shiat, now who's going to pull people over for DWB?

I read that as Swan flu.. I entered thread to ask if bacon now comes from swans...

/backs out of thread

/obligatory

On the bright side the airfares to Mexico should go down soon.

During the SARS epidemic I spent 5 days in a very nice hotel in Hong Kong including air from the east coast of the US for ~600 USD.

More people died from safes falling out of windows than died from SARS.

So this too will be blown all out of proportion.

Wash your hands frequently and well. Unless you are immunocompromised you will be fine.

Off to Mexico next week!

feckingmorons: Wash your hands frequently and well. Unless you are immunocompromised you will be fine.

....'cause everyone knows flu epidemics never kill young, healthy people

I read it as wine flu, and my whole life flashed before my eyes. Not a pretty picture.

feckingmorons: More people died from safes falling out of windows than died from SARS.

Via Wikipedia article (new window) on SARS:

There has been one near pandemic to date, between November 2002 and July 2003, with 8,096 known infected cases and 774 deaths (a case-fatality rate of 9.6%) worldwide being listed in the World Health Organization's (WHO) 21 April 2004 concluding report.

That's a lotta goddamn falling safes.

1918 Flu Pandemic: Among the conclusions of this research is that the virus kills via a cytokine storm, which explains its unusually severe nature and the unusual age profile of its victims (the virus caused an overreaction of the body's immune system-the strong immune systems of young adults ravaged the body, while the weaker immune systems of children and middle-aged adults caused fewer deaths).

The 1918 flu pandemic (commonly referred to as the Spanish flu) was an influenza pandemic that spread to nearly every part of the world. It was caused by an unusually severe and deadly Influenza A virus strain of subtype H1N1.

Swine flu: Influenza A virus subtypes H1N1, H1N2, H3N1 and H3N2 are all known to cause SIV infections.

Eep. If you'll excuse me, I need to go cower in my bunker / clean room...

dahmers love zombie: feckingmorons: More people died from safes falling out of windows than died from SARS.

Via Wikipedia article (new window) on SARS:

There has been one near pandemic to date, between November 2002 and July 2003, with 8,096 known infected cases and 774 deaths (a case-fatality rate of 9.6%) worldwide being listed in the World Health Organization's (WHO) 21 April 2004 concluding report.

That's a lotta goddamn falling safes.

they should call them dangerouses, or not-safes.

I blame Sharpies.

My mother always said bacon would kill me...

Pigs sleep and root in shiat. That's a filthy animal. I ain't eat nothin' that ain't got enough sense enough to disregard its own feces.

Bam! Now look at that bacon sizzle!

Ohhhhh so this will be the new SARS/Mad Cow/rainbow party panic/lead paint/mold?

Awesome. I was wondering when I could be smug again.

feckingmorons: Wash your hands frequently and well. Unless you are immunocompromised you will be fine.

Usually pandemics kill the young and healthy as well. That's why most flus don't become pandemic. At least thats what the media has been telling me all day.

EVERYBODY PANCETTA!!!

Chariset: feckingmorons: Wash your hands frequently and well. Unless you are immunocompromised you will be fine.

....'cause everyone knows flu epidemics never kill young, healthy people

dahmers love zombie: feckingmorons: More people died from safes falling out of windows than died from SARS.

Via Wikipedia article (new window) on SARS:

There has been one near pandemic to date, between November 2002 and July 2003, with 8,096 known infected cases and 774 deaths (a case-fatality rate of 9.6%) worldwide being listed in the World Health Organization's (WHO) 21 April 2004 concluding report.

That's a lotta goddamn falling safes.

774 deaths during the whole epidemic (which is indeed smaller than a pandemic) in a period of nine months? More people were shot in Detroit in that time period.

The risk of contacting SIV (swine influenza virus) is much less than that of being in a car accident on the way to work. The risk is certainly lessened with proper handwashing, which truly few people other than healthcare providers actually perform. (without looking it up try to see if you know proper handwashing technique)

Certainly there are places where you might wish to take extra precautions such as at a pig farm, when treating patients with possible SIV, or if you are immunocompromised (such as HIV and some cancer patients) or if you are very young without a fully developed complement of antibodies, or very old.

Vacationing in Mexico, even in areas where SIV is said to be endemic is no riskier than your regular daytime routine at home.

I have been an RN for years, and I did a COSTEP internship with the USPHS at the CDC, and I also worked for the USPHS for a time. If you require more information the CDC website (cdc.gov) will always have the most current information.

You are more likely to get Malaria (there were over 1500 cases in the US last year) than SIV, but the media feels like blowing SIV out of proportion.

