"Killer pig flu threat to UK"

[Xander]

I'm sure most of you would of heard of this at some point during the past week.


Fears are growing that a deadly human strain of 'swine flu' that has claimed 81 lives in Mexico has arrived in Britain. A British Airways cabin crew member yesterday complained of 'flu-like symptoms' midway through a flight to Heathrow from Mexico City, where the virus first surfaced. Last night the unnamed man, understood to be a British national, was in isolation in a West London hospital and was being treated by staff trained in infectious disease controls. Earlier, panic spread throughout Mexico, where those who died were reported to be the first victims of a pandemic with the potential to kill millions. Experts said the virus posed the biggest threat of a pandemic since bird flu began to spread in 2003. That has killed 256 people in 15 countries.



Rest of the article here (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1173263/Killer-pig-flu-threat-UK-BA-crew-member-rushed-hospital-68-die-outbreak.html)

I'm not that concerned at the moment, but it does sound quite serious.

Any thoughts on this?:sad:

[Ross]

Omg. I have been ill for 12 days now :/ it's not shifting. I'm constantly coughing and being sick. My mum, dad and one of my brothers are ill too.

[Xander]

Originally posted by Ross
Omg. I have been ill for 12 days now :/ it's not shifting. I'm constantly coughing and being sick. My mum, dad and one of my brothers are ill too.

Have you been to a doctor? & did they say what you had?

Hope you feel better soon though.:hug:

[Ross]

No because I thought it was just change of season I always get ill around these times when the weather changes because of my asthma.

[Novo]

Mmm this is a new strain of flu, no vaccines and yet potentially contageous and dangerous.

If you feel ill go and see your Doctor. OK so who will treat the Doctors when they become sick?


Good point

LOL


There is only one way this doesnt spread and thats to stop Mexicans From entering this country and to stop planes/Ships going over there

[Xander]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Mmm this is a new strain of flu, no vaccines and yet potentially contageous and dangerous.

If you feel ill go and see your Doctor. OK so who will treat the Doctors when they become sick?


Good point

LOL


There is only one way this doesnt spread and thats to stop Mexicans From entering this country and to stop planes/Ships going over there

I agree, I think all flights etc to and from Mexico should be stopped, to stop it from spreading.

What I'm confused about though is whether the cases they are reporting are just the ordinary influenza or the Swine Flu, as I read that those who were affected in California are now better and that is has cleared up. But then they so many of the people they have died have had the Swine Flu... I'm not really sure as each article I read is saying something different.

[Ross]

Well I've been ill so if I die you know it's here

[John.]

mehh. they will just try to panic us like Bird Flu again...

[Xander]

Originally posted by Ross
Well I've been ill so if I die you know it's here

Aw don't say that. :sad:
You haven't been to Mexico so its unikley. :spin2:

[John.]

Originally posted by Ross
Well I've been ill so if I die you know it's here

Have you been to Mexico recently??

Have you been in contact with the one infected person uk?

[Ross]

Originally posted by Xander
Originally posted by Ross
Well I've been ill so if I die you know it's here

Aw don't say that. :sad:
You haven't been to Mexico so its unikley. :spin2:
:hug:

[Xander]

Originally posted by JD.
mehh. they will just try to panic us like Bird Flu again...

Ah I remember there was a lot of hype and media attention over Bird Flu a few years back, the media totally blew it out of poportion and the TV stations focused on the dead swan in Scotland for about a week. :joker:

[John.]

Originally posted by Xander
Originally posted by JD.
mehh. they will just try to panic us like Bird Flu again...

Ah I remember there was a lot of hype and media attention over Bird Flu a few years back, the media totally blew it out of poportion and the TV stations focused on the dead swan in Scotland for about a week. :joker:

yeah and it turned out that it had bobbed along in the Sea for ages from Germany!

[Novo]

DR. MARC SIEGEL: The Most Powerful Virus Is Fear Not Flu

With a new swine flu strain spreading among close to 1,000 people in Mexico and at least eight in the U.S., and with 61 reported deaths in Mexico, the most powerful virus pushing out its tentacles is not flu but fear. We are afraid of what we don’t know and what we don’t understand.

We hear about an unseen killer and we worry that we will be next. The best antidote for this kind of fear is the facts.

So let me take on the fear-laden terms. The first is pandemic. A pandemic means a new flu virus infecting people in several areas of the world at the same time. It can be mild, moderate, or severe. Everyone knows about the 1918 Blue Death that killed over 50 million people worldwide, but how many people realize that the last pandemic, in 1968, ameliorated by vaccines, antibiotics, and public health measures, killed only 32,000 in the U.S. and 700,000 worldwide, less than many yearly outbreaks.

The current swine flu outbreak is not a pandemic, as the outbreak is confined mainly to Mexico, but if it does become one, it is far more likely to be the 1968 variety because of modern public health measures and because we have been exposed to several parts of this virus before and have an immune memory to it.

Precautions like isolating sick people and use of the anti-virals Tamiflu and Relenza in order to decrease severity are wise precautions.

Wise too is closing schools in Mexico to prevent spread (schoolchildren are notorious flu spreaders), provided that this measure doesn’t send the world the wrong message that a massive pandemic is in the offing.

The second scare term is the pig itself. Pigs scare us. They are filthy noisy creatures. They are also loaded with flu viruses. This strain occurred because a bird virus mixed with at least one human virus and two pig viruses. Flus are changing all the time so a new strain
isn’t really a surprise.

We also need to be cautioned by the lessons of history. Back in 1976 an emerging swine flu virus appeared to be responsible for the death of a military recruit at Fort Dix (this later turned out to be erroneous), sparking a massive public hysteria fueled by Center for Disease Control press conferences.

I was reminded of this Friday when the CDC again spread fear about an emerging swine flu. We need to remember that fear causes people to take less precautions, but fighting contagions requires more precautions.

In 1976 Gerald Ford, trying for election, ordered 40 million vaccinations over a three to four month period of time, probably leading to almost 1,000 cases of ascending paralysis from the hastily made vaccine (Guillain Barre Syndrome) and driving most of the vaccine makers out of business. We certainly don’t need a repeat of this performance, in advance of any real worldwide threat.

Thirdly, we are also afraid because this disease is emerging in Mexico, a foreign land to the south over which we have no control. But fear of an unknown land doesn’t automatically translate to an American health risk. We are wise to have our scientists and public health officials tracking the outbreak, but we are not wise to anticipate the worst.

