was).

HOWEVER, I work in the medical field and can tell you this much....never in the history of time have we had the AMAZING medical technology that we have today (Take TAMIFLU for example-it takes away the flu's ability to re-produce in the body) and they have already found the "flu base" of the swine flu (which is the main step in formulating a vaccine). It will only be a couple of months before the vaccine will be ready for mass production.

How's that old saying go- "The time of your death is recorded in the library of the almighty- you can run and hide under a rock if you want to, but you won't live one second longer"

GLORY TO THE BRAVE!!!!!

[tp300ex]

yea i am kinda freaked out considering i am going on a cruise may 24 and one of the stops is Mexico:ermm:!!idk this freaks me out they better come out with a shot soon!

[hondariderdylan]

well i have a serious thing and a funny thing to say
was listening to the radio this morning


as of 1:00 PM april 28 2009 there have been 64 confirmed cases in the U.S.

and there are some angry mexicans out there
most jewish and muslim communities think that pigs are nasty and unhealthy and refuse to call it swine flu

they are calling it the Mexican Flu:D


pissed off mexicans here we go............................:p

[JJs450r]

one death reported in the usa :( a child died somewhere in texas

[ridered11]

do some research on it, its frightening.


the projections for potential spreading is unreal and to think they don't even know how its spread yet.....wow

[trick450r]

you guys all realize that swine flu is very very treatable right? the first case was a 4 year old boy in Mexico and he made a full recovery the next day. The reason its spreading so fast down their is because the medication is incredibly expensive. Wash your hands and try not to touch sick people and you'll be fine. But if you do get it go to the doctor within 2 days of symptoms, take the medicine and go into quarantine for 2 days and your all set.

I was worrying about it last night so i read up on it on the CDC website for probably an hour.

Its really no different than everyone freaking out about getting the flu every year.

[Tommy Warren]

there was three men in Nova Scotia that had it and all they had for symptoms was the sniffles for two days. On the other hand people say its not a big deal....but thats what they also said about sars.

[Warnerade]

Originally posted by hondariderdylan
well i have a serious thing and a funny thing to say
was listening to the radio this morning


as of 1:00 PM april 28 2009 there have been 64 confirmed cases in the U.S. I dont thin thats true....I dont thin anyone really has a clue how many cases there actually is in the US...every single source has a different numberof reported cases

I got really sick starting yesterday....going to the dr. in a few...stuffs scury

[trick450r]

Originally posted by Warnerade
I dont thin thats true....I dont thin anyone really has a clue how many cases there actually is in the US...every single source has a different numberof reported cases

I got really sick starting yesterday....going to the dr. in a few...stuffs scury

thats true, if im gonna believe any numbers however its gonna be these.

http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

[Warnerade]

children children...on a more serious note...

if you are experiencing the swine flu, you will start to get symptoms like the man in this picture.

http://whataboutjoe.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/ial.jpg

[ProspectorJim]

Originally posted by Warnerade
children children...on a more serious note...

if you are experiencing the swine flu, you will start to get symptoms like the man in this picture.

http://whataboutjoe.files.wordpress.com/2007/12/ial.jpg

you'll be in a movie with a ****ty ending?

[400ex28]

they say 10 states now

[snacob14]

Here's a little perspective...
36,000 people a year die in the US because of flu related complications

[feuerstack411]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/128853041402141205.jpg

[Warnerade]

Originally posted by tyman2395
i got a mexican in my school we just got should i like stay away from him or go to a different school....... if he goes to school, hes probably had the proper shots and vaccines needed to become a citizen...im sure you have nothing to worry about.

[tach13]

The first fatality in amarica from it was a baby from Mexico

[trick450r]

I saw two kids at school last night with painting masks on...HA i tried to take a pic but they wouldn't let me, then they followed up by telling me i'm going to die of swine flu with everyone else in the school.

wow, and we wonder why our government doesn't tell us things like this untill they have to lol.

[hondariderdylan]

first confirmed case in georgia today:eek2:

[buck440]

interesting fact, in 1920 40% of the world caought the swine flu during an outbreak and 50,000,000 people died worldwide...dang it might be a little more serious than i thought:(

My sister thinks she has the swine flu lol. All her symptoms match it. The news said all the face masks are sold out around here.

Whats the difference between the swine flu and the normal flu? The fact that its just a new flu? Because I know the normal flu kills many people every year. I think its just a big deal because its a new one.

