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SWINE FLU

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pscull03
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is it really as bad as everyone seems to be saying it is?

thoughts?

Apr 27 2009 11:32PM
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afton_steeze
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a kid at my school might have it.
kinda freaked out not gonna lie.
Apr 29 2009 2:27AM
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Bren-Ten
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kid in texas died from it recently. sad stuff.
Apr 29 2009 7:52AM
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Goku
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im having this kid at school going around telling everyone he has a stomach ache but it feels different yet familiar, and he feels really clammy
Apr 29 2009 7:53AM
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Gretchen.
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He probably doesn't, the chances are so slim.  I bet every boarding school has one kid they think has swine flu.  A boy in my class has been tested for it, he just got back from Mexico and he's really sick.  I doubt he has it..
Apr 29 2009 9:09AM
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afton_steeze
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yeah but the outbreaks have been happening in NYC. my school is about 5 miles out of manhattan, and half of our kids are from the city.
i never got the flu vaccine so idk, i'm not fucking around.
Apr 29 2009 9:36AM
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Peter.
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DON'T DIE AFTON
Apr 29 2009 9:37AM
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Z_rob
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this is a time where we should honestly send kids home that are complaining of any kind of symptoms to help contain this
Apr 29 2009 12:33PM
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SKIDUBAIGUY
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They just banned ALL pork imports and sales here because of it, shcam sham, just an excuse if you ask me, silly faith.
Apr 29 2009 12:37PM
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El_Barto.
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as soon as there is 1 confirmed case in oregon my mask and bandanna are going on immediately. it can never hurt to be overly safe
Apr 29 2009 12:46PM
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Calb3rt
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...or steezey!
Apr 29 2009 1:05PM
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geteducated
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how many people die a year from the regular flu virus?  in the thousands.

its fear mongering in the news.

i'm going to go to the grocery store and buy a package of maple leaf bacon.  listeriosis and swine flu never tasted better.
Apr 29 2009 1:23PM
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207
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3 confirmed cases in Maine. Two in towns very close to me.
Apr 29 2009 3:35PM
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beezey
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wtf is the swine flu.

is it from pork? like the chicken flu?

or what?

Apr 29 2009 3:37PM
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Meh42
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20 thousand americans die yearly from normal flu

the one U.S. fatality from swine flu was a 2 year old kid with serious pre-existing health problems.

out of 300 million people in the country, 50 people infected. 7% mortality rate for those infected world wide, 2% in the U.S.

remind me why people are scared again?  this whole situation is absolutely ridiculous.
Apr 29 2009 3:38PM
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beezey
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ah there are like 1o cases of it at the schooles here
Apr 29 2009 3:40PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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http://http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30398682?GT1=43001 zomg?
Apr 29 2009 4:41PM
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C.Wood
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scary thing is that my chemistry teacher's nanny for her kids has been in contact with three out of four people in a town called port perry on ontario who possibly have swine flu and my teacher told the nanny not to come take care of her kids becuase of it
Apr 29 2009 4:56PM
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Campeador
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Thank you


Apr 29 2009 4:59PM
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freestyler540
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well put sir!
Apr 29 2009 5:02PM
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liftedresearcher
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just play xbox live all day and all night. the virus cannot be passed through xbox live. YET.

but lets all move to alaska and start an NS town. no swine flu allowed.
Apr 29 2009 5:06PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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even if there wasn't  a swine flu "epidemic" that would be cool.
Apr 29 2009 5:13PM
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AhrenStein
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People are not scared of the numbers/stats.  Most people are scared of the fact that the virus has the ability to travel person to person.  This is something that the H5N1 virus never had the ability to do. 

I'm not saying i think this is going to get to the point where it's a pandemic, or even something we should be fearing.  Because i don't think it will.  I'm just telling you why people are making a bigger deal of this.
Apr 29 2009 5:14PM
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derbski
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Right now it is neither appropriate to panic nor blow it off. At this time, we only know how many people have died from it, we do not know how many people have survived it. Until we find out how many people get the disease and end up fine, and from there figure out the mortality rate, we don't know whether to treat it like another bird flu or SARs or if it is the pandemic that we are overdue for.
Apr 29 2009 5:18PM
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tommyp1ckles
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sigh...