Like all flus, this one causes great fatigue, muscle aches, fevers, sore throat, nasal congestion, stomach upset, but is generally curable. The greatest risk is from secondary infections like pneumonia or ear infections, especially in the chronically ill. But in the U.S., if it spreads here, these problems are much more easily treated than in rural
Mexico.

We should be comforted by the time of the year. This is the end of the flu season, not the beginning. Flu viruses thrive in the low humidity of winter, not summer. It is very likely that this outbreak will die out automatically as the summer comes. It will remain necessary to track it because it could reappear in the fall, but it is very unlikely that it will erupt into a pandemic this summer.

I am glad that this outbreak is a swine rather than a bird flu, not because pig viruses are intrinsically safer than bird viruses, but because the greater lesson to guide us here comes from the 1976 pig hysteria, rather than from the 1918 bird flu plague.

[Novo]

Flu viruses thrive in the low humidity of winter, not summer. It is very likely that this outbreak will die out automatically as the summer comes. It will remain necessary to track it because it could reappear in the fall, but it is very unlikely that it will erupt into a pandemic this summer.

[Xander]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Flu viruses thrive in the low humidity of winter, not summer. It is very likely that this outbreak will die out automatically as the summer comes. It will remain necessary to track it because it could reappear in the fall, but it is very unlikely that it will erupt into a pandemic this summer.

Thanks for that article, I guess I feel more reassured now. :spin2:

[andyman]

It will be worse come end of this year and early 2010..

The bug will already be here, already hit new york plus many won't be ill but might carry it.

Many die from flu in the uk anyway, plus if it was that bad then millions would be ill in mexico..

Cancer is still a bigger killer.

[Xander]

Seems that the guy from the UK tested negative.

But seems like there are more cases being reported...

* Eleven confirmed infections in the US
* In addition, eight suspected cases are being investigated at a New York City high school where about 200 students fell mildly ill with flu-like symptoms
* Ten New Zealand students are among a group which travelled to Mexico have tested positive for influenza A - making it "likely", though not definite, that they are infected with swine flu, said Health Minister Tony Ryall
* In France, a top health official told Le Parisien newspaper there were unconfirmed suspicions that two individuals who had just returned from Mexico may be carrying the virus
* Spain's health ministry says three people who returned from a trip from Mexico with flu symptoms are in isolation and being tested
* In Israel, medics are testing a 26-year-old man who has been taken to hospital with flu-like symptoms after returning from a trip to Mexico
* But a UK hospital conducting tests for swine flu on a British Airways cabin crew member said the tests proved negative.

[Shaun]

I can see this becoming another bird-flu scare. And where did that go?

[Lauren]

I just finished watching 24 season 3. Scared.

[Captain.Remy]

I've just heard on the news that the WHO has spotted the first four European cases...and they're French. How cool is that. :shocked:

[Magic]

Not suprised with Britney coming over.

Joke.

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : Magic
Not suprised with Britney coming over.

Joke.

LOL
Good one, I generally never laugh at your jokes but this one is funny. :hugesmile:

[andyman]

Two people admitted to hospital in Scotland after displaying mild flu-like symptoms after Mexico trip.

[30stone]

My mums on the plane over to Heoustan now right next to Mexico.

I don't want to worry..

[Novo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA71l8a4NsQ&feature=channel_page

This Is the cure

[Twilight]

OMG:bawling:

[arista]

Originally posted by Xander
I'm sure most of you would of heard of this at some point during the past week.


Fears are growing that a deadly human strain of 'swine flu' that has claimed 81 lives in Mexico has arrived in Britain. A British Airways cabin crew member yesterday complained of 'flu-like symptoms' midway through a flight to Heathrow from Mexico City, where the virus first surfaced. Last night the unnamed man, understood to be a British national, was in isolation in a West London hospital and was being treated by staff trained in infectious disease controls. Earlier, panic spread throughout Mexico, where those who died were reported to be the first victims of a pandemic with the potential to kill millions. Experts said the virus posed the biggest threat of a pandemic since bird flu began to spread in 2003. That has killed 256 people in 15 countries.



Rest of the article here (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1173263/Killer-pig-flu-threat-UK-BA-crew-member-rushed-hospital-68-die-outbreak.html)

I'm not that concerned at the moment, but it does sound quite serious.

Any thoughts on this?:sad:




It is 3 way infact

Pig /Bird /Human.

So you have 3 mixes of Flu.




Avoid anyone returning from Mexico
tell them you will catch them in 2 weeks if they are alive.

[arista]

Originally posted by Ross
Omg. I have been ill for 12 days now :/ it's not shifting. I'm constantly coughing and being sick. My mum, dad and one of my brothers are ill too.


But were you in Mexico?



If Not
why worry.

[arista]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Mmm this is a new strain of flu, no vaccines and yet potentially contageous and dangerous.

If you feel ill go and see your Doctor. OK so who will treat the Doctors when they become sick?


Good point

LOL


There is only one way this doesnt spread and thats to stop Mexicans From entering this country and to stop planes/Ships going over there


Andy it is not that simple California has it as well
and NY.


A reporter on SkyNews said
the trains are all running in Mexico
claiming thats how it spreads fast.


We need the MJ masks
for whenever you need it.



One sneeze of Death.


If caught Early
they should be able to stop it fast.



Sign Of The Times.

[arista]

Originally posted by JD.
mehh. they will just try to panic us like Bird Flu again...


The Problem it is Bird Flu &
Pigs Swine Flu &
and Human Flu
all mixed in this new Deadly Mexican/Californian Swine Flu.


It is a 3 part mix of Death.

[Xander]

Quite some interesting comments too about the whole thing...

There is a sense of chaos in the other hospitals and we do not know what to do. Staff are starting to leave and many are opting to retire or apply for holidays. The truth is that mortality is even higher than what is being reported by the authorities, at least in the hospital where I work it. It is killing three to four patients daily, and it has been going on for more than three weeks. It is a shame and there is great fear here. Increasingly younger patients aged 20 to 30 years are dying before our helpless eyes and there is great sadness among health professionals here.


I think there is a real lack of information and sadly, preventative action. In the capital of my state, Oaxaca, there is a hospital closed because of a death related to the porcine influenza. In the papers they recognise only two people dead for that cause. Many friends working in hospitals or related fields say that the situation is really bad, they are talking about 19 people dead in Oaxaca, including a doctor and a nurse. They say they got shots but they were told not to talk about the real situation. Our authorities say nothing. Life goes on as usual here.


