Comments on: THE FLU SCARE

By: Hoy

Hoy — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 05:40:25 +0000

agree with you,,,,,even i am from them Y_Y,,,,,, I M NOT PATRIOTIC!!! I never liked most of mexicans

By: Scythelord

Scythelord — Sat, 09 May 2009 08:45:14 +0000

If people look funny at you for not wearing one then that is their retarded fault. All this fuss over a simple flu that isn’t half as bad as most in the past. Sensationalistic media pumping it up to nearly being a lethal plague is a real problem.

Oh noes, our immune systems will actually have something to combat! We’re all doomed!

By: James

James — Fri, 08 May 2009 21:41:59 +0000

I have yet to see anyone walking around with masks.

By: Wesley B.

Wesley B. — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:19:24 +0000

For another reason, you don’t need to look any further back than the US “swine flu outbreak” in the 70′s, 1976, I think.

A 19-year old soldier caught it and died, hundreds more soldiers were infected. Congress panicked and fearing an outbreak ordered the immediate inoculation of the entire US population. They spent $500 million (adjusted) to do so. By the time the inoculations were ready, the flu outbreaks had already all but died out. Fearing a resurgence, though, they went ahead with the plan. When all was said and done, 1 person died of the swine flu – 30 died from reactions to the vaccine.

Because of uninformed panic, we spent $500 million taxpayer dollars to inoculate against a disease that had essentially already passed AND we killed 30 times more people in doing so than the flu did in its entire run.

When the disease is worth panicking over, then by all means panic. This swine flu just ain’t it, though, and th panic can do FAR more harm than good.

By: Wesley B.

Wesley B. — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:13:52 +0000

Actually, the annual worldwide flu death total is MUCH higher than 50k. We have something like 30k deaths from flu and flu complications in the US alone each year.

By: Cowpie

Cowpie — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:55:05 +0000

My Wang runs free, Thanks…

By: AC

AC — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:35:20 +0000

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By: AC

AC — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:25:11 +0000

Yeah, do they not say it will be quite bad when it returns in winter?

By: AC

AC — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:17:24 +0000

My Goodness… Folk here are very germ-conscious… *feels dirty*

By: AC

AC — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:14:39 +0000

I don’t usually get sick and I spend most of my day in school (A rather dirty sort of place) but I ended up with flu a while ago because sneezing boy shared a pew with me in church… *is displeased*

By: ThinklePeep

ThinklePeep — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:57:18 +0000

No pix for the old-lobed. It’s agreed then.

Perhaps the woman in the pic also has foil hats in her diaper bag?

By: Helina

Helina — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:53:35 +0000

Damn! Now that you’ve mentioned it, I can’t NOT look.

By: Pining4theFjords

Pining4theFjords — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:22:31 +0000

That lady needs to wear lighter earrings. The way the ones she’s wearing weigh down her middle-aged ear lobe just looks gross.

That’s sadly one of the first things I noticed -_-

By: James

James — Thu, 07 May 2009 12:30:57 +0000

What’s funny is that they are talking about a vaccine. In the 70′s more people died from the vaccine that the swine flu.

By: anniemcphee

anniemcphee — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:57:20 +0000

I don’t know how new it is – we had a big swine flu scare in the 70s. And yes, causing a panic is a bad idea, especially these sorts.

Though Joe Biden’s comments (it’s not time to panic but ZOMG it’s time to panic and pull the kids out of school and don’t ride the subway or planes) and Gibbs’ follow up with Jake Tapper saying “That isn’t remotely close to what he said” and Gibbs saying “Well he MEANT to say…” was pretty funny at least.

By: daji

daji — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:36:01 +0000

Not a bad thing, but also not a good one. For people like me with dermatitis, this is hell.

By: daji

daji — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:33:00 +0000

Agreed. Viruses get throught the masks. Bla bla bla…The thing is, well…if you are not wearing one people look funny at you. Seriously.

By: daji

daji — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:28:39 +0000

Finally someone makes sense!! I totally agree with you.
But it goes further, now they are locking up Americans, Canadians, British…

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:07:41 +0000

Oh, and I’d like to add that I very seldom get sick. The last time I had a flu was so long ago I forget what it’s like.

By: eddiepscetti

eddiepscetti — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:06:00 +0000

Besides, I work in an office and I get exposed to everyone else’s germs plus their kid’s germs as well. You should see me go ballistic when someone uses my computer or phone. I start wiping down everything is sight!

By: MLD

MLD — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:01:23 +0000

AHAHAHA WIN

By: MLD

MLD — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:58:52 +0000

no. Deaths may be suspected of being related to H1N1, but confirmatory testing is done at the time of diagnosis or post-mortem in the cases of death.

The WHO is continually adjusting numbers and will only list CONFIRMED H1N1 cases/deaths (which is why they run lower than prop!media).