I'm not really at all scared of it.

Originally posted by buck440
interesting fact, in 1920 40% of the world caought the swine flu during an outbreak and 50,000,000 people died worldwide...dang it might be a little more serious than i thought:(

Hows that true? Swine flu was just discovered I thought. If it was known about from back in 1920 I think they would have had a treatment for it long ago since the news said it was going to take only 4 months to make a treatment.

[Gray33]

Originally posted by factory2
Hows that true? Swine flu was just discovered I thought. If it was known about from back in 1920 I think they would have had a treatment for it long ago since the news said it was going to take only 4 months to make a treatment.

There was a out break in the 70's with swine flue. And, in my opinion this is nothing to be joking around about.

[buck440]

Originally posted by factory2
Hows that true? Swine flu was just discovered I thought. If it was known about from back in 1920 I think they would have had a treatment for it long ago since the news said it was going to take only 4 months to make a treatment. on wikipedia it says it was the spanish flu that did that and the video i seen it said it was the swine flu soo...idk now, but the mexicans play a part in both of them

[Warnerade]

Originally posted by Gray33
There was a out break in the 70's with swine flue. And, in my opinion this is nothing to be joking around about. neither is herpes...i wish people would understand how serious this stuff really is.

12 year old kid caught it at my old middleschool 5 mins from my house today. they shut the school down for 7 days. its in memphis tennessee

5 schools got shut down in my state today.

Well at least I have a bunch of dust masks. At less dust masks dont block swine flu.

[exrider12]

4 confirmed cases inb massachusetts yesterday.

2 in Lowell and 2 in Brockton.. Both about an hour from me...:ermm:

[rollie]

Originally posted by exrider12
4 confirmed cases inb massachusetts yesterday.

2 in Lowell and 2 in Brockton.. Both about an hour from me...:ermm:

haha oh great, im going to be in the town next to brockton tommorow night...not leaving the garage!:eek:

[gncc025]

Originally posted by 450r_mayhem
12 year old kid caught it at my old middleschool 5 mins from my house today. they shut the school down for 7 days. its in memphis tennessee

very close to me :scary:

[woodsracer144]

in a way i think that this is a big deal but at the same time i think that the media and news is just makin it a big deal to make us think we have and it make us run around with our heads chopped off... so what do you do... well im gonna stay in the woods i live in... eat the same things im eatin and hope no one that is sick rolls on to my land...

Lucky I wont be going out my house for a realy long time or around people.

Plus I never get sick. In the last 3 years I been sick maybe 2 times.

[SRH]

yeah the news plays it for 20 of 30 minutes there on....i wonder why people are freaking out.... i hope i dont get it, i hate being sick....



best way to build up your immune system is eat dirt, dont use toilet paper to wipe you ***...etc thats how you stay healthy:eek2:


jk, ....the symptoms dont look much different than any other illness... and people die from other flus all the time...whats the big deal about this one?

It's called the flu and has all the normal flu symptoms. But...

Swine flu = 50,000,000 deaths
Normal flu = 36,000 deaths
:eek2:

[honda350r]

Originally posted by factory2
It's called the flu and has all the normal flu symptoms. But...

Swine flu = 50,000,000 deaths
Normal flu = 36,000 deaths
:eek2:

50,000,000 was the 1918 Spanish flu this number is world wide

36,000 is how many die of the flu in the USA and the number is like 500,000 world wide.

The 1976 swine flu scared the crap out of everyone and it killed 1 person in the usa !

This stuff is so hyped up from the media...

[JOEX]

Where's this 50,000,000 number coming from?

[JOEX]

Originally posted by honda350r
50,000,000 was the 1918 Spanish flu this number is world wide

36,000 is how many die of the flu in the USA and the number is like 500,000 world wide.

The 1976 swine flu scared the crap out of everyone and it killed 1 person in the usa !

This stuff is so hyped up from the media...
I agree about this being hyped up. I also remember the '70s event.... had get in line for the shot. Wonder if it's still good:p

Originally posted by JOEX
Where's this 50,000,000 number coming from?

Idk thats what a dude said a page back.

But I'm not scared at all I dont think somthing that has the word "flu" in it is going to kill me.

[JOEX]

Originally posted by factory2
Idk thats what a dude said a page back.

But I'm not scared at all I dont think somthing that has the word "flu" in it is going to kill me.
If someone is fairly healthy they will most likely make it through having a flu virus.