its really not that big of a deal ... the regular flu kills around 40,000 people a year

and im sorry; everyone saying that its a conspiracy; your an idiot ... were well overdue for a pandemic and new virus come from a little thing called natural selection ...

worrying about stupid shit prob kills more than all flus combined
Apr 29 2009 5:54PM
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@skiinmitch
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Media is blowing it way out of porportion

The media says its going to be a pandemic

it will not get to that point as soon as they find a vaccine it will probley be given out to eberybody it will be gone by a month

Apr 29 2009 6:01PM
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tommyp1ckles
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... you sir are a smart man
Apr 29 2009 6:01PM
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PhaedeD
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you dont even watch the news lol...

they have a vaccine but there potential may not be enough of it.

it claimed its first child today in texas. rip.
Apr 29 2009 6:03PM
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ryan.c
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the swine flu is now so bad in mexico, that they are playing all 176 professional soccer games without fans, in order to stop the spreading of the flu-just on sportscenter. this is getting pretty serious...had the first death in the US today in NYC
Apr 29 2009 6:03PM
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east_toast
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they just closed the elementary school my mom works at because of one suspected case, sucks that I still have to go
Apr 29 2009 7:26PM
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Meh42
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... colds and ordinary flu have that "terrifying" capacity to transfer human to human.

http://www.drudgereport.com/

take a look at the first, oh 15 headlines.

ridiculous
Apr 29 2009 7:31PM
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SKETCHY_D
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we just got a bulletein posted on our schools homepage about how severe the swine flu is and if you have symptoms, I live in wisconsin
Apr 29 2009 7:33PM
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hartig
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Apr 29 2009 7:34PM
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liftedresearcher
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http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_29/en/index.html

read this. not nearly as many cases as the media says there is. and this was updated today.
Apr 29 2009 7:34PM
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soomiez
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176 soccer games in mexico are now spectatorless because of it, seems serious there but were the god damned united states of america.
Apr 29 2009 7:40PM
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drumbumocdp
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2 kids in my town just got back from mexico... one of them is showing symptoms... eep
Apr 29 2009 7:40PM
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sarahskis
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Im gonna go ahead and say i'm safe...becuase I feel like no swine flu will be at 10,000 feet

Apr 29 2009 9:01PM
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hank_hill
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theres been a few reports of it in the next town over from mine...
Apr 29 2009 9:10PM
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RussBuss2o7
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In Maine??? where... fuck lol
Apr 29 2009 9:13PM
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AhrenStein
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Oh yeah I know that, but colds and regular flu don't kill 7% of people that get it.  Like this has so far.  I still don't think this is or will be a problem, I'm just saying it should be watched.
Apr 29 2009 9:43PM
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debrickshaw
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LOL
great response
+k
Apr 29 2009 10:30PM
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Goku
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my buddy just got back from mexico with 2 friends and they have symtoms, theyre on the news 2nite
Apr 29 2009 10:48PM
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Deletedtoday
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and now its in washington........great
Apr 30 2009 1:03AM
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kko
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just saw that on the news.





it's also becoming quite popular on Facebook. There is a group where you can become a "fan" of swine flu. people are disgusting.
Apr 30 2009 1:05AM
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Deletedtoday
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thats how i learned facebook status so many little freshman girls are going to be wearing masks tomorrow at my school
Apr 30 2009 1:08AM
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Dick_Buttkiss
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egh egh...I think I'm getting the black lung
Apr 30 2009 1:43AM
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SushiMan
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NO!!! it hit my county in washington!
Apr 30 2009 1:52AM
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Beefcake
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hit us in Reno NV and washoe Co. today.

its also now a "lv. 5" epedemic

Apr 30 2009 1:57AM
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Meh42
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keep in mind i'm not accusing you of fearmongering, i just want to debate the illness itself.


i was wrong, it's not actually 7%, it's a fraction of that.  the 7% was based off the assumption that 150+ people had died.  the WHO came out today announcing that there have only been... drumroll... 8 deaths.

thank you 24 hour news cycle.

http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_04_29/en/index.html
Apr 30 2009 2:00AM
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00_Koda
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i have it
Apr 30 2009 9:04AM
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Markus13
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take a listen to this seven parter on youtube from "Coast to Coast AM"

Can we say Bio Weapon that targets mexicans...
Apr 30 2009 10:06AM
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