By: MLD

MLD — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:57:10 +0000

I’d say more than 50,000 worldwide, since 36,000 can be attributed to the flu (directly or indirectly) just in the US

By: Racecar 56

Racecar 56 — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:53:29 +0000

TRUE.

By: MLD

MLD — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:52:54 +0000

The same people who believe that the germs can’t get to them through the masks? Yes.

Unless a mask is rated as such, it’s useless for preventing most viral infections

By: viking gal

viking gal — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:21:30 +0000

I think that the architects figure that bathroom-requiring emergencies are more common than fire emergencies? Just guessing, though.

By: Vieve

Vieve — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:20:05 +0000

That’s crazy, I was just grumbling about that today. Every bathroom I’ve ever gone into opens in instead of out and it drives me nuts. I usually use the paper towel I dried my hands with to open the door and throw it away elsewhere. Germs=Gross!

By: viking gal

viking gal — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:19:30 +0000

Wang warnings have been raised in PK county. Please tune to your local radio station for any updates on Wang status in your area of the county.

By: viking gal

viking gal — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:17:07 +0000

Oh, all right. But most blues tend to work on me. Purples and reds are more variable in flattering my corpse, but I’ll take one for the team.

By: viking gal

viking gal — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:15:54 +0000

You probably know several someones, knowing this PK crowd!

By: Cowpie

Cowpie — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:13:34 +0000

damn Nazi…

By: charro

charro — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:41:30 +0000

I know someone who is seeing Star Trek this weekend..

By: froofrou

froofrou — Thu, 07 May 2009 01:25:43 +0000

I suggest we compromise and put you in a nice shade of purple.

By: viking gal

viking gal — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:58:58 +0000

How about I wear blue (science after all) and we just ‘understand’ that red is meant, outcome-wise? It is only logical.
*raises eyebrow, without cracking a smile*

By: bad fairie

bad fairie — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:04:39 +0000

no kidding – i get a bit edgy if i don’t have at least 7 days worth of food extra that can be eaten without power, and i live within walking distance of a grocery store, but it was the way i was raised. not only can you get by if you have to, but then there is always something you can put out if you have unexpected company as well. and if you know you’re not going to lose power there is no excuse for not being able to cook from scratch because flour, rice, etc are cheap and easy to store.

By: froofrou

froofrou — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:23:01 +0000

Normal germs, sure, but I highly doubt that the examples of the epic failure of Darwinism that I see in public bathrooms have anything resembling normal germs

By: bad fairie

bad fairie — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:16:27 +0000

i admit to not wiping down the cart handles, but the paper towel to open the door – oh yeah – been doing that for years. drives me nuts at the places that used to only have the blowers – how was i supposed to get out?
but some exposure to normal germs is necessary, otherwise you have no resistance to anything and you get super sick

By: froofrou

froofrou — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:58:18 +0000

Dammit, VG, I’m an HR person, not a stylist! *growls fiercely and furrows eyebrows*

By: viking gal

viking gal — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:57:01 +0000

Sigh. All right. But can we choose a red which is flattering? I’d like to make an attractive corpse, if I may!

By: froofrou

froofrou — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:53:56 +0000

Yes. Yes it does. And make sure you always request to go with Kirk on the Away Team.

By: viking gal

viking gal — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:50:23 +0000

Agreed. But as someone with asthma, which would make me the dispensable ‘high risk’, I’ve a respect for some contagion control. Especially since the flu of 1999-2000 gave me pneumonia. Does that mean I should wear a red shirt like in Star Trek?

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:47:54 +0000

Actually there is a case to be made about oversanitization causing more problems than it is worth. Granted we should fight disease but no to the point that we can’t even handle a sniffle.

By: picgirl7

picgirl7 — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:42:45 +0000

haha i think that one is much funnier

By: viking gal

viking gal — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:39:15 +0000

Maybe if we had more handwashing and vaccinations, fewer would die of the old fashioned flu in the future? Wouldn’t be a bad thing!

By: viking gal

viking gal — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:37:44 +0000

And/or they don’t want their glasses to fog up? But yeah, common sense isn’t common!

By: DeathWyrmNexus

DeathWyrmNexus — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:01:56 +0000

I knew I was glad that I didn’t shave today for a reason…

By: froofrou

froofrou — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:58:10 +0000

Chuck Norris will watch you put the door back up, kick it down, and use your face to sand it smooth.

By: froofrou

froofrou — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:57:13 +0000

I laughed when I heard the news story on the radio warning parents not to act all scared about the swine flu, because children *gasp!* take cues from their parents and will act according to what they see.
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Of course, my response to that is “No sh!t, Sherlock”
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Won’t someone think of the children????????

By: dissimilitude

dissimilitude — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:43:02 +0000

Ok, ew.

And….WHYYY? Oh, and “ew” again.

By: Kinseth

Kinseth — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:40:45 +0000

Ancient Romans used urine as mouthwash.

But they had no way of knowing its antiseptic properties…