Children, the elderly & frail and those with a compromised immune system have a much greater chance of severe complications and even death from a flu virus.

[Dupontster]

Everyones getting these numbers from how many years ago? Technology has changed since and is way better. Im not worried about it

[chevys&honda$]

Ok, so like 160 people have died from this flu crap, well i heard on my local news today that 13,000 people have died in the past 5 months from the normal flu that we all have had before.

And they also said that the symptoms are exactly the same in both kinds of flu, WTF??

If 100 people die every week for the next year from swine flu, thats only 5,200 deaths in a whole year.... must be safer to have swine flu???

swine flu, bird flu, flu flu ??????

What a bunch of crap:o

[chevys&honda$]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlzDnLZXHXw&feature=related

Originally posted by Dupontster
Everyones getting these numbers from how many years ago? Technology has changed since and is way better. Im not worried about it

Technology? There is ZERO technology. Its taking at least 4 months to make the first treatment. And I dont get that since it happen back in the 1920s. All the other deadly things that happen in the past have treatment or cures for them all but not swine flu :huh

[QuadJunkies]

I wonder what kind of damage it could cause if the Swine flu and bird flu somehow found a way to connect? :huh

Originally posted by QuadJunkies
I wonder what kind of damage it could cause if the Swine flu and bird flu somehow found a way to connect? :huh

Well I guess pigs would finaly fly :devil:

[chevys&honda$]

Originally posted by factory2
Well I guess pigs would finaly fly :devil:



LMFAO!!:D

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by factory2
Well I guess pigs would finaly fly :devil:

Now that was funny!!
LMFAO!! :p

[scottwvu]

We had NO antibiotics to fight pneumonia and other secondary infections back in 1918 (which some experts believe accounted for 60% 0f Spanish flu deaths)......we do now.

We also will have a vaccine by fall. Until then, we have Tamiflu and other meds to get us by. Even if this is a "big one", we will NOT see the fatalities in this country like in 1918.

Third world countries is where it will get rough.

It is surreal that what will be an inconvienient sickness in the USA will be a possible death sentence in a poorer country.

Count your blessings my mofos......

[honda350r]

Originally posted by QuadJunkies
I wonder what kind of damage it could cause if the Swine flu and bird flu somehow found a way to connect? :huh


Ahhhh, it already is connected..... :(

[honda350r]

Originally posted by JOEX
Where's this 50,000,000 number coming from?


Here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

[ALAMX37]

Originally posted by factory2
Technology? There is ZERO technology. Its taking at least 4 months to make the first treatment. And I dont get that since it happen back in the 1920s. All the other deadly things that happen in the past have treatment or cures for them all but not swine flu :huh


This is just a different strain of flu. People dont realize how many strains there are, and we dont have a vaccine for a vast number of them. In the US the flu kills a lot of people every year this is just blown up by the media because it is smashing Mexico. Our technology has grown by leaps and bounds, the statement you made is down right ignorant.

[scottwvu]

Originally posted by honda350r
Here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu

Read my last post.

[v0lcom13sn0w]

ya i live in keizer, oregon... about 12 miles away is western oregon university... one kid got the swine flu and the whole campus is being quarentined until monday

[trick450r]

break down as of 11:00 this morning in case anyone is interested.

States

# of laboratory confirmed cases


Arizona 4
California 13
Colorado 2
Delaware 4
Illinois 3
Indiana 3
Kansas 2
Kentucky 1
Massachusetts 2
Michigan 2
Minnesota 1
Nebraska 1
Nevada 1
New Jersey 5
New York 50
Ohio 1
South Carolina 16
Texas 28
Virginia 2

TOTAL COUNTS 141 cases



and still just the one death in texas

[v0lcom13sn0w]

new york is hatin life right now

[TCracin440ex]

any body notice a familliar thing here? that most of the states that have tons of immigrants living in them are the ones with the most outbreaks? hmmm makes ya wonder

[v0lcom13sn0w]

yep. damn those immigrants ha just kiddin

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by TCracin440ex
any body notice a familliar thing here? that most of the states that have tons of immigrants living in them are the ones with the most outbreaks? hmmm makes ya wonder

Not many Mexicans in Canada , but it's spreading pretty quickly over here. A lot of it has to do with people travelling on vacation to Mexico.

