Influx of swine flu affects thousands of students visiting China (Including me) - Polidicks

Writing this from a quarantined hotel room in the center of Beijing. [quote=BBC news]More than 100 schoolchildren and their teachers from the UK and US have been quarantined in Beijing after eight children were found to have swine flu. The four UK and four US children are being treated in a Beijing hospital and are said to be in a stable condition. The children had just started a visit to the country to learn about Chinese culture and language. Four of the 52 British pupils affected told the BBC from their hotel room that they were being well looked after. The four, who attend Clevedon School in north Somerset, are all in their late teens and are part of a group of 12 from that school, plus two teachers. "We are quarantined in the hotel and are all currently well as we have daily temperature checks which are all good," they said in an e-mail sent from their hotel room. Chinese health officials monitor passengers arriving in the country "The hotel is really nice and we have proper toilets. We hope we experience more of China as we should be out within four days." One of the boys, Christopher Hicks, said that they had been visiting the Great Wall of China when they were called back, because they had previously shared a bus with a pupil from another school who had tested positive for the virus. High temperatures Both British and American groups were on visits organised by the Confucius Institute, an official Chinese body which promotes Chinese language and culture overseas. Speaking about the four UK pupils who have swine flu, the institute's director, Katharine Carruthers, said: "They are being extremely well looked after and cared for, to the extent where they're getting pizza delivered to where they are. They are all happy and getting better. "There are a number of children in quarantine in very comfortable conditions in a four-star hotel in Beijing, who have been in close contact with the swine flu cases. "Everyone is in good spirits, getting involved in activities and carrying on their Chinese learning." There are 600 students from across the UK who arrived in the Chinese capital this week and the vast majority are continuing their trip as normal, she said. The BBC's Quentin Sommerville, in Beijing, said three of the four UK children were found to have high temperatures when they arrived in Beijing earlier in the week. They were taken straight from the airport to a hospital where it was confirmed they had the virus. A fourth classmate fell ill later. China has previously quarantined students in hotels The American children had been in contact with the UK group and four of them were also diagnosed as having the virus. UK Foreign Office officials say 52 British schoolchildren and their teachers are now quarantined in a Beijing hotel. [/quote] [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8157188.stm[/url] I know it says 100 but there were well over a thousand students from the U.K and the U.S at the Beijing foreign language school. On the link, the first picture of the 4 boys on the right of the article, I am the one on the far right with the black skater t-shirt on. It's kind of exciting to be part of the news.

Quite cool, hope you don't die from it.

He won't. I had Swine Flu. Shit's weak.

This should in[I]flu[/I]ence you not to go to Beijing anymore :V

thanks pepsi. The hotel is a converted one, like a foreign disease control center so my group has isolated ourselves to minimise chances of getting sick. Hopefully we will be released on wednesday!

You're going to die in 7 days.

That's cool that you're in the news. Good to hear they're keeping good care of you over there as well.

Sweet, that's awesome Hallucinate. And you'll make it through H1N1 okay.

Keep though bro, You won't die, I live with you.

I have planted bombs throughout the building, meet my demands or you all will die.

my friend is in china right now i wonder if she has swine flu yet.

Sounds like you are having a interesting holiday! Hope you don't get swine flu before Wednesday, that would suck. Have fun in China though!

My sister had swine flu I had symptoms. Don't freak out, it'll pass in a few days if you've had a vaccination regimen at birth or whatnot.

There was something similar to this like 2-3 months ago.

Different cases. Its not like something happens once and it can't happen again. That is a very, very, very, very rare occurrence.

Lucky bastard. As someone else pointed out, you'd be lucky to have it now, and when it reboots your body will know how to handle it.

[QUOTE=The Un-Men;16120283]Lucky bastard. As someone else pointed out, you'd be lucky to have it now, and when it reboots your body will know how to handle it.[/QUOTE] Not necessarily. It depends on a lot of factors to determine if you will even begin to develop an immunity of it. So even if the virus is completely removed from your body, you still might not be immune.

You guys look to be having fun in that picture. Good luck :)

You're lucky to have it while it isn't more lethal.

[QUOTE=SkynrdFan1;16119385]This should in[I]flu[/I]ence you not to go to Beijing anymore :V[/QUOTE] "This should 'influenza' you" would have been better.

I was going to ask if I could have your shirt if you died, but it's not a good enough shirt to go through the trouble.

[QUOTE=SkynrdFan1;16119385]This should in[I]flu[/I]ence you not to go to Beijing anymore :V[/QUOTE] There's no hope for the news section anymore.

Some people mentioned it might be good to get it now before it mutates into something more virulent. The only problem is even immune to one strain doesn't mean you will be fine from another. Same thing happens with the regular flu, which is why you need to get vaccinated every year. This is because the old virus mutates enough that your body doesn't have the appropriate quick response and you have to fight it off the hard way. Same thing would also be present with Swine Flu. Just because you get it now, it doesn't mean the next time it comes around you will be better off than anyone else. Anyway, good luck. Hopefully you and everyone else out there will be ready to get home soon.

It won't mutate. I'm going to bet money on that.

[QUOTE=Edthefirst;16123419]Some people mentioned it might be good to get it now before it mutates into something more virulent. The only problem is even immune to one strain doesn't mean you will be fine from another. Same thing happens with the regular flu, which is why you need to get vaccinated every year. This is because the old virus mutates enough that your body doesn't have the appropriate quick response and you have to fight it off the hard way. Same thing would also be present with Swine Flu. Just because you get it now, it doesn't mean the next time it comes around you will be better off than anyone else. Anyway, good luck. Hopefully you and everyone else out there will be ready to get home soon.[/QUOTE] The point people were making was that in previous pandemics those who were infected and became ill in the first wave had far greater survival rates in the second wave in the autumn than those who didn't get it. It's not clear at this point though how severe (if it mutates) the disease will be in the autumn and winter (I was reading that the 1918 pandemic's second wave may have been caused partly because of the conditions of the first world war).

[QUOTE=Pepsi-cola;16119356]Quite cool, hope you don't [B]sneeze[/B] from it.[/QUOTE] fix'd to fit the problem more.

The swine flu isnt going to mutate into a deadly pandemic you tards, quiet trying to justify your over parnoia

[QUOTE=Saxon;16126704]The swine flu isnt going to mutate into a pandemic you tards, quiet trying to justify your over parnoia[/QUOTE] It is a pandemic. Learn what a pandemic is before you go spouting bullshit.

[QUOTE=toxicpiano;16126778]It is a pandemic. Learn what a pandemic is before you go spouting bullshit.[/QUOTE] I meant a deadly pandemic :v:

[QUOTE=Saxon;16126888]I meant a deadly pandemic :v:[/QUOTE] Pandemics are not defined by deaths. A pandemic could have no deaths at all, it would still be a pandemic.