Sweet! Scaremongering!

*does the scaremongering dance*

Madagascar closes ports.

EVERYBODY PANIC

End of the world? I feel fine. Ladies and gentlemen, I present R.E.M.

Do. Not. Touch. The. Chickens!

has anyone mentioned Madagascar yet?

Came for President Madagascar, leaving satisfied.

You have bird fru! You die now!

I took my Farkitrol. I'm immune to this story.

Zombiepocalypse: Day One.

/shotgun...ready
//machete...ready
///bring it on, undead biatches.

Are they sure it isn't the Solanum virus?

They've been farming infected chickens for years...probably decades by now. If it was going to kill us all or was even half-assed transmissible, China should be dead right now

Meh. Ill worry when Madagascar gets infected.

looks like I better get on the slow boat to Madagascar before they shut down the port.

Oh calm down. According to the Mayans, we have until 2012.

I have normal flu, does that count? I wonder how long before flu will mutate and be transmittable through fark threads.

Is "bird flu" a euphemism for "gold standard currency?" If so, I agree with the headline.

man, i hope the bird flu has been misdiagnosed in thousands of humans who had it and survived. otherwise, we are in deep doo-doo.

sublimize: I have normal flu, does that count? I wonder how long before flu will mutate and be transmittable through fark threads.

GTFO. Now. Go quarantine yourself in the "You (got killed by) Kenny. You bastard" thread. Nobody's there; you'll infect fewer farkers.

Came here for pandemic references, leaving with a slight fever.

So, what do you take for bird flu? Chicken soup?

Its the apocalypse, I always knew I'd have a hand in it.

When a chinese ministry website ays "She was in stable condition and recovering" It means she's been destroyed and her farm completely burned down right?

I think the predictions are wrong anyway. If it ever does become human-to-human transmittable then it either won't be very contagious or it will not be as deadly.

I know there is a chance that it could go the way they predict but there is also a chance that any random virus could come along, mutate and do the same thing but the odds are against that.

SARS! SARS!

...

/Sneaks onto the empty Hong Kong subway car
//Takes nap on an empty row of seats all the way to Central

vodka: I think the predictions are wrong anyway. If it ever does become human-to-human transmittable then it either won't be very contagious or it will not be as deadly.

I know there is a chance that it could go the way they predict but there is also a chance that any random virus could come along, mutate and do the same thing but the odds are against that.


Except that Asia is a huge petri dish where billions of human live in close proximity (sometimes sharing houses) with humans. Eventually, somebody becomes a vector, Victor. If one strain of this has already jumped, what's going to stop the next one? I know, let's just keep pretending like the last one didn't happen, that SARS didn't happen. Too many Asians, with not enough common sense about hygiene.

Apik0r0s: vodka: I think the predictions are wrong anyway. If it ever does become human-to-human transmittable then it either won't be very contagious or it will not be as deadly.

I know there is a chance that it could go the way they predict but there is also a chance that any random virus could come along, mutate and do the same thing but the odds are against that.


Except that Asia is a huge petri dish where billions of human live in close proximity (sometimes sharing houses) with humans. Eventually, somebody becomes a vector, Victor. If one strain of this has already jumped, what's going to stop the next one? I know, let's just keep pretending like the last one didn't happen, that SARS didn't happen. Too many Asians, with not enough common sense about hygiene.

It's not the asians - it's the fact that uneducated people tend to have more children.

Apik0r0s: Except that Asia is a huge petri dish where billions of human live in close proximity (sometimes sharing houses) with humans. Eventually, somebody becomes a vector, Victor. If one strain of this has already jumped, what's going to stop the next one? I know, let's just keep pretending like the last one didn't happen, that SARS didn't happen. Too many Asians, with not enough common sense about hygiene.

I'm not saying that pandemics are impossible. I was talking about this specific virus.

I hate that birds are getting a bad reputation from all this.

Isn't this a repeat from 1918 (new window)

NicoFinn: I hate that birds are getting a bad reputation from all this.

Oh, you are one those "bad apples" one. When are you going to get that birds are not the species of peace like the doves would have you believe. You think it is random that poultry are busy spreading their biological weapons while geese are busy crashing planes. And do you have any idea how many birds have crashed into buildings in New York City?

Look, I understand that you probably have a friend that is a bird that is an exception, but that doesn't mean shiat. The species as a whole obviously is violent. Otherwise you would hear the bird leaders expressing their outrage.

FTFA: The woman, a farmer surnamed Shu in the central province of Hunan, fell ill Jan. 23

I'm just waiting for the other Shu to drop.

Came here for the


Leaving happy. Thanks nimbers

Wake me when she transmits it to someone else.

Jay Dee: So, what do you take for bird flu? Chicken soup?

Thread over. One internet awarded :)

/new keyboard
//etc etc

tonesskin: NicoFinn: I hate that birds are getting a bad reputation from all this.

Oh, you are one those "bad apples" one. When are you going to get that birds are not the species of peace like the doves would have you believe. You think it is random that poultry are busy spreading their biological weapons while geese are busy crashing planes. And do you have any idea how many birds have crashed into buildings in New York City?

Look, I understand that you probably have a friend that is a bird that is an exception, but that doesn't mean shiat. The species as a whole obviously is violent. Otherwise you would hear the bird leaders expressing their outrage.

+1, well done.

Tr0mBoNe

Ahh, the famous Larry Bird "Help" defense. His man would run by him, and he'd yell, "help!".

bhcompy: Are they sure it isn't the Solanum virus?

God damn, you're quick. So I wasn't the only to think, "This is how the frickin' Zombie Wars start, man!"

Dudes. When it (or something else) finally breaks, and people start dying, you guys will be amongst the first to panic.

(Please see fark traffic after 911)

It's your mileu. You talk all big about how stupid stuff is, and then you're the first to freak.

oakwolf: FTFA: The woman, a farmer surnamed Shu in the central province of Hunan, fell ill Jan. 23

I'm just waiting for the other Shu to drop.

masterfully executed. Barvo, sir.

This is just the latest. A few weeks ago, Yahoo's story actually listed all the locations of the dead. At that time, there were only 5 dead, I think. But the dead were scattered over the whole country. Now, this one is located in the central region. Thinking about how open and helpful the Chinese press is, multiply this by about 100 and maybe it's getting close to accurate. Still, fun to watch from a nice distance.

You say bird flu, I say walking plague.

WALKING PLAGUE!


/Begun, this zombie war has.

sugarlarry: Dudes. When it (or something else) finally breaks, and people start dying, you guys will be amongst the first to panic.

(Please see fark traffic after 911)

It's your mileu. You talk all big about how stupid stuff is, and then you're the first to freak.

I'm only gonna start worrying when we're closer to a full blown pandemic. 254 people dead since 2003 is a negligible amount. When it becomes 254 deaths weekly or daily, THAT is when I'll be more likely to panic and take precautions.