Wash your hands, wear a condom.

They took our hogs!

boristhebulletdodger: My mother always said bacon would kill me...

But not from swine flu. You can't get it from tasty, tasty bacon even if the pig had it.

I'm using this to call out sick Monday.

"Yeah, my swine flu is acting up. I'm going to have to stay home."

This is some scary stuff actually.

/pigs are no longer involved in the transmission
//the 7 cases in the US? found by accident almost.
///mexico city schools are now closed

On the plus side-after it kills off a bunch of us housing should drop even more, and there will be more job openings.

I have imminent death syndrome, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.

DBrandisNC: They took our hogs!

So... they completely depopulated Pender County?

The virus is a mix of human virus, bird virus from North America and pig viruses from North America, Europe and Asia.

"AND now, Prendick, I will explain," said Doctor Moreau, so soon as we had eaten and drunk.

Chariset: feckingmorons: Wash your hands frequently and well. Unless you are immunocompromised you will be fine.

....'cause everyone knows flu epidemics never kill young, healthy people

Nice one.

Get your tickets to Madagascar, if their ports haven't closed yet.

/yes, been done.
//bears repeating
///

skinink: Pigs sleep and root in shiat. That's a filthy animal. I ain't eat nothin' that ain't got enough sense enough to disregard its own feces.

Wild pigs, not-so-much, nor pigs that have enough room to roam around. When humans put pigs in too-small pens, you've got two places to be. At the food trough, or off on the other side. Don't shiat where you eat, so they shiat elsewhere.

When it gets too hot for the non-sweating porkers, they gotta roll in something to cool off. shiat's usually all there is.

/Uncle ran a pig farm.
//raised 'em humanely, no shiat-baths for his pre-bacon swine.

I guess that bird bird bird bird flu isn't the word anymore, huh?

To qoute Dr. Cox from Scrubs...

Loretta, relax. I've been involved in every ridiculous TV induced panic there is - poison pills, SARS, West Nile, North Face, South Fork, East River, Monkeypox, pop rocks, toilet snakes, Mad Cow, Bird Flu, Swine Flu, and quite frankly every other flu that you could really only catch if you actually fornicated with the animal it's named for.

So...unless your are some imbred, toothless, shine-swilling hick from Kentucky, who actually does fark his pigs...I think we are gonna be ok.

Greywar: and there will be more job openings.

If you make widgets, and those widgets are bought by the public, who will be buying the widgets when the public is all dead? Who pays you? Might be time to start investing in fur and wampum futures.

Me personally, I'm thinking of investing in some bacon shortly. All this talk about it is driving me nuts.

dahmers love zombie: feckingmorons: More people died from safes falling out of windows than died from SARS.

Via Wikipedia article (new window) on SARS:

There has been one near pandemic to date, between November 2002 and July 2003, with 8,096 known infected cases and 774 deaths (a case-fatality rate of 9.6%) worldwide being listed in the World Health Organization's (WHO) 21 April 2004 concluding report.

That's a lotta goddamn falling safes.

774 deaths from one disease worldwide just isn't a pandemic in either my or the CDC's book. Washing your hands is in fact an adequate preventive measure against the flu virus, AND against a possible pandemic, because....

The real danger of any flu (swine, avian or Canada goose) is that it will mutate into a new variant and/or a new transmission mode, and begin a rapid spread. So far, the flu has remained sub-epidemic, because it is fairly difficult to contract--you have to put the virus into your body via contact. Thus, if you can avoid putting your contaminated fingers into your eyes, nose, mouth, etc., or if you remember to wash your hands frequently, you can avoid catching the flu.

IF, however, the flu were to become AIRBORNE, and transmit via droplet contact--if you could inhale the virus--then we'd see a true pandemic. (Yeah, you can catch flu now by inhalation, but it's not as easy...so far)

Naman: shiat, now who's going to pull people over for DWB?

I thought it was funny, no one else did apparently.

Did anyone else find this headline to be...off or something? Seems like it's just not reading well.

I just bought 6 packages of bacon at the store tonight, so I'm getting a kick...

/bogo on bacon!
//nitrate-free!!

geom_00: To qoute Dr. Cox from Scrubs...

Loretta, relax. I've been involved in every ridiculous TV induced panic there is - poison pills, SARS, West Nile, North Face, South Fork, East River, Monkeypox, pop rocks, toilet snakes, Mad Cow, Bird Flu, Swine Flu, and quite frankly every other flu that you could really only catch if you actually fornicated with the animal it's named for.

So...unless your are some imbred, toothless, shine-swilling hick from Kentucky, who actually does fark his pigs...I think we are gonna be ok.