It sounds quite worrying really that the authorities are not telling the truth but I still dont think people over here should be concerned.

[arista]

Unless they have returned from Mexico
of course.


You can get the Truth on Sky News.

[arista]

From Sky News Live
Canada has confirmed 6 people with Swine Flu.

I hope they get meds fast
and stay alive.

[HeatherTWx]

Some people have been admitted to Monklands Hospital in Aidrie in scotland with the flu-like symptoms.

(according to aol.)

[arista]

Originally posted by arista
From Sky News Live
Canada has confirmed 6 people with Swine Flu.

I hope they get meds fast
and stay alive.



Good News on those 6
the anti virals saved them.

[Xander]

What I fine odd about this is that its a combination of pig, bird and human flu... Surely something like that can only be created in a lab not just naturally.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Xander
What I fine odd about this is that its a combination of pig, bird and human flu... Surely something like that can only be created in a lab not just naturally.

Swine flu has always existed, just never been a big "thing". I guess during the bird flu epidemic it mutated.

What I find weird is that some experts have said this combination would reek person-to-person infection (which is potentially massively deadly). We've heard some tales about person-to-person infection too... yet "WHO" are saying it's not.

I'm hoping they're telling the truth rather than preventive panic measures, cos if it's person-to-person - the affected radius is ever spreading.

Also, the anti-viral won't help in the long run. Obviously we need to use it to save lives, but the more instances it's used - the more the virus can mutate and beat the immunity.

[arista]

http://news.sky.com/sky-news/content/StaticFile/jpg/2009/Apr/Week4/15269789.jpg

This is the Pig-Bird-Human Flu.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1173935/Confusion-EU-urges-Britons-avoid-U-S-Mexico-Foreign-Office-stops-shorts-swine-flu-travel-ban.html

Stay away from infected zones.

"Globalization has brought many benefits and problems to the world and this potential crisis is another example. On the one hand, the spread of a disease is made easier and quicker."

[Xander]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by Xander
What I fine odd about this is that its a combination of pig, bird and human flu... Surely something like that can only be created in a lab not just naturally.

Swine flu has always existed, just never been a big "thing". I guess during the bird flu epidemic it mutated.

What I find weird is that some experts have said this combination would reek person-to-person infection (which is potentially massively deadly). We've heard some tales about person-to-person infection too... yet "WHO" are saying it's not.

I'm hoping they're telling the truth rather than preventive panic measures, cos if it's person-to-person - the affected radius is ever spreading.

Also, the anti-viral won't help in the long run. Obviously we need to use it to save lives, but the more instances it's used - the more the virus can mutate and beat the immunity.

What there saying now is that they might be some other causes, or another virus in Mexico that (at the moment) has only led to deaths there. But theres just so much confusion at the moment.

[Lauren]

They're offering too many alternative explanations. For example, like you said - they've said they think there's another illness in Mexico which is why it seems more deadly there.

BUT then in the same press conference, the "WHO" release info that they don't think they have another virus in Mexico, and it's just because there's a higher incidence rate over there that it seems more deadly... and if Europe had as much cases here as they do there, we'd have deaths too. So which are we to believe??

[arista]

Yes watch Sky News
then you get the truth of this Mutation Flu.

If they stop this that is good
if they do not another host can jump into the Deadly Mix.


Would make a great Film.

[arista]

From SkyNews Live

Scotland has now confirmed 2 cases of this Swine Flu.
They are responding well to treatment
but who else did they infect since returning to Scotland?

[Lauren]

Well ****.

"The World Health Organisation has warned countries to prepare for a full-blown pandemic as it raised its alert level and conceded it was now impossible to contain the virus. "

http://tinyurl.com/cyuvcl

[John.]

OMG THE PIGGY FLU HAS ARRIVED!!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE

[Lauren]

Originally posted by JD.
OMG THE PIGGY FLU HAS ARRIVED!!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!

WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE

PMSFL. I called it "piggy flu" to someone earlier and they literally just laughed in my face.

[John.]

FORGET THE WOLF BEING EVIL...


IT'S THE THREE LITTLE INFECTED PIGS!!!


ARGGGGHHHHHH!!!!:spin2:

[Hugo]

Omg, I'm actually getting worried. Those face masks would not match my outfits I have planned for the rest of this week.

[John.]

Originally posted by Hugo
Omg, I'm actually getting worried. Those face masks would not match my outfits I have planned for the rest of this week.

i know! face masks... ssoooooo 'ANTHRAX'!

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Hugo
Omg, I'm actually getting worried. Those face masks would not match my outfits I have planned for the rest of this week.

It's alright, I already checked - you CAN get pink ones.


Or if you want one for all outfits- black ones.

[Hugo]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by Hugo
Omg, I'm actually getting worried. Those face masks would not match my outfits I have planned for the rest of this week.

It's alright, I already checked - you CAN get pink ones.


Or if you want one for all outfits- black ones.

lmfao!

[Novo]

Gordan Brown fcked off to Iran to get away from Catching the Virus LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

" Terrorist meeting's " ya Right

[andyman]

Ha! Us men get man flu, that is worse!

[John.]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by Hugo
Omg, I'm actually getting worried. Those face masks would not match my outfits I have planned for the rest of this week.

It's alright, I already checked - you CAN get pink ones.


Or if you want one for all outfits- black ones.



do you think you can get separate ones for the nose and the mouth... so like a bikini?? HEHE

[Lauren]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Gordan Brown fcked off to Iran to get away from Catching the Virus LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL!! :laugh3:

[John.]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by .Andy.
Gordan Brown fcked off to Iran to get away from Catching the Virus LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL!! :laugh3:

maybe he'll get shot or bombed instead! here's hoping!:lovedup:

[Xander]

Originally posted by Lauren
Well ****.

"The World Health Organisation has warned countries to prepare for a full-blown pandemic as it raised its alert level and conceded it was now impossible to contain the virus. "

http://tinyurl.com/cyuvcl

:sad:

[John.]

Originally posted by Xander
Originally posted by Lauren
Well ****.

"The World Health Organisation has warned countries to prepare for a full-blown pandemic as it raised its alert level and conceded it was now impossible to contain the virus. "

http://tinyurl.com/cyuvcl

:sad:

it will be fine! last time it only killed 18 million!

[andyman]

100m died from the Spanish flu.

