Your BIG FAT Swine Flu Virus thread!

[Crap Buddist]

What does my "head in" is listening to all the holiday makers bitching about having their "holidays" cancelled .

One lady said on the news after re-booking an international last minute getaway because all her family couldn't go to Mexico, " I hope it doesn't reach pandemic status."

Eh? ! Well that selfish attitude will surely help contain a pandemic wont it, what with the likes of her and family flying off all over the planet wont it ?

Why don't they stay at home,put their flips flops on and have a nice BBQ instead ?

A family member was due to visit someone in hospital this week. Now they are not going to minimise risk or the gamble of exposing themselves at this early stage.

Questions.

Are you planning to travel or are you cancelling/altering your plans ?

Should the UK shut down all flights and not allow anyone in ?

What are your flu prevention top tips ? I intend to eat more curry as a precaution and up the chili factor. Chili's are good for the immune system.

Lets see what comes out of the governments Cobra meeting. And someone has just mentioned on Sky News " Is this a deliberate release of a virus to "cull" the world population?" (remember a population growing at 2% per year will double every 35 years)

6.7 billion (present population)
13.4 billion in 35 years @ 2% Growth
26.8 billion in 70 years. @ 2% Growth

Think resources , food riots, oil, demand....

Do you think the United Nations will allow humans to keep on expanding or does it make sense to use population control to limit growth by use of disease release and immunisation schemes ? (Some kids have to have 25 shots in the US ? That seems a lot ? )

Fingers crossed ! It wouldn't be the first time disease has deliberately been released on a population would it ? So would it happen again , or are humans in government all compassionate, caring beings now ?

 

[MrGecko]

Have you been smoking something?

 

[Crap Buddist]

Have you been smoking something?

No not yet Mr G .



Edit
Mod. Could you clip the "e" off the thread title please, it wont let me edit it , TA !

 

[Crap Buddist]

I "hope" it doesn't hit a college or school in UK. Likely that it will perhaps sooner or later, but that will spook a lot of people. Maybe they should pump the kids now with a shot ?

Good to note no deaths as yet outside of Mexico. So maybe it's a strain that attacks more seriously a nations specific genetic make up?

 

[MrGecko]

Maybe you should just stop panicking. This thing will be over with in a few weeks.

 

[Crap Buddist]

I'm not panicking. But human nature bing what it is, if or when it hits schools the public will likely do all sorts of strange things.

The media (Gov.) will always try and underplay a crisis but this is gonna pop BIG TIME i think ! I think they should jab the kids (& elderly) now and not muck about "waiting" for it to land at a school .

It will be interesting to see if they force all aircraft down if the infection rate starts hitting numbers in their thousands. I mean they did it for a terror attack against man, will they do it for a viral attack against man ? And should they ?

 

[shadowninja]

Two diagnosed in the UK. Were on a honeymoon in Mexico.

 

[MrGecko]

this is gonna pop BIG TIME i think !

What evidence do you have to support this?

Other than the media - mainstream or otherwise - where are you getting your information from?

 

[Crap Buddist]

Call it gut instinct. And the fact people are all still flying about internationally and it seems to spread as easy as a typical flu virus. Bird flu wasn't poping up this fast in the first week or so either was it ?

At the moment the authorities dont know how it will unfold, so why not err on the side of prudence ? Maybe it needs a few thousand deaths to rack up first ?

Early days yet, lets see how many more countries announce new cases next week or 2.

 

[HaloTrader]

Did i just head this on the news correctly?

1,600 Mexicans infected, 106 dead.... Thats 1/16 dead when they catch the virus??? That can't be right. This could actually be the first time something epic happens in the world...

 

[HaloTrader]

Shotgun the person who (like in the movies) is one of the survivors and gets to find the cure.

 

[arabianights]

I suspect that no one in this thread, including me, has any of the biological/medical knowledge to make a good judgement on this...

 

[MrGecko]

On the other hand, we brits (at least, don't know about other nationalities) do have a penchant for hysteria (post Diana), with the press acting as a catalyst because it sells papers. It has become part of our popular culture - just look at the Jade Goody thing. In that sense, my judgement is to eschew the mania and crack on as normal.

 

[dcraig1]

Early days yet, lets see how many more countries announce new cases next week or 2.

Three cases confirmed in New Zealand tonight and more confirmations expected. Australia testing 70 people. Queensland activated its 'Pandemic Plan'.

I doubt if anybody has a good idea of what might happen, but disregarding the risk seems pretty stupid.

 

[Crap Buddist]

I suspect that no one in this thread, including me, has any of the biological/medical knowledge to make a good judgement on this...

My wife is a health pro, and is pretty clued up on viral/ post viral infections. I think a virus is likely to be mans biggest threat and I hope that governments act swiftly in it's (or any viral threat) containment. But whilst they are saying keep traveling as normal and then this virus has a 1-3 day incubation cycle then why not lock down now ? Money I expect is the reason.

Some people who have not been to Mexico have been confirmed infected. In Spain I think?

But if it does get into mainstream population centres, schools, etc then people will start bleeting "They should of jabbed the kids sooner"

Lets hope it fizzles out and the strain that hits the UK is non fatal, responds well to anti viral drugs. Good points are that its not peak Flu season.

EU, world health org and UN seem to be on the ball with well co-ordinated news output maybe a little too well.

Blast Gordon Brown has just said "We have been preparing for this for many years" !

LOL We are all doomed then !


On another news note, what a c**tish thing to do, flying that Jumbo jet low level through New York and many folk panicking and legging it out of buildings. Sicko's ,what government would be that insensitive ?

 

[Crap Buddist]

Gawd knows the reason, photo op. was a reason stated. But maybe they wanted to test the reaction of "perceived terror" in the city ?

Just goes to show that some people in New York are still in panic mode some 8 years on almost.

 

[wasp]

'28 days later' anyone?!

 

[Crap Buddist]

I'll tell you how to stop Swine Flu, vote conservative !







And then what would we get ?

 

[N Rothschild]

couldnt care less id still go to mexcio and have sex with a pig!

 

[N Rothschild]

and anyway 1600 cases in mexico, isnt there like 200 million people in mexico city or somin ****ing reduclis..yeh sounds like a real epedemic..