+1 Internets for you. It's amazing how Dr. Cox can sum up how I feel so well sometimes.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I guess that bird bird bird bird flu isn't the word anymore, huh?

Goddamn I hate you so much for getting that in my head.

Now I'm going to have visions of Peter Griffin running in my dreams. Crap.

Screw you guys... I'm going to Madagascar!

Farknuck: Naman: shiat, now who's going to pull people over for DWB?

I thought it was funny, no one else did apparently.

Did anyone else find this headline to be...off or something? Seems like it's just not reading well.

Maybe the first "as" should be "and?" Otherwise, it does currently read like "Concern over possible global epidemic causes swine flu to go out and kill 7 people."

Eh, I was snarky before...but did any of you RTFA?

Seems like some genuinely scary shiat to me.

/rapture draws nigh

A few comments: most seasonal flu is also H1N1, so no need to panic simply on that. Still, there is reason for concern. using SARS as a reason why this is bs is apples to oranges, "aint even the same farking sport". Pandemic flus (which this is not, yet) are pandemic because the general population has no immunities. The severity of this swine flu has yet to be determined. The US cases have not been very virulent, and FWIW, I dont trust the claims from the Mexican Govt. Only 7 of the 14 Mexican cases actually were swine flu (of the cases that cdc evaluated, not the total).

Handwashing is a big piece of the puzzle, but flu is also spread via droplets, so watch out for sneezes and coughs too.

dahmers love zombie: feckingmorons: More people died from safes falling out of windows than died from SARS.

Via Wikipedia article (new window) on SARS:

There has been one near pandemic to date, between November 2002 and July 2003, with 8,096 known infected cases and 774 deaths (a case-fatality rate of 9.6%) worldwide being listed in the World Health Organization's (WHO) 21 April 2004 concluding report.

That's a lotta goddamn falling safes.

What? You didn't hear about the Great Safe Rain of 2005?

/the death rate was nearly Diebold

Ahoytheship: TeddyRooseveltsMustache: I guess that bird bird bird bird flu isn't the word anymore, huh?

Goddamn I hate you so much for getting that in my head.

Now I'm going to have visions of Peter Griffin running in my dreams. Crap.

Your pain is my joy. Your sweet delicious pain.

geom_00: unless your are some inbred, toothless, shine-swilling hick slut from Kentucky, who actually does fark pigs...I think we are gonna be ok.

Baby, can you dig your hombre?

The bit on the news tonight said this is a combo of swine/avian/human and there is some evidence of human-to-human transmission. California's chief epidemiologist says it is very, very rare to have even 6 cases of swine flu - Mexico's already got 60 dead (new window). Am I going to run out and get a mask? No. Am I going to keep an eye on the news coming out of the CDC, yes. The media will go nuts over it and probably blow it all out of proportion but when states start activating emergency operations centers and alerting hospitals to take extreme infection control measures, I at least pay attention to the possiblities.

/2012 ain't that far away...

Puzzled Penguin: Get your tickets to Madagascar, if their ports haven't closed yet.

/yes, been done.
//bears repeating
///

RugbyJock, is that you?

That said, shiat is kind of scary.

Mrbogey: feckingmorons: Wash your hands frequently and well. Unless you are immunocompromised you will be fine.

Usually pandemics kill the young and healthy as well. That's why most flus don't become pandemic. At least thats what the media has been telling me all day.

Yeah, try something authoratative. Jeezus K Rheist, Drude has half inch high letters that say NO PLANS TO CLOSE BORDER.

Try the CDC (new window), Mexico's IMSS (new window) -in Spanish, the INSP (new window), Mexico's CDC,

Watching the news at 11 they are just going nuts, they are interviewing University Professors in Wisconsin, playing 8 seconds of a CDC news confrence that said "The WHO is not declaring a pandemic," of course that suggests to most people that they might soon.

Mexico City and its environs has 20 Million people. Sixty or so have died from swine flu. The risk is remarkably tiny, and they are vaccinating people and pigs.

It is odd that the Swine Flu becomes a news hot topic during May Sweeps period which began this week. Look for lots of other local emergencies too like lead paint of some fire hydrants, horrible mold in the bathroom of city hall, and a pack of four poodles running loose and scaring the elderly.

Just in time for May sweeps. Send the news chopper to a pig farm, quick! We need B-roll!

My real concern is that people are moving away from Jesus. If this becomes a pandemic, that could drastically impact the death toll.

I guarantee you that it's all over Arizona. There have been two at my work with the symptoms and a good friend has been ill for two weeks (at some times with a 104 degree fever).