Knew immediately what the story would be based on the headline. THAT is effective, subby.

Well played subby

Here's a quick list of swine flu puns. Enjoy!

Bacon Lung, Pigluenza, Osteoboarosis, Porkulosis, ManBirdPig, Piggy Pox, Hamthrax, Porkinson's, Swinebifida, Porcine Pandemic, Porkitis, A Case of The Oinks, Swine-usitis, Swine-us Infection, Sausage Cough and the Aporkapylse.

Robot Devil's Advocate: Here's a quick list of swine flu puns. Enjoy!

Bacon Lung, Pigluenza, Osteoboarosis, Porkulosis, ManBirdPig, Piggy Pox, Hamthrax, Porkinson's, Swinebifida, Porcine Pandemic, Porkitis, A Case of The Oinks, Swine-usitis, Swine-us Infection, Sausage Cough and the Aporkapylse.

When I viewed the case zero story on CNN (what now seems so long ago), I turned to my dorm-mate and said, "I sure don't want that Mexican Bacon Sickness."

We laughed.

That said: PIGS! PIGS! PIGS! PIGS!

Ah, good, the cat's going to be okay.

Really is a strange virus though. Can't think of many that transfer like that.

Yea that headlines so on point, i honestly dont even have to post in this thread.

done for fun.

FunkOut: Okay, this H1N1 strain of swine flu isn't supposed to be zoonotic, transferred from human to human instead of swine to human. But it is transferring from humans to cats and ferrets now. This virus is weird.

Frequent drastic mutations means all bets are off.

It's still not zoonotic...this strain of H1N1 is circulating within the human population now, not the swine population. You won't get this strain from hanging out with pigs. Does that mean another strain won't jump from pigs to people somewhere else? Not at all. Flu viruses are very weird in general.

This is honestly the first time I've been a bit worried, at all, regarding H1N1.

If I get it, whatever. I'm healthy and young, I'll be sick for a few days, miss some work, and be fine.

But, my kittehs. I can't haz sick kittehs. I kinda wish I had gotten the shot now.

Catastrophic!

GWSuperfan: Viruses mutate or -some might say- evolve. I got vaccinated yesterday, so my kitteh is safe in two to three weeks.

/minor quibble

Robot Devil's Advocate: Here's a quick list of swine flu puns. Enjoy!

Bacon Lung, Pigluenza, Osteoboarosis, Porkulosis, ManBirdPig, Piggy Pox, Hamthrax, Porkinson's, Swinebifida, Porcine Pandemic, Porkitis, A Case of The Oinks, Swine-usitis, Swine-us Infection, Sausage Cough and the Aporkapylse.

My Ex-girlfriend had a chronic case of the sausage cough.

Tofino: Knew immediately what the story would be based on the headline. THAT is effective, subby.

Couldn't have said it better.

It is ok. I don't like cats.
Really I will be fine.

"Now here's an interesting person. Apart from being a full-time stapling machine, he can also give a cat influenza."

/not obscure

moar funny pictures

Cat Scratch Fever?

What utter ridiculousness. I'm assuming (not sure) that the H in H1N1 stands for 'human'.

Thus, swine flu in a cat is obviously not what we know as H1N1, and thus any medical prognosis for said cat is unknown, not relative to swine flu in a human (which prognosis is undetermined, at best).

50% of dogs, for instance, are HIV+ on an HIV antibody test:

"Writing in the journal Cancer Research, Strandstrom and colleagues reported that 72/144 (50%) of dog blood samples "obtained from the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis" tested in commercial Western blot assays, "reacted with one or more HIV recombinant proteins [gp120--21.5%, gp41--23%, p31--22%, p24-- 43%]" [4]."

T.rex: What utter ridiculousness. I'm assuming (not sure) that the H in H1N1 stands for 'human'.


