Please tell me the thread title was an intentional pun. Actually, knowing you, it probably wasn't.
you.
Domesticated
I would say that 100+ people dying from a deadly virus which has the capacity to kill thousands worldwide is fairly big news.
If Brad Pitt were to get a new haircut there would probably be more of a fanfare.
Theresa
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Originally posted by Domesticated
I would say that 100+ people dying from a deadly virus which has the capacity to kill thousands worldwide is fairly big news.
If Brad Pitt were to get a new haircut there would probably be more of a fanfare.
Deaths from Flu: 63,730 annual deaths for influenza and pneumonia (NVSR Sep 2001); estimated 20,000 deaths from flu (NIAID)
Cause of death rank: 7th leading cause of death in 1999 and 2000 is "pneumonia/influenza" (CDC)
Other than it being a unique strain, I don't see how it is any different than the regular flu that kills far more people than this one has.
It's just a mutation of the flu... which has the same effect as all the other flus from what I gather.
Same thing, different name... something else to blow out of proportion and scare everyone over.
If someone can explain to me why it is so much worse than regular flu... I would be appreciative because I am having a hard time understanding the reason for all the alarm.
If someone can explain to me why it is so much worse than regular flu... I would be appreciative because I am having a hard time understanding the reason for all the alarm.
If it can mutate itself into infecting humans, who knows where it can invade next? It might mutate once more and invade the internet.
Theresa
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Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
If it can mutate itself into infecting humans, who knows where it can invade next? It might mutate once more and invade the internet.
OMFG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO not the internets!!!!
Actually wait, that might be a good thing.
*coughs at the c0r*
I KEED, I KEED!!
Ok but seriously, it's just the flu. I don't think it's that big of a deal.
I am honestly open to discussion on how this strain of flu is somehow more dangerous/aggressive/alarming/scary/etc.etc. than the regular flu and the many strains that already exist. Please provide sources. Kthxbye.
SuspicionVandit
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Originally posted by Theresa
Please provide sources.