But more of us will die of cancer, or will die in a car crash or be killed in some bloody painfull way.

[Xander]

I really don't want to worry, but I just can't help it. :sad:

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Xander
I really don't want to worry, but I just can't help it. :sad:

It's on phase 4 out of 5 at the moment. If it climbs one more alert level, we'll be basically closing our borders and wearing masks.

Mainly precautionary though, so don't worry. Personally, I don't see it climbing to phase 4, though it shows it's worse than bird flu (which stayed at phase 3 iirc).

Edit: Just noticed on Sky News they seem to have a media blackspot on the new alert raising? Looks like they're trying to prevent widespread panic.

[John.]

Originally posted by Xander
I really don't want to worry, but I just can't help it. :sad:

if you worry about the little things in life (just now it's little here) then you won't lead a very good life...:shrug: will you??

[Xander]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by Xander
I really don't want to worry, but I just can't help it. :sad:

It's on phase 4 out of 5 at the moment. If it climbs one more alert level, we'll be basically closing our borders and wearing masks.

Mainly precautionary though, so don't worry. Personally, I don't see it climbing to phase 4, though it shows it's worse than bird flu (which stayed at phase 3 iirc).

Isn't it out of 6?, as its just been raised to 4. :(

Originally posted by JD.
Originally posted by Xander
I really don't want to worry, but I just can't help it. :sad:

if you worry about the little things in life (just now it's little here) then you won't lead a very good life...:shrug: will you??

Ah I know, I just worry about things like this, I'm a worrier. :hugesmile:

[andyman]

Still a chance that few of the TiBB will catch swine, could mean death.

Masks can only do so much.

Yeah how come we don't see white dog poo anymore?

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Xander
Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by Xander
I really don't want to worry, but I just can't help it. :sad:

It's on phase 4 out of 5 at the moment. If it climbs one more alert level, we'll be basically closing our borders and wearing masks.

Mainly precautionary though, so don't worry. Personally, I don't see it climbing to phase 4, though it shows it's worse than bird flu (which stayed at phase 3 iirc).

Isn't it out of 6?, as its just been raised to 4. :(

You're right actually, I got confused cos they do it in stages rather than individual numbers. I still think 5 means closed borders and masks, 6 just denotes that it's sustained. It won't get anywhere near 6, and won't get to 5.

http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/phase/en/index.html

Phases 1–3 correlate with preparedness, including capacity development and response planning activities, while Phases 4–6 clearly signal the need for response and mitigation efforts.

[Glenn.]

OMG WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Barricades myself in my bedroom*

[Shaun]

Now's not a good time to catch a cold. :bawling:

[Scarlett.]

THIS IS THE END!
NO ONE WILL BE SPARED!
NOT EVEN THE CHILDREN!

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Chewy
THIS IS THE END!
NO ONE WILL BE SPARED!
NOT EVEN THE CHILDREN!

ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN.
THEY GO FIRST.
THEN ITS JUST A CASE OF WHO WILL BE THE LAST TO SURVIVE!
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrghdeath!!!!

[Scarlett.]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by Chewy
THIS IS THE END!
NO ONE WILL BE SPARED!
NOT EVEN THE CHILDREN!

ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN.
THEY GO FIRST.
THEN ITS JUST A CASE OF WHO WILL BE THE LAST TO SURVIVE!
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrghdeath!!!! *blows house up*

[Novo]

Who's up for building a Raft And going to FIJI

[Shaun]

*blows nose and chucks the tissue into this thread*

[Shaun]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4iLLzEZKkDQ/R7T6uj4u3-I/AAAAAAAABmg/ysJJGyvYEeE/s320/IMG_0980.jpg

[Glenn.]

*Run's out flapping and screaming*

[Novo]

* Shuffs Andymans head into the tissue *

[Lauren]

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00473/sneeze_682_473022a.jpg

[Glenn.]

*peers round door*

[Scarlett.]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Who's up for building a Raft And going to FIJI Sounds proper bo! We shall need some ladies though...to ya know, rebuild society and ****:xyxwave:

[Shaun]

rofl Lauren.

*has a wet face*

*licks that man's nose*

Mmm.

[Ross]

It's not funny anymore, I am actually still ill lmao!

[Scarlett.]

Originally posted by Ross
It's not funny anymore, I am actually still ill lmao! Don't die Wossy :sad:

[Novo]

I don't know why but when i think off this swine flu thing i always get the image of 28 days later or just any zombie film

where there are about 7 people left the rest have been infected

I can just image Loads of swine flu infected people chasing me

[Lauren]

Originally posted by .Andy.
I don't know why but when i think off this swine flu thing i always get the image of 28 days later or just any zombie film

where there are about 7 people left the rest have been infected

I can just image Loads of swine flu infected people chasing me

Aw, they're just lovely friendly people. Come say hello, Andy!

http://www.culturefeast.com/wp-content/uploads/zombies.jpg

(PS. LOL @ woman bottom left, what a proper gurn!).

[Ross]

Twins! I'd **** myself.

[Chri$]

I am really worried, We had a huge lecture in school today about what to do and not etc.

It better not come near Florida!

[Novo]

LOL!!!!!!! Twins

Is that Jesus On the left near the back

[andyman]

This will blow over, unless Ross becomes very ill with the swine and has to live in a bubble, then maybe it could be bad.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by .Andy.
LOL!!!!!!! Twins

Is that Jesus On the left near the back

Lmfao, it looks like Chad Kroeger from Nickelback!

[Novo]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by .Andy.
LOL!!!!!!! Twins

Is that Jesus On the left near the back

Lmfao, it looks like Chad Kroeger from Nickelback!

lol!!!!!!!!!!!


http://www.freewebs.com/ultimatechadfan/Chad%20crouching%20down.jpg

I can see it

[arista]

Originally posted by Lauren
http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00473/sneeze_682_473022a.jpg


Hands over your Gob
when someone does that near you.

[arista]

Originally posted by andyman
This will blow over, unless Ross becomes very ill with the swine and has to live in a bubble, then maybe it could be bad.


Ross is getting better, now.

[Scarlett.]

Ok...I'm now realising how serious this could get.....:bawling:

[arista]

Originally posted by Chewy
Ok...I'm now realising how serious this could get.....:bawling:


But it ain't a Problem
those 2 Jocks are doing well on meds.


All those that Panic are Fools.


Mexico flights stopped.

[Novo]

what about if the pigs come over here Arista?

[Scarlett.]

