Isn't it going to come back in February and be 10x as bad, or is that all bs too?

I think well over three quarters of us predicted this outcome.

They just don't make the apocalypse like they used to.

IN YOUR SLEEVE, PEOPLE!!!!

With the local farmland being gobbled up at a ridiculous rate, and the clogged highways, I hoped that this flu would have thinned the herd a bit.

Oh, well....

I don't like pigs anyway.

Just sayin.

ghare: Maybe everyone taking the recommended precautions and taking it seriously and getting vaccinated reduced its effect?

/Nah, couldn't be

Or maybe the media and the government blew the whole thing out of proportion. That couldn't be it either.

Day_Old_Dutchie: With the local farmland being gobbled up at a ridiculous rate, and the clogged highways, I hoped that this flu would have thinned the herd a bit.

Oh, well....


Too bad it didn't start with you.

I had it last summer. It almost killed me. I was a little disappointed it didn't.

They just don't make superbugs like they used to.

/Still waiting on SARS to make a comeback

ih8mylife: I had it last summer. It almost killed me. I was a little disappointed it didn't.

Judging from your FARK handle this statement does'nt shock me.

Don't worry, there's plenty of other strains of flu that can mutate and reduce us to a post-apocalyptic civilization of tribalism. And we have the media to thank for being our early warning signal.

Also, if I'm still alive when humanity is decimated by the next disease scare? Can I get some people to join my tribe? I bet we could make a kick-ass fortress out of an abandoned IHOP.

ghare: Maybe everyone taking the recommended precautions and taking it seriously and getting vaccinated reduced its effect?

/Nah, couldn't be

NO it was just another shrill to get you to crap your pants and hand over tons of government money to companies. Just like the wars, the economic crisis and terrorists.

Everyone but me. shiat I knew from the beginning I was going to be fine.

So you mean a disease that kills less people worldwide than leprosy is not as bad as people though? Ya don't say.

I thought the science was settled and there was a consensus, tell me it isnt so!! I WANT TO BELIEVE!!!

Does anyone else remember the run on surgical masks? It came and went in the blink of an eye. If so many got sold, why did I never see anyone wearing one?

I, for one, am stunned that the media's wide-eyed, piss-panting terror winds up having little or no relation to reality. You'd almost think they purposely exaggerate to drive an increased read/viewership.

Thisbymaster: ghare: Maybe everyone taking the recommended precautions and taking it seriously and getting vaccinated reduced its effect?

/Nah, couldn't be

NO it was just another shrill to get you to crap your pants and hand over tons of government money to companies. Just like the wars, the economic crisis and terrorists.

Dont forget Global Warming...

The media had to quickly underplay the severity of the Swine Flu after the government failed to deliver the vaccines in a timely fashion

We're all suckers. The problem wasn't H1N1 - it's the vaccine! They overplay the danger so many of us get vaccines. A couple years down the road we find out the vaccine causes cancer and we're all screwed because we listened to the government. They wanted an easy way to get rid of many of us, so they instill fear and have us walk right into the oven.

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!


*runs away screaming and flailing arms"

Enjoy your unnecessary injections of heavy metals and mind altering fluids, general public!

Nemo's Brother: The media had to quickly underplay the severity of the Swine Flu after the government failed to deliver the vaccines in a timely fashion

You obviously don't watch much news do you?

JonnyG: We're all suckers. The problem wasn't H1N1 - it's the vaccine! They overplay the danger so many of us get vaccines. A couple years down the road we find out the vaccine causes cancer and we're all screwed because we listened to the government. They wanted an easy way to get rid of many of us, so they instill fear and have us walk right into the oven.

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!


*runs away screaming and flailing arms"

tinfoil hat activate!!!!

ghare: Maybe everyone taking the recommended precautions and taking it seriously and getting vaccinated reduced its effect?

/Nah, couldn't be

Considering the low overall vaccination rate in the US at this point the answer is definitely no.

Joe Blowme: I thought the science was settled and there was a consensus, tell me it isnt so!! I WANT TO BELIEVE!!!

Science is becoming as corrupt as religion anymore (at least when it comes to stuff that gets into the MSM, such as H1N1 and climate change), can't trust anybody anymore it seems.

/trust no one, make your own judgements, do your own research, think your own thoughts, do your own thing.

ghare: Maybe everyone taking the recommended precautions and taking it seriously and getting vaccinated reduced its effect?

/Nah, couldn't be

According to the article, the rate of deaths per 1000 infections is around the same as for seasonal flu. It's just that this one is killing kids instead of old folks. Typical seasonal flu kills old people almost exclusively. Like 90%. The distribution graph looks like a diving board. The fatality distribution graph of H1N1 looks like a Greek urn.

I just got my shot because we've got people coming from out of town over Christmas and I don't want to dump all the work on my wife. And we've got a vacation planned (and paid for) for mid-winter.

but if we dont panic, the terrorists will win

Vaccine come out way too late for it to have a significant impact.

I'm not changing anything until Madagascar opens everything.

Do you really think any of us is gonna get through this?

Well, I might.

Lost Thought 00: Enjoy your unnecessary injections of heavy metals and mind altering fluids, general public!


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I_C_Weener: No Captain Trips?

No, V.....
Burr: Joe Blowme: I thought the science was settled and there was a consensus, tell me it isnt so!! I WANT TO BELIEVE!!!

Science is becoming as corrupt as religion anymore (at least when it comes to stuff that gets into the MSM, such as H1N1 and climate change), can't trust anybody anymore it seems.

/trust no one, make your own judgements, do your own research, think your own thoughts, do your own thing.

THIS

Burr: make your own judgements, do your own research

There you go. Do your own epidemiological studies. Create your won vaccines. You show 'em. They are gonna look sooo foolish!

Unless you're a kid, then not so much. I read a similar article else where, MSNBC I thing, but if it had effected old people the death rate would be hell of a lot higher because as with most flu's it's almost never the flu that kills you but something else opportunistic like pneumonia, and heart problems that plague old people.

jaytkay: Burr: make your own judgements, do your own research

There you go. Do your own epidemiological studies. Create your won vaccines. You show 'em. They are gonna look sooo foolish!

Example of missing the point...

jaytkay: Burr: make your own judgements, do your own research

There you go. Do your own epidemiological studies. Create your won vaccines. You show 'em. They are gonna look sooo foolish!

What, everybody doesn't have their own biological laboratory in their basement? We really are in a recession!

/here, have some food, enjoy your bridge