Swine Flu Set To Be Declared A Pandemic

[Chippiewill]

@above That's the UKs flu season, the cases are already starting to increase at a faster rate...

@everyone Heh heh

[Sammeth.]

They said the UK will feel the full deadly wrath of the Swine Flu in Late July/August. I don't know why though.

Sammeth. You can't say that, no-one can. No-one knows if this virus will mutate to something dangerous. It's unpredictable and can do anything so you can rule it out of being deadly as the normal flu because its early. For all we know it could change into something that kills you instantly and makes you explode... an extreme example before you scream at me

Yeah I can. I'm looking at facts now. Each week around 4,800 - 9,000 people die from normal influenza worldwide. Swine Flu has killed 189 in around three months (not a week). I'm looking at whats happened now, not what could maybe possibly on an off chance perhaps happen kinda in the future like. On average the death toll per month from influenza, is a higher number than the amount of people worldwide infected with swine flu.

The person who died in the UK from Swine Flu has been confirmed to be a very new mother who gave birth to her child 3 months early - clearly was very weak.

"WHO officially declared the outbreak to be a "pandemic" on June 11, but stressed that the new designation was a result of the global "spread of the virus," not its severity."

I think everyones over swine flu mate. Its old now.

[Jordy]

Yeah I can. I'm looking at facts now. Each week around 4,800 - 9,000 people die from normal influenza worldwide. Swine Flu has killed 189 in around three months (not a week). I'm looking at whats happened now, not what could maybe possibly on an off chance perhaps happen kinda in the future like. On average the death toll per month from influenza, is a higher number than the amount of people worldwide infected with swine flu.

The person who died in the UK from Swine Flu has been confirmed to be a very new mother who gave birth to her child 3 months early - clearly was very weak.

"WHO officially declared the outbreak to be a "pandemic" on June 11, but stressed that the new designation was a result of the global "spread of the virus," not its severity."

I think everyones over swine flu mate. Its old now.

You've totally avoided his point, you said 'never will be' and now you deny talking about the future. I'm more than happy to explain the tenses of English to you and if you want to become an expert at avoiding questions maybe ask a politician, oh wait you already are the expert :rolleyes:

At least its still not as deadly as the normal flu and never will be. Probably had health problems along with it.

[Sammeth.]

You've totally avoided his point, you said 'never will be' and now you deny talking about the future. I'm more than happy to explain the tenses of English to you and if you want to become an expert at avoiding questions maybe ask a politician, oh wait you already are the expert :rolleyes:

Yeah but anyone can say "The swine flu COULD get more deadly and COULD mutate" just as much as I could say "Tomorrow you COULD get hit by a car". Theres no point in looking at what could happen as there's an infinite amount of possibilities. You have to look at what we have now. I am saying never will be based on what we have now, hes saying anything could happen because literally anything could happen.

Theres no need to be rude when you're getting your point across, you can be perfectly corteous and there is absolutely no need for your attitude. It's a discussion if I disagree with his point I post saying why, when he disagrees with me, he posts why with dignity, not with immature petty snarky comments.

[Jordy]

Yeah but anyone can say "The swine flu COULD get more deadly and COULD mutate" just as much as I could say "Tomorrow you COULD get hit by a car". Theres no point in looking at what could happen as there's an infinite amount of possibilities. You have to look at what we have now.

Theres no need to be rude when you're getting your point across, you can be perfectly corteous and there is absolutely no need for your attitude. It's a discussion if I disagree with his point I post saying why, when he disagrees with me, he posts why with dignity, not with an immature petty snarky comments.

By saying 'never' you ruled out any possibility of it happening. I'm not saying we should comment on the future when so much could happen, but when you say something as definitive as 'Never' then you clearly are.

I do not feel I was rude putting my point across but it's funny you say 'snarky comments' because frankly the majority of your posts are sarcastic and snarky throughout and it's incredibly tiresome to read and immature to do.

[Sammeth.]

By saying 'never' you ruled out any possibility of it happening. I'm not saying we should comment on the future when so much could happen, but when you say something as definitive as 'Never' then you clearly are.

I do not feel I was rude putting my point across but it's funny you say 'snarky comments' because frankly the majority of your posts are sarcastic and snarky throughout and it's incredibly tiresome to read and immature to do.

Okay maybe a bad choice of word on my half, perhaps "Incredibly unlikely" would get my point across better.

I find speaking down to someone is rude, might just be old fashioned. My posts are almost always light hearted rather than rude, as I have no time to take the internet this seriously. I post light heartedly to have fun, as if this wasn't fun for me and incredibly die hard serious I wouldn't be here.

[Jordy]

Okay maybe a bad choice of word on my half, perhaps "Incredibly unlikely" would get my point across better.

I find speaking down to someone is rude, might just be old fashioned. My posts are almost always light hearted rather than rude, as I have no time to take the internet this seriously. I post light heartedly to have fun, as if this wasn't fun for me and incredibly die hard serious I wouldn't be here.

There is an inbetween of 'Serious' and 'Light-hearted'. You've blown the argument out of proportion by pretty much saying that if it's not light-hearted it's serious. Why not just post normally. Your posts do not need to be consistently light-hearted, your posts are not funny and you totally over-use sarcasm. Therefore most of your posts are another form of spamming as they rarely add any substance to a thread.

[Sammeth.]

There is an inbetween of 'Serious' and 'Light-hearted'. You've blown the argument out of proportion by pretty much saying that if it's not light-hearted it's serious. Why not just post normally. Your posts do not need to be consistently light-hearted, your posts are not funny and you totally over-use sarcasm. Therefore most of your posts are another form of spamming as they rarely add any substance to a thread.

I do post normally, whats normal to me. If you don't like them then you can always put me on your ignore list They aren't a form of spamming at all!

[Jordy]

I do post normally, whats normal to me. If you don't like them then you can always put me on your ignore list They aren't a form of spamming at all!

A post which doesn't add anything of value to the discussion may as well be considered spamming as that's pretty much what it is, just in a less sinister way. It's still a 'useless' post as such. The rules currently overlook this but it still has to be said a post which doesn't add to the discussion is like spamming/pointless posting.

I'm afraid I won't add you to the ignore list encase you happen to write any important announcements, I wouldn't want to miss out on any vital information or a new rule.

[Sammeth.]

A post which doesn't add anything of value to the discussion may as well be considered spamming as that's pretty much what it is, just in a less sinister way. It's still a 'useless' post as such. The rules currently overlook this but it still has to be said a post which doesn't add to the discussion is like spamming/pointless posting.

I'm afraid I won't add you to the ignore list encase you happen to write any important announcements, I wouldn't want to miss out on any vital information or a new rule.

Well I think my posts add to threads and arent useless, so each to their own I guess.

And word spreads fast, don't worry!