Its spreading to other countries, it might just be the Scottish couple now, but its only a matter of time until it comes to the UK again

[arista]

Originally posted by .Andy.
what about if the pigs come over here Arista?


No problem
No Mexico Birds come to the UK now.

[arista]

Originally posted by Chewy
Its spreading to other countries, it might just be the Scottish couple now, but its only a matter of time until it comes to the UK again


But it can be treated.


This ain't a Scare Movie Chewy.


Mexico is out of bounds.


Cheer up you dog.

[Novo]

One of the Experts On the news said it is a slow and painful death and it can't be stopped

[bluehill]

lol its sooo funny when people get all hyped up

1- the flu over here is very mild just like a really strong cold

2 - yes it might come over here but we are best stocked country for flu jabs

3- stop panicin becuse there is nothing to panic about untill zombies invade lol

4 - ^ that was silly but yer nothing to worry about untill the deadly flu comes over here which is really really really impossible :wink:

oh yer if you are worried should shouldb be worried about the comman cold becuse that has killed more people a year than this swine thing .

my opion is that it is just a cover up for the worldwide credit crunch

[Novo]

Bluehill Your denying the truth because of your fear for it

No one knows anything about it It could get much worse we could all be dead by August and your acting all calm.

The world is set to end in 2012 maybe thats when the last person on earth will die from swine flu :devil:

[bluehill]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Bluehill Your denying the truth because of your fear for it

No one knows anything about it It could get much worse we could all be dead by August and your acting all calm.

The world is set to end in 2012 maybe thats when the last person on earth will die from swine flu :devil:


hahahahahha lol you have a point about th 2012 thing lol

but yer i paniced at first but then i googled it and watched the news and i was like oh is that it lol

[arista]

Originally posted by .Andy.
One of the Experts On the news said it is a slow and painful death and it can't be stopped




Stop Editing bits. You Cheat.


Meds work well ,so long as they get on them fast.

Last Saturdays Primeval
has spooked you.


The Only bad Deaths are in Mexico.
Are you aware criminals kill children on streets there.
It is another World when you are that Poor.

[Lauren]

Arista, your main point is "it can be treated". Yes, at the moment, it can. But there's a reason they're not giving the vaccine to everyone that has become symptomatic. Releasing the vaccine so early into the pandemic could cause the virus to mutate and beat the vaccine - it sounds unreal - but it happens all the time over small virus' and is a very real risk in this one too.

[NettoSuperstar!]

Filthy Swines!!

[Lauren]

Just received an email from my Uni about Swine Influenza... suggesting that they're keeping an eye and receiving government updates about it. Since students are most at risk (we have international students coming and go constantly) - I have a feeling this is a pre-warning that the phase is rising from 4 to 5.

[NettoSuperstar!]

Masks out kids!

[Lauren]

Originally posted by NettoSuperstar!
Masks out kids!

Hope they make pink ones :whistle:

[NettoSuperstar!]

Oooh yeh thats a good idea, I want a black one with a skull and cross bones on heheh

[arista]

Originally posted by Lauren
Arista, your main point is "it can be treated". Yes, at the moment, it can. But there's a reason they're not giving the vaccine to everyone that has become symptomatic. Releasing the vaccine so early into the pandemic could cause the virus to mutate and beat the vaccine - it sounds unreal - but it happens all the time over small virus' and is a very real risk in this one too.





Yes anything is possible.
But This week now
some folks are acting Dumb.



You must be doing studies in this area
I can see that.



There is No threat in the UK
a few cases being dealt with.
It is all down to Pro Tracking.


Life In The City.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by arista

There is No threat in the UK
a few cases being dealt with.
It is all down to Pro Tracking.



The virus can no longer be tracked. ANY chance of containment has long gone, trust me. The only way this is going to go is the eventual demise of the virus, which mightn't be for a while.



http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/article.aspx?cp-documentid=16414185

"The deadly swine flu virus could infect up to 40% of the UK population in the next six months if the outbreak becomes a pandemic, world health officials have warned."

[Shaun]

I'm beginning to feel better. Thank **** for that.

[Novo]

4 other people have been confirmed with the Swine Flu in London



Source (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k)

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Shaun
I'm beginning to feel better. Thank **** for that.

You could still be a carrier *INFLICTS PANIC*

[Zac]

Ugh, I'm scared now that more people are getting it in the UK.

[arista]

Originally posted by .Andy.
4 other people have been confirmed with the Swine Flu in London



Source (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k)



No it is not 'confirmed' 4 have it in London
Get your Facts right.

[Novo]

Originally posted by arista
Originally posted by .Andy.
4 other people have been confirmed with the Swine Flu in London



Source (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS9OO0S5w2k)



No it is not 'confirmed' 4 have it in London
Get your Facts right.

the source says so anyway

[Loukas]

40% of the UK population?!?! :shocked:

It won't get that bad!? WILL IT?! :sad:

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by Shaun
I'm beginning to feel better. Thank **** for that.

You could still be a carrier *INFLICTS PANIC*

FahQ, Fahey.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by DoubleTrouble
40% of the UK population?!?! :shocked:

It won't get that bad!? WILL IT?! :sad:

40% won't die... but if the virus continues at the rate it's at now, 40% doesn't seem wholly unrealistic.

[Scarlett.]

Originally posted by arista
Originally posted by Lauren
Arista, your main point is "it can be treated". Yes, at the moment, it can. But there's a reason they're not giving the vaccine to everyone that has become symptomatic. Releasing the vaccine so early into the pandemic could cause the virus to mutate and beat the vaccine - it sounds unreal - but it happens all the time over small virus' and is a very real risk in this one too.





Yes anything is possible.
But This week now
some folks are acting Dumb.



You must be doing studies in this area
I can see that.



There is No threat in the UK
a few cases being dealt with.
It is all down to Pro Tracking.


Life In The City. The virus is spreading all over the world, what are we gonna do? Quarentine everyone who comes into England?

[ange7]

Early on I heard from news sources that 140 had died in Mexico..... but the World Health Org., have been only able to verify 7 (...or was it 27?). Anyway 140 didn't die in Mexico so hopefully it's not as bad as some media outlets are making out.

