H1N1 (Swine) Flu

*Cipher* · 04-30-2009, 03:57 PM

To be honest, I'm sick of hearing about it. No, just because I used the word "sick" doesn't mean I made a pun, although I suppose it could be construed that way. I just got done writing an article for my college paper about how swine flu will affect study abroad in Mexico. I've had it up to hear with swine flu. I realize you couln't see me gesturing to my neckline when I wrote that, but it was probably implied anyway. Yeah!

Seriously though, remember when SARS and the bird flu were totally going to, like, kill all humans or something? Yeah, awesome times. Where did they go? Everyone freaked right the f*ck out for about a year before they quietly disappeared. And then no one mentioned it again. It was like we entered some bizzaro world where SARS and the bird flu never existed. No one even called CNN to say, "Hey, guys. What the hell happened to the bird flu? Aren't you at least going to apoligize for being wrong?" Are SARS and the bird flu out there plotting revenge right now? Maybe, but apparently no one cares because when it mattered most, they just couldn't deliver. You made it to the Super Bowl, SARS and bird flu, and you choked.

So, I'm supposed to be scared of swine flu now? Yes, it's a bit frightening that it seems to kill healthy, young people so easily, but its death to recovery ratio is still fairly low. It's less a global catastrophe and more a media sh*tstorm. They love this kind of stuff. Even the college paper I work for loves it. It gives us a ton of stories, and people will read them.

They can't all be the next black plague.

04-30-2009, 03:57 PM	#12
Cipher Foot Elite Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 3,454	To be honest, I'm sick of hearing about it. No, just because I used the word "sick" doesn't mean I made a pun, although I suppose it could be construed that way. I just got done writing an article for my college paper about how swine flu will affect study abroad in Mexico. I've had it up to hear with swine flu. I realize you couln't see me gesturing to my neckline when I wrote that, but it was probably implied anyway. Yeah! Seriously though, remember when SARS and the bird flu were totally going to, like, kill all humans or something? Yeah, awesome times. Where did they go? Everyone freaked right the fck out for about a year before they quietly disappeared. And then no one mentioned it again. It was like we entered some bizzaro world where SARS and the bird flu never existed. No one even called CNN to say, "Hey, guys. What the hell happened to the bird flu? Aren't you at least going to apoligize for being wrong?" Are SARS and the bird flu out there plotting revenge right now? Maybe, but apparently no one cares because when it mattered most, they just couldn't deliver. You made it to the Super Bowl, SARS and bird flu, and you choked. So, I'm supposed to be scared of swine flu now? Yes, it's a bit frightening that it seems to kill healthy, young people so easily, but its death to recovery ratio is still fairly low. It's less a global catastrophe and more a media shtstorm. They love this kind of stuff. Even the college paper I work for loves it. It gives us a ton of stories, and people will read them. They can't all be the next black plague.