Swine flu, could it be the new smallpox?

[TVTyrant]

The first death in the US was a toddler, or so I've heard.

It kills the very young, the very old, and the immuno-compromised. Surprise surprise, it's about as lethal as a normal flu. It's simply infecting loads of people at the same time, as opposed to the normal flu which is more or less always infecting someone but seldom in the soon-pandemic way this is. The fact it's being described as such gives it a lot more weight than it's worth - you could describe a common cold as a pandemic and it'd sound scary to the average citizen, even though it's relatively harmless.

Really, take care of yourself and you've very little to worry about.

True indeed. But what if we're all sick and bedridden at the same time!?!?! It could be a huge disaster, threatening hundreds of lives. What if the doctors are compromised to the flu?

WHAT IF BOB BARKER BREEDS A GOLD CHOCOBO!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[rossmum]

THEN I GUESS WE'RE ALL FUCKED! QUICKLY, TO THE SURPLUS STORE! ORDER GASMASKS! THOUSANDS OF THEM!

[Jean-Luc]

o gawd gaiz, it like killed 0.000002511% of the world's population. we all gonna die!

[AAA]

0.00000002511% of the world's population???????????

One of us is probably a soon to be victim already!!! D:

[CN3089]

Oh noes the flu.

If you're a normal person you'll puke your guts out for like three days and be bedridden for about a week.

REPENT!!!

not when it causes cytokine storms


I don't think it's done that, though, unless you believe some of the less credible reports out of Mexico


also what up immuno-compromised buddies

[Segnaro]

I hope a lot of people die from this , less people to be in the way I'm walking.

Also this is makes it easier to get jobs, even though most were of Mexican origin. That's more Sheetrocking and Landscaping for us!!!

[Jean-Luc]

I hope a lot of people die from this , less people to be in the way I'm walking.

Also this is makes it easier to get jobs, even though most were of Mexican origin. That's more Sheetrocking and Landscaping for us!!!

Who are you?

[Segnaro]

I'm that guy with three posts.

Really all you need to know is I'm really awesome.

[nooBBooze]

It doesn't matter if we disregard this like the ridicoulous media hype it is or if we are genuinly worrried, the fact that we are discussing it proves that they have already won.

Jesus, even backwoods radio shows in my town are picking up on this. I swear, mindless copypasta from foreign private news agencies is the dogma of the 21st century.

According to this guy when it comes to filtering information to mass compatible chunks it's either a distorting competition or a corrupting dictate but either one option smells like exploitation. Makes me wonder if man can be truly free given his inherent dependence on authority. Meh, maybe I should get back into philosophy.

[Disaster]

The swine flu has killed 150 over the course of 1 month. 150 x 12 months = 1,800 deaths. That's well under the annual normal influenza death toll, so it seems the odds are on my side.

You forget to take into account that as more people get infected, the number of infected will rise faster as there are more people who can possibly infect others. It exponentially grows.

There is not always going to be some 1600 people infected with it meaning your logic is flawed.

Even still, its not that big of a deal atm. Just your typical flu symptoms. The problem with any virus is that they mutate incredibly fast because of rapid reproduction.