[JohnnyBB]

goverment orders 35 million masks :bawling:

[Novo]

Oh ****

35 Million Is that All

There are 60 Million off us over here

:mad:

[arista]

Originally posted by Chewy
Originally posted by arista
Originally posted by Lauren
Arista, your main point is "it can be treated". Yes, at the moment, it can. But there's a reason they're not giving the vaccine to everyone that has become symptomatic. Releasing the vaccine so early into the pandemic could cause the virus to mutate and beat the vaccine - it sounds unreal - but it happens all the time over small virus' and is a very real risk in this one too.





Yes anything is possible.
But This week now
some folks are acting Dumb.



You must be doing studies in this area
I can see that.



There is No threat in the UK
a few cases being dealt with.
It is all down to Pro Tracking.


Life In The City. The virus is spreading all over the world, what are we going to do? Quarentine everyone who comes into England?




No Yanks have died from it
they are now finding out it is not quite the same
as the Mexico start of it.


Go on any Flight
you get a Cold as the same Air is used over and over again.




This is not a Primeval Episode here.

[*mazedsalv**]

Im really worried now... masks!!!! Didnt know it was that bad!

[ange7]

ffs
"Only 7 swine flu deaths, not 152, says WHO"
http://www.smh.com.au/world/only-7-swine-flu-deaths-not-152-says-who-20090429-aml1.html
""Unfortunately that [150-plus deaths] is incorrect information and it does happen, but that's not information that's come from the World Health Organisation," Ms Allan told ABC Radio today.

"That figure is not a figure that's come from the World Health Organisation and, I repeat, the death toll is seven and they are all from Mexico."" .. from link

[arista]

Originally posted by *mazedsalv**
Im really worried now... masks!!!! Didnt know it was that bad!



Masks have to be changed each day or half day.
So that is not good.


It is Not bad.

The yanks with Swine fever
have not died.
so what is in Mexico has changed to a lesser strength
3 mix flu.

[pinkmichk]

the thing is all those who have died have been at or near the source the further it goes across the globe the weaker it will be hence why that couple in scotland are recovring well also all the deaths have occured in a country that has poor health care levels compared to the uk its the same as with bird flu there were more deaths in places where health and hygiene levels are a lot lower

[Xander]

Seems like the US have reported there first death from Swine Flu.

[Dom:D]

I'm so scared!!:bawling:

[arista]

Originally posted by Xander
Seems like the US have reported there first death from Swine Flu.

Yes but that is a Baby.
Not a Adult.

[Xander]

Originally posted by Dom:D
I'm so scared!!:bawling:

I think what most people who are worried think is that when you have it, your its going to kill you when that is not necessarily the case.
Officials have confirmed so far out of the 159 or so deaths in Mexico 7 were only by swine flu.
They say 40% of UK might be infected with it, IF theres a pandemic, which doesn't mean all of that 40% are going to be seriously ill with it. It seems the death rate has slowed down in Mexico.

[arista]

Ch4 just confirmed the Pig Farm in Mexico,
they think started this 3 part Flu is owned by "Yanks"

[Xander]

3 more cases of swine flu in the UK Girl, 12 and two adults.

[Shaun]

They just confirmed a case in Torbay :|

:bawling:

[Chri$]

Loads of Supermarkets and Pharmacies in the US have run out of things like Masks and Hand Sanitizer.

There are 3 people in Florida and they are being tested for Swine Flu and the bad thing is its in the Orlando Area. :sad:

Use this Map, Its always up to date (http://local.shelbystar.com/gazette/ap/swine/)

[Xander]

7 people from falkirk came back negative. Torbay is only an hour so away. :shocked:

[Shaun]

Gosh that must be awful, Xander, if only there was someone on TiBB who lived there :shocked:

[pinkmichk]

those 14+ people connected with the couple in scotland have all come back as negative this is gonna have a huge effect on the nhs and stuff cos any slight sniffle people will be running to the docs
its the nhs and airport staff i feel for cos they are gonna be at first hand risk of it my own stepbro works at heathrow airport although he mostly deals with the middle east flights

[Mrluvaluva]

A woman in Redditch has now apparently contracted it.

[Wildcat!]

LMAO!!! This is really pathetic to be honest. People in the UK are always so eager to follow anything that the americans do. NOw they even want to get the Flu epidemic. You cant make this stuff up. It makes me wonder did the United States gain independence from England, or was it the other way around? :tongue:

[pinkmichk]

i wish people wouldnt follow the media so much they are making it out to be far far worse than it actually is mass hysteria panic is such a wonderful thing:rolleyes:

[Scarlett.]

Apparently some people in Blackpool are being monitored for it :shocked:

[Mrluvaluva]

Somebody in London has contracted it too.

[pinkmichk]

its only killer if there are complications same as normal flu so pneumonia etc considering there has only been 8 deaths so far and the first case was 3 weeks ago that really isnt anything people die although over the world cos of normal flu if there are complications just cos people are getting it certainly doesnt mean they are all if any gonna die and like i said being in the uk we are further away from the source so any strain here is going to be weaker anyway
i'm not concerned i'll just keep washing hands etc as normal same as i would if a normal flu outbreak
there was actually a flu here before this hit the news anyway i know this cos half of my daughters nursery had it

[JohnnyBB]

what would happen if the flu was in bb house ?

[arista]

Originally posted by JohnnyBB
what would happen if the flu was in bb house ?


They would go into the Secret house early.

[Xander]

Originally posted by pinkmichk
its only killer if there are complications same as normal flu so pneumonia etc considering there has only been 8 deaths so far and the first case was 3 weeks ago that really isnt anything people die although over the world cos of normal flu if there are complications just cos people are getting it certainly doesnt mean they are all if any going to die and like i said being in the uk we are further away from the source so any strain here is going to be weaker anyway
i'm not concerned i'll just keep washing hands etc as normal same as i would if a normal flu outbreak
there was actually a flu here before this hit the news anyway i know this cos half of my daughters nursery had it

I agree with your other post, the media always make something seem worse.
100's and even thousands of people here die of normal flu each year but when its in the news people don't seem to take that much notice of it.

[arista]

Originally posted by arista
Originally posted by Xander
Seems like the US have reported there first death from Swine Flu.

Yes but that is a Baby.
Not a Adult.


Texas Health Officer just confirmed this Baby,
that sadly died,
was visting and was from Mexico.


SkyNews Live.

[Novo]

Big brother will be called off

[Mark]

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs016.snc1/2980_113644306320_665586320_2981396_4098589_n.jpg

:laugh::laugh:

[andyman]

Awwww poor pig, aint their fault their swines!

[*mazedsalv**]

Updates?? how many people have got it in the uk? and how many deaths in Mexico?

