Mexican flu outbreak

[alexxxxx]

I blame the economy for the deaths of those in Mexico.

"i blame gordon brown and this nuliabore government. it's pc gone mad, not in my day".

[Fez]

We have enough anti-virals, which just about destroy the virus, in the UK to help 35 million people. That's around half of the population of the UK. It's obvious we'll end up giving some up to other countries though.

I can see how it could turn into a Level 6 disease, but not coming at us. I think the UK is possibly the most well-prepared country in the world at the moment, and we're gonna ride this thing out.

The Americas may take most of the outbreak. Europe will go mostly unaffected and the Asians are so hot, they'll just snap their fingers and it'll disappear.

[RedStratocas]

No-one knows everything about this flu, they only know so much.

then how do YOU know this?:


No it doesn't and it will eventually be immune from some medicine...

thats kinda a ridiculous thing to be so positive of, to be honest.

as other people said before, no one outside of mexico have died other than one boy who was from mexico. and we should know better than anyone that mexico isnt exactly the richest and most medically advanced country in the world.

and like i said before, a few dozen people is nothing compared to the tens of thousands of people who die from the ordinary flu every year.

[Plank]

At least the media have calmed down a bit now from all the hype.

[Dan2nd]

people dont believe it because we've been scare mongered into thinking there was going to be a pandemic numerous times before. just this decade with sars and bird flu.

i think its ridiculous that TENS OF THOUSANDS of people die from the regular flu every year in industrialized countries yet we cause great concern over what is only a potential threat. thats like driving with a flat tire but being worried about running out of gas. if swine flu started killing as many people as the normal flu does every year, people would be freaking the **** out.

btw their disease rating system is as arbitrary and useless as the terrorist threat rating system.

Amen to that take some rep :8

Even though they are saying it's bad and we're in a phase five I still don't feel under threat.

[Angel-Light]

The Scottish couple from Polmont have been discharged

Polmont couple discharged (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/8026021.stm)

Really no need to panic, even though my University has now started a new campaign which is a bit useless when we break up for study leave on Monday :rolleyes:

[RedStratocas]

At least the media have calmed down a bit now from all the hype.

lol, not here. good compilation here (from the colbert report):

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/226153/april-29-2009/enemy-swine--a-pigcalypse-now


Amen to that take some rep :8

Even though they are saying it's bad and we're in a phase five I still don't feel under threat.

its not that it isnt cause for concern, but people going around saying its going to kill millions are just making matters worse. we need to act rationally.

[Dan2nd]

lol, not here. good compilation here (from the colbert report):

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/226153/april-29-2009/enemy-swine--a-pigcalypse-now



its not that it isnt cause for concern, but people going around saying its going to kill millions are just making matters worse. we need to act rationally.

The trouble for me is when I hear the word pandemic I always imagined there to be people dieing all over the place ambulances to be everywhere and the whole world to be in major chaos.. well so far my life hasn't changed like at all :)

*touch wood*

[Plank]

lol, not here. good compilation here (from the colbert report):

http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/226153/april-29-2009/enemy-swine--a-pigcalypse-now


Unlucky. Well here it's still on the news, but it wasn't the main headline on ITV or BBC and it isn't taking up half the news program any more. (watch my jinx it)

Well, actually, it's not much better - we get to hear about the credit crunch and more politics again :eusa_doh:

[RedStratocas]

The trouble for me is when I hear the word pandemic I always imagined there to be people dieing all over the place ambulances to be everywhere and the whole world to be in major chaos.. well so far my life hasn't changed like at all :)

*touch wood*

well a pandemic doesnt necessarily have to kill people, but its pretty obvious people are hyping it more than they should.

[RedStratocas]

Unlucky. Well here it's still on the news, but it wasn't the main headline on ITV or BBC and it isn't taking up half the news program any more. (watch my jinx it)

well you guys are across the sea, so it'd be completely unreasonable for your media to cause huge alarm. but we get a steady flow of mexicans, so our media have justification for their scare mongering.

[SpicyChippy]

SWINE FLU IN UK LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND DEVON! I LIVE NEAR BIRMINGHAM

And my dads mate been to mexico and near my dad and my dads got a cold and me cough (not gonna react) But there making people worry about coughs and colds :s i dont wanna go to doctors cuz like it cud just be a cough and cold

[Hiro]

SWINE FLU IN UK LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND DEVON! I LIVE NEAR BIRMINGHAM

And my dads mate been to mexico and near my dad and my dads got a cold and me cough (not gonna react) But there making people worry about coughs and colds :s i dont wanna go to doctors cuz like it cud just be a cough and cold

YOU ARE GOING TO DIE!!!! :(

[Nick.]

