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« on: April 25, 2009, 12:28:53 PM »
« edited: April 26, 2009, 03:06:37 PM by Enor, enor d'ar gwenn-ha-du »
I managed to find a not-so omgmasspanicomg grim-reaper-is-coming article about the swine flu outbreak in Mexico.

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The CDC said it planned to send experts to Mexico to help investigate the virus which has infected more than 1,000 people in the country.

Ms Chan confirmed the virus was an animal strain - a mixture of swine, human and avian flu viruses.

Swine flu is a respiratory disease which infects pigs. It does not normally infect humans, although sporadic cases do occur usually in people who have had close contact with pigs. [/quote]

The CBC is all over this, saying that it's a new pandemic, that we're all going to die, and that nothing can be done.
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« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2009, 12:32:57 PM »
I was waiting for someone to post something about this.

It does look rather, erm, bad.
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« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2009, 12:54:30 PM »
Didn't this happen in the '70s?
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« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2009, 02:52:44 PM »
Just like SARS.
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« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2009, 02:54:17 PM »
Now guys, this shouldn't be quite on the same level as the Black Death.
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« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2009, 03:08:28 PM »
« Edited: April 25, 2009, 03:13:46 PM by Enor, enor d'ar gwenn-ha-du »
Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on April 25, 2009, 02:54:17 PM
Now guys, this shouldn't be quite on the same level as the Black Death.

Not according to the CBC!

On another note, RTÉ (Ireland) says

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« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2009, 04:10:09 PM »
Remember that bird flu pandemic that was going to kill 100 million people?
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« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2009, 04:16:46 PM »
Madagascar has closed its ports.
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« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2009, 04:19:19 PM »
This is stupid.
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« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2009, 04:20:42 PM »

But CBC says we're all going to die and that it's going to be the end of the world.
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« Reply #10 on: April 25, 2009, 04:39:08 PM »
Note: 7 people in the US have caught this new flu, 7 have recovered.
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« Reply #11 on: April 25, 2009, 04:43:00 PM »
Quote from: The Man From G.O.P. on April 25, 2009, 04:39:08 PM
Note: 7 people in the US have caught this new flu, 7 have recovered.

How will the CBC spin this??!!??
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« Reply #12 on: April 25, 2009, 04:43:53 PM »
Quote from: The Man From G.O.P. on April 25, 2009, 04:39:08 PM
Note: 7 people in the US have caught this new flu, 7 have recovered.

It's actually been a fair bit more, lately. Kids in New York have caught it and now there are a couple cases in Kansas, but pretty much every news source is saying the cases are mild and some have already recovered quickly without the need for anti-virals.
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« Reply #13 on: April 25, 2009, 05:01:21 PM »
This reminds me of that South Park episode where the Indians from the casino give the town people blankets infects with SARS, and they all get infected and Stan's dad says: "In a week, only 99% of us will be alive."
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« Reply #14 on: April 25, 2009, 06:00:57 PM »
Not really. There was one death and a handful of people hospitalized in 1976 with it, but there was no full scale outbreak. Actually the cure killed way more people than the disease.
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« Reply #15 on: April 25, 2009, 06:21:52 PM »
Not exactly the same thing, no, but so far (knock on wood, everyone) literally every single case in the U.S. has been mild. I'm beginning to think certain people in Mexico didn't seek or get proper treatment leading to exaggerated claims of danger.
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« Reply #16 on: April 25, 2009, 06:22:04 PM »
PANIC
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« Reply #17 on: April 25, 2009, 06:26:34 PM »
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! We are going to die!!! The END of the WORLD!!! Lock yourself in you house don't go outside for at least 10 years!! THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!!! Die we all will!!!
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« Reply #18 on: April 25, 2009, 06:31:59 PM »
Quote from: $Dan$ on April 25, 2009, 06:26:34 PM
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! We are going to die!!! The END of the WORLD!!! Lock yourself in you house don't go outside for at least 10 years!! THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!!! Die we all will!!!

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« Reply #19 on: April 25, 2009, 07:21:25 PM »
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/25/swine-flu-pandemic-mexico-flight
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« Reply #20 on: April 25, 2009, 10:09:46 PM »
Ok, I like this.
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« Reply #21 on: April 25, 2009, 10:52:07 PM »
Vaccine in the making, supposed to take 3-5 months from what I've seen so far.

Also:

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« Reply #22 on: April 26, 2009, 03:38:33 AM »
Wow.

What a pissant flu.
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« Reply #23 on: April 26, 2009, 05:02:04 AM »
Swine Flu, New Zealand. New Zealand, Swine Flu.

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« Reply #24 on: April 26, 2009, 05:06:39 AM »
Calm down darling Tongue

It's hardly going to be a pandemic Tongue
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