H1N1 (Swine) Flu
 

Today, the World Health Organization bumped the pandemic alert level to 4 (out of 6) for the swine flu. Are you concerned? Preparing? Think it's just media hype?

Personally, I think it's something to take seriously and am following this very closely. A lot is still unknown right now. Some people may not think this sounds like much, but considering the possible ramifications of an actual pandemic, I think that this definitely bears watching.

Yeah, I've seen about this, and frankly, it's beginning to scare me.

I have been following it to, But been in Australia i feel pretty safe, But those of you in the states hope all go's well, just make sure you take precautions.

I survived the SARS attack some years back, so I say bring it on!

But in all seriousness, this may very well be the beginning of the end.

I wouldn't doubt it any. 2012 is just around the corner, if the Mayans could have been on to something.

Remember when we were all gonna die from the bird flu? Smallpox? SARS?

HYPE HYPE HYPE

thats all it is.

just be careful, do the best you can.

we had birds dropping out of the sky here from west nile...many chicken farms went kaput from bird flu...

the end of the world aint coming in 2012...its a human created thing...buncha honkey. nature will decide when the earth ends...not us

Safe nothin!! Swine Flu is currently in New Zealand and there's 88 unconfirmed cases in Australia!

Swine Flu is in the following countries:

New Zealand - 11 confirmed, 43 unconfirmed

Australia: 88 unconfirmed

Isreal (where it's called Mexico Flu cuz the Jews were all in a hissy fit over pigs not being kosher so therefore to them the name of the fraking disease isn't kosher. :roll: ) - 2 confirmed

Canada (British Columbia and Nova Scotia) - 8 confirmed, 24 possable

U.S.:
NY: 45 confirmed, over 100 unconfirmed
California: 13 confirmed, 34 unconfirmed
Texas: 8 confirmed, 5 unconfirmed
Kansas: 2 confirmed
Indiana: 1 confirmed so far
Ohio: 1 confirmed
North/South Carolina: 33 unconfirmed
Mississpi: 10 unconfirmed
New Jersey: 5 unconfirmed
Idaho: 4 unconfirmed
Alabama: over 3 unconfirmed
Wisconson: 3 unconfirmed
Michigan: 2 unconfirmed
Massachusetts: 2 unconfirmed

UK: 2 confirmed, 40 unconfirmed

Spain: 2 confirmed, 32 unconfirmed

France, Chile, Columbia, Brazil, Denmark, Argentina, Norway, Ireland, Hong Kong, Guatemala, Germany, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Austria, Russia, and Thailand all have unconfirmed cases.

In Mexico 152 people have died from this.

Nobody's safe from this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_swine_flu_outbreak

Uh-oh! Raph's girl said it!

WE'RE DOOMED!!!!

I actually remember seeing a show on that from somewhere when I was a kid. If prophecy does hold true, don't say the Mayans told us so.

In all seriousness, it is a bit concerning but you can't live life in fear. I mean anthrax, sars, bird flu, all came and gone so as long we all take the necessary precautions there is nothing else you can control . I don't know if this poses any weight, but since living in san diego, CA I am literally 5 minutes from Mexico and if swine flu comes then come it shall. Just don't take any trips down south in the meantime.

I'm going to perform a stock count on two pig farms tomorrow, one with sick pigs. Really.

I'm rather... hopeless :/

I'm pretty sure anthrax, sars, and whatever are all still around too. Full blown aids.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Mwn4pB6r6t...0/OMGPANIC.gif

8-10 persons are being checked for flu in Norway, 3 had negative test results.

Yikes! so no cases yet of swine flu in South Africa. Damn what next sheep flu? Reminds me of the film i am legend.

no it'll be the squirrel flu:o

While it looks to be pretty deadly, everyone with good healthcare and a two litre bottle of Tamiflu will walk right through that. Also, I survived SARS in Toronto during the summer of '03. No pandemic will kill me. Ever.

*oink*...I mean *cough* *couch*

Nah I'm placing my bets on Beaver Fever!:lol:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eaverfever.png

I just came back from Wendy's. Got myself a Baconator. DELICIOUS!

There is a sign on the entrance doors of my local grocery store saying that eating pork is safe and does not cause swine flu. I am not making this up. (I guess that's one legitimate reason to object to the name of this flu.)

Haa... I remember freaking out about bird-flu like the young teenager I was back then. "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!"

I'm reading about the swine flue whenever I can though. While I'd doubt that the human race will kneel over from it, it's still worrying about how something like this can spread so quickly. Hopefully it can be controlled soon.

The sad thing is that this thing is everywhere in the world now. There is no sugar coating that fact. No matter if you are in Australia or Europe, every continent will have someone suspected of carrying (or actually carrying) the disease. I'm suspecting at least one or two cases will be labelled as "clean" while they are still carrying the disease within them, despite showing no symptoms. Hopefully I'm wrong...