SWINE FLU IN UK LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND DEVON! I LIVE NEAR BIRMINGHAM

And my dads mate been to mexico and near my dad and my dads got a cold and me cough (not gonna react) But there making people worry about coughs and colds :s i dont wanna go to doctors cuz like it cud just be a cough and cold
Doesn't your sig mean good things come in small packages, because, theoretically, a big thing wouldn't fit in a small package.

Also, stop typing like that. :@ I'm not really worried about Swine Flu anymore. no big deal. I can't see it being like I Am Legend :rolleyes: haha.

[Hiro]

Doesn't your sig mean good things come in small packages, because, theoretically, a big thing wouldn't fit in a small package.

Also, stop typing like that. :@ I'm not really worried about Swine Flu anymore. no big deal. I can't see it being like I Am Legend :rolleyes: haha.

Lmao, Will Smith will save us all!

[efq]

SWINE FLU IN UK LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM AND DEVON! I LIVE NEAR BIRMINGHAM

And my dads mate been to mexico and near my dad and my dads got a cold and me cough (not gonna react) But there making people worry about coughs and colds :s i dont wanna go to doctors cuz like it cud just be a cough and cold
I have been with someone who got back from Mexico 2 days ago and have been off with the flu, my doctor claimed it as hayfever and gave me tablets which don't do nothing. I ring the NHS and they told me to keep off and give it a few more days and If I still have it then to ring again and they will send someone here. Didn't mention it as being the most hated on this topic lol.

[Luke]

Amg, it's in Newcastle D:
And I'm like, ill. LOL

[Fez]

How does that song go...

It's the end of the world as we know it...!

Btw, 2012 prediction is 3 years early.

[Hiro]

It's stupid, it's summer, a majority of people have hayfever, but nooo, just because they've got the sniffles they are like "OMG IM GONNA DIE!!" Read up on the symptoms >_>
My God!



I have been with someone who got back from Mexico 2 days ago and have been off with the flu, my doctor claimed it as hayfever and gave me tablets which don't do nothing. I ring the NHS and they told me to keep off and give it a few more days and If I still have it then to ring again and they will send someone here. Didn't mention it as being the most hated on this topic lol.

Sorry to be a grammar Nazi, but please stop using double negatives! :( And most allergen tablets don't work, different people have different reactions to different allergens, instead of ringing NHS you should have just told your GP that they weren't working that well...stop jumping to conclusions, and you talk like you're a professional, your GP told you it was Hayfever, that's professional advice...and may I ask why you assume it was flu?

[Fez]

Wait. If bird flu and swine flu combine... does that make flying pigs contagious?

[Plank]

I have been with someone who got back from Mexico 2 days ago and have been off with the flu, my doctor claimed it as hayfever and gave me tablets which don't do nothing. I ring the NHS and they told me to keep off and give it a few more days and If I still have it then to ring again and they will send someone here. Didn't mention it as being the most hated on this topic lol.

Are you being serious?. If your doctor put it down to hayfever, then you clearly aren't showing symptoms of flu. If you had flu, you would know about it. Since you've been posting fine and regularly over the past several days, I doubt it is flu.

When I had flu, it was literally the worst illness I've ever had. I couldn't get out of bed for like 3 days, not even to watch TV or go on the computer.

"A typical flu begins with a headache, chills and cough, and rapidly develops into fever, loss of appetite, muscle aches and fatigue, runny nose, sneezing, watery eyes and throat irritation. Nausea, vomiting and diarrhea may also occur, especially in children."

"When you have a common cold you generally have a runny nose, sneezing, nasal congestion and throat irritation. Fever is uncommon and you will improve in 2-3 days.

The flu is miserable to have. If you have the flu, usually you will have a high fever that lasts for 3-4 days, a headache and muscle aches, extreme fatigue that may last 2-3 weeks, and a bad cough."

[J0SH]

It's in Islington now, Habbo staff are going to get it and there's going to be shortage of moderators and Habbo will be forced to close :'(

[OhLiam]

I'm not really worried, even though falkirk is like not that far from me. I will regret saying this I bet!