[Mrluvaluva]

5 confirmed cases in the UK. 2 in Scotland, 1 in Redditch, 1 in Torbay and 1 in London.

Egypt began slaughtering the roughly 300,000 pigs in the country Wednesday as a precautionary measure against the spread of swine flu even though no cases have been reported here yet, the Health Ministry said.

The move immediately provoked resistance from pig farmers. At one large pig farming center just north of Cairo, farmers refused to cooperate with Health Ministry workers who came to slaughter the animals and the workers left without carrying out the government order.

"It has been decided to immediately start slaughtering all the pigs in Egypt using the full capacity of the country's slaughterhouses," Health Minister Hatem el-Gabaly told reporters after a Cabinet meeting with President Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt's overwhelmingly Muslim population does not eat pork due to religious restrictions. But the animals are raised and consumed by the Christian minority, which some estimates put at 10 percent of the population.

Health Ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman estimated there were between 300,000-350,000 pigs in Egypt.

Agriculture Minister Amin Abaza told reporters that farmers would be allowed to sell the pork meat so there would be no need for compensation.

In 2008, following fears over diseases spread by animals, Mubarak ordered all pig and chicken farms moved out of population areas. But the order was never implemented.

Pigs can be found in many places around Muslim world, often raised by religious minorities who can eat pork. But they are banned entirely in some Muslim countries including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Libya.

In Jordan, the government decided Wednesday to shut down the country's five pig farms, involving 800 animals, for violating public health safety regulations.

[Xander]

Theres a person in spain who hasn't been to Mexico who apparantley has contracted it. And there moving closer to declaring phase 5.

[pinkmichk]

i cant help but wonder if this is us as a human race fault with all the intensive farming its hardly suprising really that things like this will start occuring

[officialstephaniefan]

i find it funny how on monday it was in mexico and by tuesday afternoon it was all in the uk :whistle:

[Captain.Remy]

Message original : officialstephaniefan
i find it funny how on monday it was in mexico and by tuesday afternoon it was all in the uk :whistle:

Maybe because people travel ? That's how it got to Europe. The flu didn't fly from Mexico alone. :hugesmile:

Closer and closer to phase 5, this is getting way more dangerous now.

[officialstephaniefan]

Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : officialstephaniefan
i find it funny how on monday it was in mexico and by tuesday afternoon it was all in the uk :whistle:

Maybe because people travel ? That's how it got to Europe. The flu didn't fly from Mexico alone. :hugesmile:

Closer and closer to phase 5, this is getting way more dangerous now.

in a day though?
i think its a little ott tbh. i think its just another attempt to scare us lol :joker:

[officialleafan]

Originally posted by officialstephaniefan
Originally posted by Captain.Remy
Message original : officialstephaniefan
i find it funny how on monday it was in mexico and by tuesday afternoon it was all in the uk :whistle:

Maybe because people travel ? That's how it got to Europe. The flu didn't fly from Mexico alone. :hugesmile:

Closer and closer to phase 5, this is getting way more dangerous now.

in a day though?
i think its a little ott tbh. i think its just another attempt to scare us lol :joker:

They're doing a good job if so lol. The whole of the UK is completely scared of this...

[Nicky.]

We're supposed to be boiling all our water, as Flintshire has dodgy water apparently >.> I took a bottle of water to school, from the tap... and I'm still living! (I didn't know we weren't supposed to drink it till we got home >.<)

McFly had to cancel their Mexico tour xD
-thoughti'daddthatin-

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Aint_mad_atcha
LMAO!!! This is really pathetic to be honest. People in the UK are always so eager to follow anything that the americans do. NOw they even want to get the Flu epidemic. You cant make this stuff up. It makes me wonder did the United States gain independence from England, or was it the other way around? :tongue:

Yeah, 'cos I want to die.

And the US gained independence from Great Britain, so stop fulfilling the dumb, ignorant American stereotype.

[Wildcat!]

Originally posted by Shaun
Originally posted by Aint_mad_atcha
LMAO!!! This is really pathetic to be honest. People in the UK are always so eager to follow anything that the americans do. NOw they even want to get the Flu epidemic. You cant make this stuff up. It makes me wonder did the United States gain independence from England, or was it the other way around? :tongue:

Yeah, 'cos I want to die.

And the US gained independence from Great Britain, so stop fulfilling the dumb, ignorant American stereotype.

Oh my! Did you just correct me? That was sarcasm, and a joke! The whole thing flew right over your little head didnt it? Go get yourself some sense of humour pills, it might help! Just the fact that you feel the need to correct me, shows your inability to see the obvious.

[Lauren]

Phase has been upped to level 5 :sad: Damn.

[Mrluvaluva]

"screams"

[Lauren]

Originally posted by officialstephaniefan
i find it funny how on monday it was in mexico and by tuesday afternoon it was all in the uk :whistle:
It's been in Mexico since January. Just so you know.

[Ross]

Great!!!

[arista]

Originally posted by Lauren
Phase has been upped to level 5 :sad: Damn.


Yes on Fox News the Yanks are in a panic.
Typical.

[Mrluvaluva]

The UN's World Health Organization has raised the alert over the spread of swine flu to level five - one short of a full-blown pandemic.

A phase five alert means human-to-human transmission in at least two countries.

The move comes after a 23-month-old Mexican child died in Texas - the first death from swine flu outside Mexico, where the outbreak originated.

In Spain, officials confirmed the first case of swine flu in a person who has not travelled to Mexico.

Announcing the increased alert level, WHO Director General Margaret Chan urged all countries to activate their pandemic plans - including heightened surveillance and infection control measures.

She said action should be undertaken with "increased urgency".


Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8025931.stm)

[Shaun]

Originally posted by Aint_mad_atcha
Originally posted by Shaun
Originally posted by Aint_mad_atcha
LMAO!!! This is really pathetic to be honest. People in the UK are always so eager to follow anything that the americans do. NOw they even want to get the Flu epidemic. You cant make this stuff up. It makes me wonder did the United States gain independence from England, or was it the other way around? :tongue:

Yeah, 'cos I want to die.

And the US gained independence from Great Britain, so stop fulfilling the dumb, ignorant American stereotype.

Oh my! Did you just correct me? That was sarcasm, and a joke! The whole thing flew right over your little head didnt it? Go get yourself some sense of humour pills, it might help! Just the fact that you feel the need to correct me, shows your inability to see the obvious.

