Swine Flu Set To Be Declared A Pandemic

[Immenseman]

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

we can live in hope :@ joke.

erm yeah swine flu woo

[Catchy]

HEhe! U wont get it either. Ugly ppls don't get it k.

[Catchy]

**** I MEANT ONLY UGLY PPL GET IT LOLOLOL soz for double post cudnt be bothered 2 edit.

[Metric1]

omg this was like a month ago.

[Hiro]

OH NOES IT HAS KILLED 144 PEOPLES AND INFECTED 29K!! PANDEMICZ!!
WHO say not to panic, I had no intention of panicking.. 29k infected out of 6.7 billion, we're in so much trouble.. :rolleyes:

[Chippiewill]

It is such an over reaction...

You have 67/100000 chance of catching it... and more people die of seasonal flu. A whole load of panic over an illness that doesn't even infect old people. Also the whole point of pandemic is to panic (Panic --> Pandemic.... basically the same word)

[efq]

For the last time, before anyone says this is media hype, you obviously know nothing. WHO does not make decisions based on what the media make of it. It's by officials across the world who put together vital information based on whats going on.

Today it was said after the 6 week holiday that schools could and likely will be closed for weeks on end. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle6481905.ece

Predictions by the best scientists about the UK: "Professor Ferguson said that the pandemic could mean that 25-35 per cent of the population would fall ill within three or four months, placing severe strain on the NHS."

The last global flu pandemic, in 1968 — “Hong Kong” flu — killed up to four million people worldwide, including 25,000 in Britain.

He added that between 400,000 and 800,000 people became ill in an average flu season, “but [at the peak of a pandemic] you would probably be into several million cases”.



Every case is said to be linked to 20 more people. 822x20=16440. Now times them by 20 and so fourth.


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Now don't start saying its all rubbish, hype. History gives us evidence, its a new virus that no scientist/doctor has seen, what makes it even worse is it mutates therefor making it harder to contain. So stop seeing one person saying 'media hype' and go on copying them because they don't know more that the best scientists/doctors in the world.

[GommeInc]

For the last time, before anyone says this is media hype, you obviously know nothing. WHO does not make decisions based on what the media make of it. It's by officials across the world who put together vital information based on whats going on.

Today it was said after the 6 week holiday that schools could and likely will be closed for weeks on end. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/lif...cle6481905.ece

Predictions by the best scientists about the UK: "Professor Ferguson said that the pandemic could mean that 25-35 per cent of the population would fall ill within three or four months, placing severe strain on the NHS."

The last global flu pandemic, in 1968 — “Hong Kong” flu — killed up to four million people worldwide, including 25,000 in Britain.

He added that between 400,000 and 800,000 people became ill in an average flu season, “but [at the peak of a pandemic] you would probably be into several million cases”.

Every case is said to be linked to 20 more people. 822x20=16440. Now times them by 20 and so fourth.


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Now don't start saying its all rubbish, hype. History gives us evidence, its a new virus that no scientist/doctor has seen, what makes it even worse is it mutates therefor making it harder to contain. So stop seeing one person saying 'media hype' and go on copying them because they don't know more that the best scientists/doctors in the world.

Actually, it's both. Hype on the WHO's behalf AND the media. The fact they've made it a pandemic is hype from the WHO and the media describing it as black plague (or hinting towards it) is hype from the media.

It is a new virus, yeah - There are hundreds. The noticable facts are, it's virtually harmless to the HUGE global majority. It's killed such a small percentage of the planet that is impossible to even count it.

Also, you've made the flu sound more harmless by using "millions" as an example. Billions would be more scary Heck the strain won't be that bad, the "unnumbered" minority probably aren't aware they have it, and are probably better from it anyway :/

[efq]

Actually, it's both. Hype on the WHO's behalf AND the media. The fact they've made it a pandemic is hype from the WHO and the media describing it as black plague (or hinting towards it) is hype from the media.

It is a new virus, yeah - There are hundreds. The noticable facts are, it's virtually harmless to the HUGE global majority. It's killed such a small percentage of the planet that is impossible to even count it.

Also, you've made the flu sound more harmless by using "millions" as an example. Billions would be more scary Heck the strain won't be that bad, the "unnumbered" minority probably aren't aware they have it, and are probably better from it anyway :/

The media could say its the worst thing in the world. They don't care what the media say, they don't listen to what they say, they don't take anything from what they say. They meet with all officials across the world and put data together to see what the result is. WHO isn't a organisation that makes decisions on media's doings, not even a little bit.

And all of info in the post before this was copied from the Times Newspaper.

[Sammeth.]

The flu is no worse than from when it was on level one or level two. Its no different. It just happens that now on Level 6 its more widespread. Just because its on level 6 doens't mean that all of a sudden its more lethal, or more deadly. Absolutely nothing to worry about in the UK as its a rubbish virus. Can't even kill, jeez, its like the dweeb of pandemics.