[cocaine]

I have been with someone who got back from Mexico 2 days ago and have been off with the flu, my doctor claimed it as hayfever and gave me tablets which don't do nothing. I ring the NHS and they told me to keep off and give it a few more days and If I still have it then to ring again and they will send someone here. Didn't mention it as being the most hated on this topic lol.

i think your doctor is slightly more qualified to determine what illness/condition you are suffering from ;)

[Ardemax]

stay alive

its the best way to live

[Immenseman]

I've just been on the phone to the NHS to find out more about Swine Flu, but all I got was crackling.
oh really? they sent me some oinkment.

[RedStratocas]

It's the end of the world as we know it...!

well actually right after that they say "and i feel fine" haha. i saw r.e.m. a few years ago but they didnt play that song

and fgs @ egypt for killing thousands of pigs for no reason whatsoever.

[Clowgon]

Why is everybody taking this as some sort of joke?

The media are taking the micky out of this and people, especially on Youtube are making stupid videos saying that they they've got swine flu and doing weird stuff with pigs, ect.

I don't think people see how serious this is, there's only a handful of cases which are mostly in Europe. I know there is a couple in the Uk who had it but looked like they no longer have it as they have been discharged from hospital but most people think that this is just going to be a short stint and will eventually go away but it might not and Millions of people may die from this.

[eight]

*COUGHS ON YOU*

SWINE FLU GERMZ


NOW IM X E'S U CANT GIV IT BACK XXXX

[ecstasy]

theres someone in my town who has it and im not worried :l
its minor for us, just like normal flu. no one has died of it outside of mexico. and its curable!
the worlds ok! :Ocass14

[Immenseman]

theres someone in my town who has it and im not worried :l
its minor for us, just like normal flu. no one has died of it outside of mexico. and its curable!
the worlds ok! :Ocass14
i thought someone died in the US lol

[RedStratocas]

the media's ridiculous hype that its "the next black death" FAR FAR FAR FAR FAR outweighs any joke on youtube. sorry to burst your bubble.

the media is capitalizing on this. they're going to squeeze this for all its' worth, just like they did with sars and bird flu. the WHO isnt much better. when bird flu first started gaining hype a few years ago, a senior official there said it had potential to kill 150 million people. its only killed 200 to date.

why arent you complaining about people making jokes about car accidents? tens of thousands of people die in them every year. why not complain about people making jokes about fat people - hundreds of thousands of people die of heart disease and other obesity-related diseases every year. hell, why not complain about people who have made fun of the NORMAL flu which kills tens of thousands of people in industrialized countries every year? hell, people make jokes about AIDS! thats killed millions!

im sorry i'm not freaking out like everyone seems to want me to.

[RedStratocas]

I have been with someone who got back from Mexico 2 days ago and have been off with the flu, my doctor claimed it as hayfever and gave me tablets which don't do nothing. I ring the NHS and they told me to keep off and give it a few more days and If I still have it then to ring again and they will send someone here. Didn't mention it as being the most hated on this topic lol.

you most definitely dont have swine flu, but you probably have hypochondriasis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochondriacs). i'd get that checked out.


i thought someone died in the US lol

the kid was brought from mexico to be treated in the united states lol.

[IceNineKills]

there was a massive hype over bird flew and what happened to that?

i've given up giving a **** about these things now.

[Sammeth.]

oh really? they sent me some oinkment.

I really doubt it, that sounds like a load of hogwash.

[GommeInc]

It's in Islington now, Habbo staff are going to get it and there's going to be shortage of moderators and Habbo will be forced to close :'(
Ah, something good has come from this then :D

Oh my God, what is it with Sammeth and Immenseman having a big gay orgy of pig jokes all of a sudden?! Get a room you two lusy lovers ;)

[Arch]

im not a pig, so i should be fine

[Alkaz]

the media hype is surely to raise awareness of it incase it comes to the uk which it already has, 20 reported cases i last heard, it's raising awareness if it becomes a world wide pandemic which it is close to coming.

[RedStratocas]

the media hype is surely to raise awareness of it incase it comes to the uk which it already has, 20 reported cases i last heard, it's raising awareness if it becomes a world wide pandemic which it is close to coming.

thats the most ridiculous thing ive ever heard. we aren't children. we dont need ridiculous hype and scary stories to be made aware of something. why cant they be honest and reasonable? why do they need to make ridiculous headlines that talk about "panic" and comparing it to the black death, which any person with a sense of logic knows is a ridiculous comparison? 20 reported cases doesnt even come close to the amount of attention it has received.

and no, a few hundred cases is not even close to a "worldwide pandemic," thats a stupid thing to say.