Well, looks like I'm dead. YAY!

lol! When I get up every day, all news is practically yelling "You're going to die!!!" at people over here in the UK because 2 people have been diagnosed with it who came back from Mexico

It's just like that bird flu panic...I didn't die then and I'd be surprised if I die now :lol:

omg mrsa rite

MRSA's actually more dangerous than this, I think...

Having just spent my entire day at a hospital and chatted with the nurses there, I figure a healthy respect and keeping yourself educated on swine flu is the best thing. You just have to take the same precautions as you would to avoid regular flu. Wash your hands after touching doorhandles, keyboards and money. Keep your immune system healthy.

And not kiss any pigs while visiting Mexico, ya know...


The whole death thing in Mexico is happening, I think, because the healthcare (or lack of) is totally different from here in the US. If you live in crowded conditions without clean water or proper medical attention, a disease is going to Flourish. With the US, (the last I'd watched the news) most of the people I've heard about getting sick up here are either recovering or Have recovered.

I think the media is blowing this way out of proportion. There's a need to be concerned and educated, but not panicky like the media wants us to be.

Oh by the way, the one Ohio case was a kid in the town next to mine. I believe he has recovered.

So I didn't need to duct tape a plastic tarp around my apartment?

Masahiro Sakurai yelled at him and he got better.

...I honestly have no idea what I'm posting. I need sleep. F'in heck.

Mrsa is very dangerous. It was first discovered in 1961 and kills hundreds of people each year (including my brother 20 years ago). Those that survive have it the rest of their lives as it stays in your system (I have a step-uncle with it).

When Sars first came out I kept on laughing whenever it was mentioned because there's a local grocery store called Saars. :lol:

Im always super leary about the new strains that come out all the time. This year with Swine flu is really not new for me to panic. I have an extremely weak immune system and get sick very easily.

Oh BTW.. more countries have been added to the list.

Costa Rica: 2 confirmed
Australia now has 91 unconfirmed
Switzerland, Honduras, Venezuela, Iceland, Italy, Panama, Dominican Republic, and Uraguay all have unconfirmed
The confirmed cases in the UK are in Scotland.

More states as well: Maine, Florida, Tennessee, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Oklahoma, and New Hampshire all have unconfirmed cases.

In Canada, Ontario now has 4 confirmed cases and Alberta has 2 confirmed. B.C has 3 confirmed and Nova Scotia has 2. Saskatchewan and Prince Edward Island have unconfirmed cases.

Hype?

Maybe, but currently living in Mexico City and seeing the city as close to a ghost town as it can get is surreal. Its one of the largest cities of the world.

School from primary to university were stopped last Thursday and we won't be back until June. Today its announced that all restaurants can not open, they can only deliver food. most people are wearing surgical masks. Museums/bars/clubs/sports events/concerts/etc all closed/canceled.


Yeah I hope its mostly the goverments overreacting so this doesn't become a problem but putting a city/nation to halt is not done just for fun.




It really hasn't been that great for me since I moved here, stolen iphone, stolen car, swine flu, earthquake yesterday....then again when I was living in Missouri was when we were getting the deadliest tornados ever and the ice storm that cut off our electricity for almost a week.....maybe god is trying to tell me something.

Head for the Alps, THE BORDER IS CLOSED!!

Run around in circles! IT'S COMING!

Oy ve! A baby in Texas has died from the swine flu! :(

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNe...38123420090429

And a country update: Spain now has 4 confirmed, Germany has 3 confirmed, and Austria has 1 confirmed

Never mind that infants die all the time from normal sicknesses.

This is scary for me. I understand we shouldn't panic, but we should still be on alert. The confirmed case in Indiana was a Notre Dame student. There haven't been any reports on how the person got the flu, but he/she recovered.

Lol! Even our government is over-reacting now!

The other day an article said the UK wasn't bothering about getting protective face masks as they have no evidence of helping stop swine flu spreading, then today, front page of the newspaper "FLU: BRITAIN ORDERS 32M MASKS" :|

It also now claims "As the death toll in Mexico reaches 152, 4 out of 10 people in Britain (40%) are at risk of catching Swine Flu"

The joy... :ohwell:

F***! I was planning on going to Taco Bell today for lunch.

I do that anyway... wheeee!

I'm leaving this galaxy for one less complicated.

Lets all move to Russia or Japan. Those are about the only countries not effected.

Meanwhile, 2 kids in Lowell, Masachusetts have been confirmed as having Swine Flu.

I must go now, My planet needs me.

The flu regularly kills half a million people each year and people are getting bent out of shape over the couple hundred deaths reported thus far? Doesn't that seem a bit skewed?


The article says that was a Mexican child who came to the US for treatment. Puts a different spin on it to know that (my first thought was that it was a US kid), but still sad. :(