So before you all get your panties in a bunch the Swine Flu has been confirmed by scientists as being a 'mild strain' of virus. It has to mutate more in order to cause mass killings people are expecting.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8028371.stm

sidenote: Someone sent this to me and I thought I'd share this here

"It was once said that a black man would be president, when pigs fly!" Indeed, 100 days into Obama's presidency..... Swine Flu!!!!" - anonymous

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Pigs have been flying since the OPP got helicopters

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Originally posted by Kellyboop So before you all get your panties in a bunch the Swine Flu has been confirmed by scientists as being a 'mild strain' of virus. It has to mutate more in order to cause mass killings people are expecting. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8028371.stm

Thank you. It's what I've been trying to say but but I didn't have a news source.

And apparently the number of deaths in Mexico was misreported, went down from 150 to like 7, haha. This is SARS all over again.

I had no idea that 12,000 people a year die from regular flu in North America. That's crazy.

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So did anybody buy shares of Roche?

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Originally posted by Jayx1 Pigs have been flying since the OPP got helicopters

lmfao

at least we cant blame the swine flu "pandemic" on asians like we did with sars...

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I'm so relieved that the armchair virologists of TA undertook such a vigorous scientific approach in their dismissal of swine flu as a serious threat.

I feel so much safer knowing that you guys are looking after us.

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Originally posted by italarmo lmfao at least we cant blame the swine flu "pandemic" on asians like we did with sars...

Although i sneezed today here in China and people looked at me funny LOL!

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Originally posted by MarkT I'm so relieved that the armchair virologists of TA undertook such a vigorous scientific approach in their dismissal of swine flu as a serious threat. I feel so much safer knowing that you guys are looking after us.

And i feel great that I dont get suckered into unnecessary paranoia. Chicken Little would be proud of society right now.

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Originally posted by Jayx1 So did anybody buy shares of Roche?

Why? Their stock is very slightly down from Monday. I don't think they've really benefited from the "pandemic".

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Originally posted by MarkT I'm so relieved that the armchair virologists of TA undertook such a vigorous scientific approach in their dismissal of swine flu as a serious threat.

Almost as rigorous as the mass media's scientific study and fact-checking, which was almost as rigorous as their research into the Avian flu, SARS, Ebola, Mad Cow Disease...

Come on, seriously, it's one thing if top world scientists are coming out and saying we need to be very very worried about this, but it's entirely another to be cynical over comically inflated casualty reports and general mass hysteria.

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you just underscored my point. people blowing this off have done about as much research and fact-checking as the oh-so-unbiased media whose primary goal is to sell its news product with accuracy being a distant 2nd.

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Originally posted by MarkT I'm so relieved that the armchair virologists of TA undertook such a vigorous scientific approach in their dismissal of swine flu as a serious threat. I feel so much safer knowing that you guys are looking after us.

Considering just categorized the swine flu as a "mild strain" I won't be too worried about it until it mutates again.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8030859.stm - Swine flu not spreading like officials expected.


If you practice a sanitary lifestyle and don't down antibiotics whenever you feel ill your immune system should be great. Take Vitamin C and eat healthy. I don't understand why people STILL think taking antibiotics when you have a flu or cold will cure it. The mass consumption of antibiotics is the reason we have strains like this.

Using anti-bacterial soap and anti-bacterial hand sanitizer weakens your immune system as it seeps into the pores and wipes away the good bacteria as well. Regular soap will do just fine.

Last edited by Kellyboop on May-03-2009 at 03:12