[HotelUser]

It's stupid, it's summer, a majority of people have hayfever, but nooo, just because they've got the sniffles they are like "OMG IM GONNA DIE!!" Read up on the symptoms >_>
My God!




Sorry to be a grammar Nazi, but please stop using double negatives! :( And most allergen tablets don't work, different people have different reactions to different allergens, instead of ringing NHS you should have just told your GP that they weren't working that well...stop jumping to conclusions, and you talk like you're a professional, your GP told you it was Hayfever, that's professional advice...and may I ask why you assume it was flu?


stay alive

its the best way to live

Yeah but it's soooooo hard not to die from the flu in the UK :(:( If only with modern medicine we could cure the flu:@:@

[IceNineKills]

i even seen someone walking round sainsburys yesterday with one oif those masks on and rubber gloves.

[Technologic]

I swear only the British could start making jokes about swine flu when holding a press conference on it.... :p

[Plank]

First UK human-human transmission has been confirmed

Or as some may interpret it

WHOLE WORLD TO SHUT DOWN AS DEATH THREAT FROM SWINE FLU IS GETTING WORSE!! STAY INDOORS - MASS GATHERINGS MAY HAVE TO BE BANNED!!!! FIRST UK HUMAN-HUMAN TRANSMISSION HAS JUST BEEN ANNOUNCED!!!! PANDEMIC COULD HAPPEN ANY TIME NOW!!! MILLIONS EXPECTED TO DIE!! PANIC!!

[Jord]

Maybe because A Child licked a pig and got the flu, how random

[cocaine]

I don't think people see how serious this is, there's only a handful of cases

lol facepalm :rolleyes:

[Plank]

More updates....

Hong Kong and Denmark confirm their first cases of it.

A pupil at a school in Bristol has been confirmed to have swine flu. The school has been closed for 1 week til 11th May

Edit: By the way, this is the leaflet that every person in the UK will be getting through their door:

http://www1.sky.com/news/NHS_pandemic_update.pdf


lol facepalm :rolleyes:

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[Wootzeh]

Why has this been moved to discuss anything :S

[efq]

It's stupid, it's summer, a majority of people have hayfever, but nooo, just because they've got the sniffles they are like "OMG IM GONNA DIE!!" Read up on the symptoms >_>
My God!




Sorry to be a grammar Nazi, but please stop using double negatives! :( And most allergen tablets don't work, different people have different reactions to different allergens, instead of ringing NHS you should have just told your GP that they weren't working that well...stop jumping to conclusions, and you talk like you're a professional, your GP told you it was Hayfever, that's professional advice...and may I ask why you assume it was flu?
Because I went to the local hospital (Not big) and they said it was the flu and told me to rest and If I still had it to call the NHS (Yeah I forgot or GP, depending on the day) so they can come to me. Hayfever isn't sore throat, aching body, sneezing, coughing, blocked nose, headache and feeling nausia all the time..

[Jack.Lfc]

** sake, its in Liverpool now.

[Wootzeh]

** sake, its in Liverpool now.
yeh heres a pic of someone in liverpool with it.
http://i40.tinypic.com/idc0og.jpg

Edit by Robbie! (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not post pointlessly.

[Jack.Lfc]

:lol::lol:

[lick]

yeh heres a pic of someone in liverpool with it.
http://i40.tinypic.com/idc0og.jpg

LOL at that

also omg at japan not letting people out of a hotel thats infracted with it

[Dan2nd]

Because I went to the local hospital (Not big) and they said it was the flu and told me to rest and If I still had it to call the NHS (Yeah I forgot or GP, depending on the day) so they can come to me. Hayfever isn't sore throat, aching body, sneezing, coughing, blocked nose, headache and feeling nausia all the time..

Haven't we been warned not to go to hospitals or our local GP and to remain at home if we suspect we have the virus to isolate the spread? Anyway get well soon if your still not well!

So far nothing has really changed where I live, I haven't seen anyone wearing face masks anywhere and public places are as busy as usual. I am still waiting for this to get worse before I get worried :)

[GommeInc]

Same with round here. The bank holiday rush at the nearby supermarket was the same as usual.

