Mexican flu outbreak

[Hiro]

Can we rename it to Bacon Flu? Sounds so much less harmful, and tastier.

[leah]

It was on the news earlier, especially the one in Devon as that's closest to me, we have good medicine to cure it anyway so I don't see why everyones so excited about it, it's like foot and mouth all over again.

[Sammeth.]

Everyones making such a pig issue out of it.

[RedStratocas]

I agree with you partly, they just don't believe it because it seems unreal and don't fully understand the situation. Atleast the sensible people on this forum understand.

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.

[GommeInc]

Everyones making such a pig issue out of it.

You and your pork related jokes I was going to +rep you eariler for the crackling one, which made me lol

[Hiro]

Everyones making such a pig issue out of it.

Oh, I like that, I really do!

[PaintYourTarget]

It's a conspiracy to take our minds of the credit crunch, increase government spending and create jobs in the pharmaceutical areas .

Well it could be? I think it's a little over exaggerated at the moment. If more people start getting it then it should be level 5.

Aha, except the drugs have already been made and are being stockpiled. But that was my first thought =[

And I'd like so see what measures will be taken. I mean I work in a supermarket, I must be in contact with hundreds of people a shift, even if I'm not affected I'd be able to pass it on to a good thousand or so people in one weekend. Good times.

[leah]

Everyones making such a pig issue out of it.

lmao sam +rep xo

[Ardemax]

level 5 or no level 5

its still the same

[Ardemax]

im srry but this virus is just as dangerous on level 6 or level 1

its the same virus so you cant really base your opinions on how dangerous it is on the fact that WHO raised the level up

Double post caused by thread merging - Garion (Forum Super Moderator)