Assuming wrong I'm afraid, from fluwiki:

The type (A, B or C) is the first important part of the influenza virus name. Then comes the sub-type, which is named for the broad classes of the hemagglutinin (HA) or neuraminidase (NA) surface proteins sticking through the viral envelope. There are 16 HA sub-types (designated H1 - H16) and 9 NA sub-types (designated N1 - N9). All of the possible combinations of these influenza A subtypes infect birds, but only those containing the H1, H2, H3, H5, H7 and H9 and the N1, N2 and N7 surface proteins infect humans, and of these, so far, only H1, H2, H3 and N1 and N2 do so to any extent. The H5 subtype is considered a candidate for a new subtype for broad human infectivity. Since this subtype is "new" to the immune systems of most people on the globe, if this happens it is likely to be in pandemic form, that is to produce a wave of infection around the world. Full naming of an influenza A virus thus includes both the type and the subtype (e.g., influenza A/H5N1 or influenza A/H3N2; these may also be written using parentheses instead of slashes, i.e. A(H3N2) etc.).

So, pretty much no.

i stand corrected then. on that point. I'll leave it to fluwiki to keep track of meaningless designations.

T.rex: i stand corrected then. on that point. I'll leave it to fluwiki to keep track of meaningless designations.

Hey, just relax and enjoy the ride, it's just a fast-mutating, virulent flu virus - not like it's Captain Tripps or something.

/Aw Fark.

Oh shiat FARMAGEDDON!

T.rex: I'll leave it to fluwiki to keep track of meaningless designations.

Just because you didn't know what it meant (and still don't after it's been clarified) doesn't make it meaningless.

If you're going to pull stuff out of your ass, start with your head.

T.rex: What utter ridiculousness. I'm assuming (not sure) that the H in H1N1 stands for 'human'.

Thus, swine flu in a cat is obviously not what we know as H1N1, and thus any medical prognosis for said cat is unknown, not relative to swine flu in a human (which prognosis is undetermined, at best).

50% of dogs, for instance, are HIV+ on an HIV antibody test:

"Writing in the journal Cancer Research, Strandstrom and colleagues reported that 72/144 (50%) of dog blood samples "obtained from the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis" tested in commercial Western blot assays, "reacted with one or more HIV recombinant proteins [gp120--21.5%, gp41--23%, p31--22%, p24-- 43%]" [4]."

Holy god. This is remarkable stupidity.

T.rex:
50% of dogs, for instance, are HIV+ on an HIV antibody test:

"Writing in the journal Cancer Research, Strandstrom and colleagues reported that 72/144 (50%) of dog blood samples "obtained from the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, University of California, Davis" tested in commercial Western blot assays, "reacted with one or more HIV recombinant proteins [gp120--21.5%, gp41--23%, p31--22%, p24-- 43%]" [4]."

I've actually read this study, and if anyone else is curious it's available online. Dogs did not test positive for HIV, their serum cross reacted with parts of the HIV virus. It suggested that the dogs had been exposed to a lentivirus at some point in their lives, not necessarily HIV, which is just one of many lentiviruses. FIV, for instance, is a feline lentivirus...if cats were tested on the same test, they would likely test positive as well.

The H and N designations for the flu virus are incredibly important. Just because you have no idea what's going on, doesn't mean the rest of the world is wrong.

Went to the hospital yesterday and the doctors said I've probably got swine flu so I'm getting a kick....

FTFA: The veterinarian who treated the cat, Dr. Brett Sponseller, says two of the three people in the same house had flu-like symptoms before the cat became ill.

Okay, I know some cats have weird names, and I've even heard of some with a title (à la Mr. Mistoffelees), but I think "Dr." is going a bit too far.

T.rex: What utter ridiculousness. I'm assuming (not sure) that the H in H1N1 stands for 'human'.

Thus, swine flu in a cat is obviously not what we know as H1N1, and thus any medical prognosis for said cat is unknown, not relative to swine flu in a human (which prognosis is undetermined, at best).

Well, if you list "Feline Swine Flu" as "F1N1", I think that will rather upset the French.

F1N1

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fini (pops)

French

Adjective

fini m. (f. finie, m. plural finis, f. plural finies)

1. Completed or done.
2. Which has come to an end.
3. (technical or philosophical)Which has an end, limited, finite.
4. Which has been carefully done.
5. (pejorative) Whose art has been perfected; accomplished.

Un menteur fini: An accomplished liar.

6. Which has been morally damaged and has lost his reputation; done for.
* 1874, Émile Zola, La Conquête de Plassans,

On peut dormir en paix : c'est un homme fini, qui ne se mêlera plus des affaires de Plassans.

7. Readily useable.

Produits finis: Manufactured products


German
Etymology

From French fini
Adjective

fini (not comparable)

1. (colloquial, only used as a predicative adjective) done, finished