[RedStratocas]

Swine flu may be less potent than first feared (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090502/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu)

cause nothing says its any worse than the regular flu, which im sure has killed just about as many people in mexico since swine flu started jussayin.

oh, and even the first kid who got swine flu (i have no idea how they know that but whatever lol) is still alive and expected to recover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmib5xIEhFM

its looking more and more like its just about as bad as the regular flu: if you get it treated as quickly and effectively as the regular flu, you'll likely recover.

[Ardemax]

oh my days, you mean, it's not really as bad as the plague? srsly?

[Dan2nd]

Swine flu may be less potent than first feared (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090502/ap_on_he_me/med_swine_flu)

cause nothing says its any worse than the regular flu, which im sure has killed just about as many people in mexico since swine flu started jussayin.

oh, and even the first kid who got swine flu (i have no idea how they know that but whatever lol) is still alive and expected to recover.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rmib5xIEhFM

its looking more and more like its just about as bad as the regular flu: if you get it treated as quickly and effectively as the regular flu, you'll likely recover.

dammit I just read that on the BBC website and you beat me! :P

Even though I didn't think it was going to be that bad anyway it is still nice to know :)

[Minstrels]

oh my days, you mean, it's not really as bad as the plague? srsly?
No, he means it's not as bad as first thought. :rolleyes:

Your sarcasm fails to amuse me.

[Ardemax]

No, he means it's not as bad as first thought. :rolleyes:

Your sarcasm fails to amuse me.


yes, and at first everyone thought we wouldn't make it till christmas

[RedStratocas]

Mexico cuts suspected flu death toll from 176 to 101. (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mexico-cuts-suspected-flu-death-toll-from-176-to-101-1677748.html)

lololol i love how all the people who were freaking out a few days ago have stopped posting.

[Ardemax]

mexican doctor: errr d'ya finks we can makes up a numba foar how many deafs there has been

doctor 2: yh k
mexican doctor: alright 176
doctor 2: lol

[Niall!]

mexican doctor: errr d'ya finks we can makes up a numba foar how many deafs there has been

doctor 2: yh k
mexican doctor: alright 176
doctor 2: lol

Your attempts at humor are bad and you should feel bad.

While having swine flu they could have died from other causes, old age, heart attack, whatever. It was just an estimate, not an official figure.

Also, I thought there was going to be a pandemic but I wasn't worried. Infact I welcomed it. We never get any "the world might end scenarios in this day and age and it's really boring.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Your attempts at humor are bad and you should feel bad.

While having swine flu they could have died from other causes, old age, heart attack, whatever. It was just an estimate, not an official figure.

Also, I thought there was going to be a pandemic but I wasn't worried. Infact I welcomed it. We never get any "the world might end scenarios in this day and age and it's really boring.

They are not nearly as bad as his attempts to debate.

As for swine flu, it seems to be stabilising now which is a good thing, I think maybe now the worst has passed.

[Ardemax]

They are not nearly as bad as his attempts to debate.

As for swine flu, it seems to be stabilising now which is a good thing, I think maybe now the worst has passed.


you must have a grudge against me or something

it's called a forum for a debate...

[RedStratocas]

Also, I thought there was going to be a pandemic but I wasn't worried. Infact I welcomed it. We never get any "the world might end scenarios in this day and age and it's really boring.

lol yeah we do all the time. sars, bird flu, nuclear war, etc.

[Plank]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8032697.stm

4 schools closed now & 27 confirmed cases altogether.

It's only a very mild flu & apparently like seasonal flu, so I don't know what all those people at the start of the thread saying "100s of millions could die!" we're thinking. I guess they haven't learnt the lesson yet from all the other life threatening things we hear on the news like bird flu, SARs, the endless amounts of things that can cause cancer and we should avoid, the credit crunch that will destroy the economy and many conspiracy theories like 2012, 6/6/6 etc etc. :$

[Fez]

With the healthcare in this country and how well prepared we are. I expect 0 deaths even if a pandemic kicks off.

[Ardemax]

where's voiding and his predictions of the future now eh eh

[Fez]

where's voiding and his predictions of the future now eh eh
I wonder if he looks into a crystal ball every night or reads palms as a living

[Slowpoke]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8032697.stm

4 schools closed now & 27 confirmed cases altogether.

