Definitive Swine Flu Thread (POST ABOUT IT HERE ONLY) - General

[QUOTE=Floreum;14886668]Oh god, just a while before the outbreak I had a loss of appetite. Now I'm coughing, should I be concerned? I live in Canada, Alberta, and there have been some confirmed cases.[/QUOTE] Did you have contact with infected people, people coming back from mexico or have you even been in mexico? If you say no to every question, it's just a normal cold.

[QUOTE=Floreum;14886668]Oh god, just a while before the outbreak I had a loss of appetite. Now I'm coughing, should I be concerned? I live in Canada, Alberta, and there have been some confirmed cases.[/QUOTE] Yea it may be the common cold, but I would check up with a doctor within the next few days if it worsens or shows no signs of getting better

[quote=hezzy]kids in california[/quote] fffffffffffff

Here's what you do. 1. Get virus 2. Get antiviral(s) effective against Swine Flu (they exist) 3. Ignore this step, this tutorial is over.

Go to madagascar

Nice read :p [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/8018428.stm[/url]

Thanks for link fritz, was pretty good read.

Do we have any deaths outside of Mexico yet?

Hopefully doesn't become a pandemic.

[QUOTE=Mr. Mcguffin;14887897]Do we have any deaths outside of Mexico yet?[/QUOTE] None that I knew of. I am also not sure how many deaths are really caused by the virus. The numbers right now are not more than estimations. That's a big problem we got right now. Until the medical staff has no real test to diagnose the virus, we don't know how many deaths are caused by the virus.

right.. Still worried, but I need to sleep. Goodnight all.

Lately I've been having some diarrhea.

So let me get this straight, we have everyone freaking out about a flu that has killed people in only one country?

[QUOTE=Mr. Mcguffin;14888083]So let me get this straight, we have everyone freaking out about a flu that has killed people in only one country?[/QUOTE] And is counterable by standard flu vaccines like Tamiflu? yep.

[QUOTE=Tomor;14888047]Lately I've been having some diarrhea.[/QUOTE] :faceplam:

[QUOTE=Mr. Mcguffin;14888083]So let me get this straight, we have everyone freaking out about a flu that has killed people in only one country?[/QUOTE] Yeah, they say the death toll for swine flu and people start panicking, when they haven't even thought about how many people die each year from the regular flu.

[QUOTE=SAS0206;14888112]And is counterable by standard flu vaccines like Tamiflu? yep.[/QUOTE] And is also extremely widespread, and becomes more so every passing day? And is also related to Avian Flu, and is in the same strain as Spanish Flu? Yep.

[QUOTE=hahaha221;14884405]I'm also pretty skeptical if this is natural, which I seriously doubt. How does Swine Flu, Human Flu, and Bird Flu just *mutate* into each other. It's quite possible somebody could have genetically created this.[/QUOTE] It's not. Everyone knows that a dude had butt-sechs with a pig.

[QUOTE=Mr. Mcguffin;14888083]So let me get this straight, we have everyone freaking out about a flu that has killed people in only one country?[/QUOTE] There's a little bit more to it than that. People died there because it was an unknow type of the virus. So there is no therapy against it right now. If people say tamiflu can help, I'm sorry but read what tamiflu actually does. It's more to slowdown the virus, and not a cure against it.

[QUOTE=Canuhearme?;14888134]And is also extremely widespread, and becomes more so every passing day? And is also related to Avian Flu, and is in the same strain as Spanish Flu? Yep.[/QUOTE] So what if it becomes widespread? So the company that manufactures Tamiflu makes a fortune off sick people. The threat this poses it poses to the countries without the money to get the vaccine to the hospitals. And what does it matter what it's related to if we can counter it? If Genghis Khan came forward in time with his army, yeah he would still be the army that slaughtered thousands, but we have goddamn guns now.

[QUOTE=Agmemnon;14888113]:faceplam:[/QUOTE] Brb, I can feel my bowels moving.

[QUOTE=Keeshond dog;14862322]I hope madagascar dies first =_=[/QUOTE] It didn't start there so... I'm moving to Madagascar :dance:!

[QUOTE=Mr. Mcguffin;14888203]So what if it becomes widespread? So the company that manufactures Tamiflu makes a fortune off sick people. The threat this poses it poses to the countries without the money to get the vaccine to the hospitals. And what does it matter what it's related to if we can counter it? If Genghis Khan came forward in time with his army, yeah he would still be the army that slaughtered thousands, but we have goddamn guns now.[/QUOTE] The analogy would be more like if Nazis came out of nowhere with technology distinctly recognizable, yet different and modern.

[QUOTE=Mr. Mcguffin;14888203]So what if it becomes widespread? So the company that manufactures Tamiflu makes a fortune off sick people. The threat this poses it poses to the countries without the money to get the vaccine to the hospitals. And what does it matter what it's related to if we can counter it? If Genghis Khan came forward in time with his army, yeah he would still be the army that slaughtered thousands, but we have goddamn guns now.[/QUOTE] There are already big magazines in almost every country containing nothing more than tamiflu. And for stuff like that, there's the WHO who (lol 2x who) manages the needed medicine and asks questions later. And I don't really know what you mean by your last paragraph. Wouldn't Genghis Khan also have AKs n' stuff?

[QUOTE=limericki;14888214]It didn't start there so... I'm moving to Madagascar :dance:![/QUOTE] I'm going to fucking scream and instantly Prt Sc it if I see Madagascar get a confirmed infection.

[QUOTE=rosthouse;14888252]There are already big magazines in almost every country containing nothing more than tamiflu. And for stuff like that, there's the WHO who (lol 2x who) manages the needed medicine and asks questions later. And I don't really know what you mean by your last paragraph. Wouldn't Genghis Khan also have AKs n' stuff?[/QUOTE] My point was that being related to something that killed millions of people a hundred years ago doesn't mean it will have the same effectiveness [I]now.[/I]

[QUOTE=Mr. Mcguffin;14888273]My point was that being related to something that killed millions of people a hundred years ago doesn't mean it will have the same effectiveness [I]now.[/I][/QUOTE] Ah ok, in that way it makes sense. But don't forget, this is not the same virus we had in 1918 or 1976. It's from the same family, sure, but we have just become aware that it even exist. It has mutated, and has to be taken serious.

I totally have it, runny nose soar throat and nausea since friday, i'm in Nova Scotia, Canada, my death will come soon.

[QUOTE=rosthouse;14888297]Ah ok, in that way it makes sense. But don't forget, this is not the same virus we had in 1918 or 1976. It's from the same family, sure, but we have just become aware that it even exist. It has mutated, and has to be taken serious.[/QUOTE] I realize that, I'm simply saying that it isn't dangerous simply by virtue of being related to something that was dangerous a hundred years ago. I just realized. If shit goes down, North Korea will be the only country left.

[QUOTE=Tomor;14888047]Lately I've been having some diarrhea.[/QUOTE] Same here, maybe we have swine flu.