Swine Flu Set To Be Declared A Pandemic

[efq]

Skynews conference live. "It is only the start of the pandemic, it will start mild and can and will likely develop to a more lethal virus although we are monitoring it in real time. But we must be prepared to see many more deaths and the ages under 26 years old and healthy are more likely to catch it. The H1N1 strain can go from a mild virus to life threatening over night leading to pneumonia or circulatory diseases. It could take 6-8 months for the virus to develop to a lethal condition but hopefully the vaccines will be on hand at the time of illness. We should be prepared for a second wave of illnesses and death as from previous pandemics show us. Anyone without medicine for example in the lesser developed countrys can expect to see a huge amount of deaths due to the unable resources of vaccines. Countries should be on constant alert."

[Sammeth.]

Nothing to worry about over here really. And I agree with Gomme, some mebers of WHO have made a right pigs ear of this situation.

[GommeInc]

Technically influenza and cold viruses are different each time you get them, there's just so many millions around And what's cyber aids is that like what you get if you're frisky on habbo

Nope, sticking yourself in a dirty USB port in a computer that hasn't properly been tested

Isn't Swine Flu famous for changing so to avoid being stopped by tablets and so on? That's how it was originally reported, a virus that changes itself to avoid getting stopped. I don't like the WHO anyway, the band and the organisation.

Nothing to worry about over here really. And I agree with Gomme, some mebers of WHO have made a right pigs ear of this situation.

I ought to spank you

[Dan2nd]

Please oh please lets not have another thread where people are convinced we are all going to die... I mean even the WHO chief has said the following:

WHO chief Dr Margaret Chan said the move does not mean the virus is causing more severe illness or more deaths.

[Rock]

Its stupid that its gone to level 6. Its just the media taking it too far.

[PriceTags]

Its stupid that its gone to level 6. Its just the media taking it too far.

It's the UN who put it on Level 6, not the media. There is a technical definition of the levels and the disease has reached that level.

[ecstasy]

i was watching a new report on this.
they gave it all the figures, making it look like the whole world is catching it.
then at the end he says 'but dont worry, its not that dangerous'

how pointless:S they need to stop over hyping it

[efq]

I think you people are mis-understanding what Dr Chan said, she never said its not that dangerous. She stated its in the early days of the pandemic. It has yet to mutate and become more harmful, obviously I hope not but people need to stop saying the media is making this a hype. The UN as said above doesn't give a damn what the media make of it. It's from the best scientists, doctors, officials, history and statistics that make the decision and what the media say has no effect on their decision.

Full text of the conference in Geneva today. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/.../en/index.html

[GommeInc]

It's the UN who put it on Level 6, not the media. There is a technical definition of the levels and the disease has reached that level.

I'm fairly certain it's a disease for pigs, not for humans. Flus are usually viruses and swine flu is portraying itself as a typical virus. Winter Flu and Bird Flu are viruses, for example.

I think you people are mis-understanding what Dr Chan said, she never said its not that dangerous. She stated its in the early days of the pandemic. It has yet to mutate and become more harmful, obviously I hope not but people need to stop saying the media is making this a hype. The UN as said above doesn't give a damn what the media make of it. It's from the best scientists, doctors, officials, history and statistics that make the decision and what the media say has no effect on their decision.

Full text of the conference in Geneva today. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/.../en/index.html

Oh yeah! Mutate and kill everyone, just like Bird Flu

[Catchy]

Don't care, I'm not going to die from it so yeah