[TCracin440ex]

Originally posted by Quad18star
Not many Mexicans in Canada , but it's spreading pretty quickly over here. A lot of it has to do with people travelling on vacation to Mexico.

yea mexico doesnt have the standards that these parts do

some parts of mexico are beautiful like cabo san lucas. but alot of the places are slums

my stepdad works for a construction company that gets mexicans imported every year to work for them and the saftey director told my stepdad today that when he is arround the mexicans that he needs to be wearing a dust mask just to be safe.

i feel bad bc thats kinda like singling them guys out and i know alot of the mexicans that comes here every year to work for the company being as i used to work for them but the risk aint worth it and go arround them w/o a dust mask and get that disease

I know some one in my lil town that's in mexico right now and comes back next week. :eek2:

The swine flu is now not the swine flu its being called H1N1.

15 schools shut down here now. There thinking of switching to home school in my whole state now.

[TCracin440ex]

Originally posted by factory2
I know some one in my lil town that's in mexico right now and comes back next week. :eek2:

The swine flu is now not the swine flu its being called H1N1.


what is H1N1?

Originally posted by TCracin440ex
what is H1N1?

Swine flu

[Johnny Minehan]

Originally posted by v0lcom13sn0w
new york is hatin life right now
http://www.thequadbuilder.net/forums/style_emoticons/FunkySmiles/shout.gif

[QuadJunkies]

Originally posted by honda350r
Ahhhh, it already is connected..... :(

Ah crap... I didint mean bird flu, but now I went BLANK on what it was now .:o

[v0lcom13sn0w]

hahahaha i just got a txt saying... "a wise man said a black man would be president when pigs fly... 100 days after obama's election... pigs flu"


hahaha

nothing against the president but i thought that was funny

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by TCracin440ex
what is H1N1?

It's the lab name for the flu.

They're not using the name Swine Flu, because people were thinking they can get the flu by eating pork ( aka swine) ... which killed the sale of pork products in the last 2 weeks. Jewish people were also against it, because pigs are sacred with them.

[JOEX]

Originally posted by Quad18star
It's the lab name for the flu.

They're not using the name Swine Flu, because people were thinking they can get the flu by eating pork ( aka swine) ... which killed the sale of pork products in the last 2 weeks. Jewish people were also against it, because pigs are sacred with them.
I don't belive pigs are considered 'sacred' to the Jewish. I don't know the specifics but I belive they consider pigs to be 'unclean' animals and do not eat pork.

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by JOEX
I don't belive pigs are considered 'sacred' to the Jewish. I don't know the specifics but I belive they consider pigs to be 'unclean' animals and do not eat pork.

Maybe that's what it is .... I'm not Jewish so I dont know. :p

[JOEX]

Originally posted by Quad18star
Maybe that's what it is .... I'm not Jewish so I dont know. :p
Me niether but working in food service i've learned a few things about dietary restrictions. Those who follow a strict Kosher diet have some very specific requirements for what they eat, how it is prepared and around thier Sabbath the day and time of day matters.

When I was researching stoves for my house some of them had special timers to coincide with thier meal time requirements. :eek2:

I like bacon too much to be Jewish:p

Originally posted by JOEX
I like bacon too much to be Jewish:p

Jews dont eat bacon? wow sucks to be them lol but really heres how this all started...

[TCracin440ex]

Originally posted by JOEX
I like bacon too much to be Jewish:p

same here. breakfast wouldnt be the same without it. hell anything wouldnt be the same without pork or bacon.

that would be like taking away cheese. i could eat cheese on anything. i eat slice cheese right out the fridge like its going out of style.

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by TCracin440ex


that would be like taking away cheese. i could eat cheese on anything. i eat slice cheese right out the fridge like its going out of style.

Do you own shares in X-Lax??;)

[Quad18star]

Originally posted by JOEX
Me niether but working in food service i've learned a few things about dietary restrictions. Those who follow a strict Kosher diet have some very specific requirements for what they eat, how it is prepared and around thier Sabbath the day and time of day matters.

When I was researching stoves for my house some of them had special timers to coincide with thier meal time requirements. :eek2:

I like bacon too much to be Jewish:p

Yeah I remember being in hospital a few months ago and it was a Jewish run hospital. I didn't know what a Kosher Diet was up until then. Every dinner menu had a "Kosher " option at the bottom of it .... I was gunna check it off cuz I thought maybe it was some kind of dessert or something ... then someone explained it to me.

But yeah ... I like pork too much too ..... peameal bacon .. mmm mmm goooood.