It's only a very mild flu & apparently like seasonal flu, so I don't know what all those people at the start of the thread saying "100s of millions could die!" we're thinking. I guess they haven't learnt the lesson yet from all the other life threatening things we hear on the news like bird flu, SARs, the endless amounts of things that can cause cancer and we should avoid, the credit crunch that will destroy the economy and many conspiracy theories like 2012, 6/6/6 etc etc. :$

SARs was in a completely different league.

[Plank]

SARs was in a completely different league.
In what respect? I was talking about how people thought everyone was going to die and how the media hyped everything up. It is similar to swine flu in some ways anyway, it's a virus, it was a near pandemic, the death rate was higher, and it was contained successfully. Pretty similar in my eyes.

[Ardemax]

I wonder if he looks into a crystal ball every night or reads palms as a living


I'm sure it's way more advanced than that! :)

[Fez]

Anyone else NOT get their leaflet today?

[Ardemax]

I dont think so, maybe they all got lost in the post?

[dirrty]

Anyone else NOT get their leaflet today?
i didn't get one today.

[Plank]

They said on the news 'over the next few days', so I imagine they're doing a bit at a time

[e5]

All the leaflets caught Swine Flu and died.

[Ardemax]

All the leaflets caught Swine Flu and died.


but did the lab actually confirm it was swine flu? maybe they got their figures wrong?

[zaphod9642]

theres been outbreaks before in the phillipenes etc and uk has known about it for 5 years we have a cure calm down (1 dead in the US)

[GommeInc]

theres been outbreaks before in the phillipenes etc and uk has known about it for 5 years we have a cure calm down (1 dead in the US)
If that's the child/baby then that's the one that came over from Mexico for treatment, so technically it doesn't count.

What was SARs? I remember the name but strangely can't remember what it was about (shows how much I care about illnesses :P).

[maiden2k7]

More people are dying of that actual flu than this dont worry :)

[Ardemax]

@above

very true, and it just shows how much people know about the actual swine flu virus and effects.

[Hiro]

I died last week 'cos I had Swine Flu. >_>


Because I went to the local hospital (Not big) and they said it was the flu and told me to rest and If I still had it to call the NHS (Yeah I forgot or GP, depending on the day) so they can come to me. Hayfever isn't sore throat, aching body, sneezing, coughing, blocked nose, headache and feeling nausia all the time..

Seriously, make your mind up, you went to the Doctor, he said it was Hayfever, and now you're saying you went to a hospital and it was Flu? Tbh, I hope it was Swine Flu so you get to realise that it isn't deadly for prepared countries...
The only people who have died are either young (very young), have had other health conditions or their hygiene is really poor.

[lew!]

The only reason people died in Mexico was because they didn't have access to the right drugs. Also, It's more likely to kill you if you have a strong immune system as it turns it against you and the stronger it is, the weaker it makes you, however not many people will die now, if any. The only people outside of Mexico was a woman who was later found to die from other issues that she had before the flu and the baby which went on holiday with it or something.

The only thing I'm worried about now is my GCSE's. If they shut my school we all get our predicted grades, and whilst i'm excelling in some subjects, It would be good to get an A in maths and English haha :P

Everybody in school is like "OMG get swine flu i wnt gd gradezzzz"

[WootzehSCFC]

i hope i dont die

[Plank]

Updates since last time.. the US seems to be getting it quite bad now.

US Deaths: 3 (all three had other health problems as well)
US Confirmed Cases: 1,639

Mexico Deaths: 48
Mexico Confirmed Cases: 1,364

UK Confirmed Cases: 48

[cocaine]

i forgot about swine flu haha.

that was a scary afternoon.

[Ardemax]

i forgot about swine flu haha.

that was a scary afternoon.


or scary few hours :)

as far as im aware, most confirmed cases have recovered

[Plank]

i forgot about swine flu haha.

that was a scary afternoon.
yeah.. at least it's not all over the news any more

[Southside5050]

Look some bus driver sad that only hungarians and chinesse can get it. British people can be cured before they even get it.

[Hazza]

A school about 10 miles from mine has been closed for a week because a year 8 pupil has got swine flu and has been in school with it!

[Hiro]

A school about 10 miles from mine has been closed for a week because a year 8 pupil has got swine flu and has been in school with it!

It's k. you won't die.

[Sammeth.]

Look some bus driver sad that only hungarians and chinesse can get it. British people can be cured before they even get it.

I think you're using the same source as Voiding.