Oh gosh, I'm so sorry.

The fact you're a comic genius managed to somehow escape me. :sad:

[Scarlett.]

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMED!

[Mrluvaluva]

"blows it Blackpools way"

[Scarlett.]

You idiot BAZ!
*Chewy hides in oven, with pork chops*

[Mrluvaluva]

Sensible!

[pinkmichk]

i'm still not concerned even with the up of level and i'm a born worrier generally

[Lauren]

Does anyone know if those with weak / self-attacking immune system gets anti-viral stuff soon?

[John.]

i went to the doctor today because i thought i had swine flu...


he gave me some 'oinkment' and told me to come bacon Monday...


HEHEHEE

[Captain.Remy]

One step closer to the 12th pandemic every listed. :bored:

[JohnnyBB]

yanoo what they did with the foot and mouth and they killed all them cows maybe we should do tthat with those who have swine ??

[Ross]

Originally posted by JohnnyBB
yanoo what they did with the foot and mouth and they killed all them cows maybe we should do tthat with those who have swine ??
Oh yeah, just throw people in a big pit to get slaughtered.

[Hugo]

I'll give it till Friday for Level 6, its innevitable now anyway.

[arista]

SkyNews has reported 1 student in Newcastle University
now has Swine 3 part Flu.

[arista]

Originally posted by Lauren
Does anyone know if those with weak / self-attacking immune system gets anti-viral stuff soon?



No they can not take Tamiflu
if they are on meds for other illness.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by arista
Originally posted by Lauren
Does anyone know if those with weak / self-attacking immune system gets anti-viral stuff soon?



No they can not take Tamiflu
if they are on meds for other illness.

That's not strictly true? Some people have self-attacking immune systems that are more at risk of contracting influenza AND it being more potent. I'd have thought they'd be first in line to receive any anti-viral treatment, including Tamiflu.

[Lauren]

Newcastle Uni student 6th person in UK to reportedly have it. Well ****.

[JohnnyBB]

Originally posted by Lauren
Newcastle Uni student 6th person in UK to reportedly have it. Well ****.

god knows how many pepole he's been in contact with!

[Novo]

Lets Place Bets On how many people will have Swine flu by 3pm tomorrow

Am going for 14 :eureka:

[arista]

Andy
you have this all Wrong the 2 Scotts have now gone home.
So we need to start taking Numbers off.

[Novo]

Originally posted by arista
Andy
you have this all Wrong the 2 Scotts have now gone home.
So we need to start taking Numbers off.

No the Numbers will only increase Arista

[MarkWaldorf]

Can it be spread to animals? Because I have cats that stray, and I don't want them bringing it home. :nono:

[pinkmichk]

just cos 6 confirmed cases in the wider scheme of things that is nothing plus it is weaker here than at source
i'm still not concerned damn media causing so much panic

[arista]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by arista
Andy
you have this all Wrong the 2 Scotts have now gone home.
So we need to start taking Numbers off.

No the Numbers will only increase Arista




But look how quick the first two got better
you just do not get it.



The Real Deal is it is not a Problem unless
you are in the Poor Nation of Mexico.

[Novo]

Originally posted by arista
Originally posted by .Andy.
Originally posted by arista
Andy
you have this all Wrong the 2 Scotts have now gone home.
So we need to start taking Numbers off.

No the Numbers will only increase Arista




But look how quick the first two got better
you just do not get it.



The Real Deal is it is not a Problem unless
you are in the Poor Nation of Mexico.


No arista

you are In fear and denying the truth

this will get worse there is no doubt about it and it wil only spread the only reason those scottish people got better is because they were in isolation it's going to get to a stage were We can't control it we can't put everyone is isolation. 6 people will soon turn into 60 then 600 then 6000 then 6 Million

[Jen]

Originally posted by Lauren
Does anyone know if those with weak / self-attacking immune system gets anti-viral stuff soon?
The nurse in our school gave a talk today and she said that people with weak immune systems would have to be ore cautious. I don't know about the anti-viral stuff.

[Shaun]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf
Can it be spread to animals? Because I have cats that stray, and I don't want them bringing it home. :nono:

Assumedly just to pigs and birds, haha. :\

[Jen]

I have been reading through this thread for the first time today.
Some people are so inconsiderate. I know that the media can make something look 100 times worse than it is, But if people are genuinely scared, no one can turn around and bitch... it's not fair.
The cynics just need to remember that it have been upped to a level 5, one more upped level and it will be a pandemic. it is very vey likely to be a pandemic and millions of people are scared. Grow some common decency....

[Lauren]

Originally posted by pinkmichk
just cos 6 confirmed cases in the wider scheme of things that is nothing plus it is weaker here than at source
i'm still not concerned damn media causing so much panic

Think how many people are unconfirmed?

If I felt ill, was coughing, feverish - I WOULD NOT go to the Drs or anything about having goddamn swine flu, I'd just keep it to myself. I assume a lot of people would also do this.

I'm never a fan of media panic, but we know the media get something out of causing panic. But the WHO? What do they get out of causing panic? Nothing. It's against them if they cause panic, yet they think there's something to be concerned about.

8 cases in the UK, we come into contact with about 100+ people per day, assuming we leave the house - walk down the street, work etc. That's per day, and that's only from the confirmed cases.

There's a lot more people than confirmed with it. The numbers aren't minimising, they're only just emerging.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Jen
Originally posted by Lauren
Does anyone know if those with weak / self-attacking immune system gets anti-viral stuff soon?
The nurse in our school gave a talk today and she said that people with weak immune systems would have to be ore cautious. I don't know about the anti-viral stuff.

Thanks Jen :thumbs:

Anyone know if people that have the flu vaccination each year are more protected? Or does it not help with this swine strain?

[Jen]

Originally posted by Lauren


Think how many people are unconfirmed?

If I felt ill, was coughing, feverish - I WOULD NOT go to the Drs or anything about having goddamn swine flu, I'd just keep it to myself. I assume a lot of people would also do this.

I'm never a fan of media panic, but we know the media get something out of causing panic. But the WHO? What do they get out of causing panic? Nothing. It's against them if they cause panic, yet they think there's something to be concerned about.

8 cases in the UK, we come into contact with about 100+ people per day, assuming we leave the house - walk down the street, work etc. That's per day, and that's only from the confirmed cases.

There's a lot more people than confirmed with it. The numbers aren't minimising, they're only just emerging.

Finally some sense in this thread.
:hugesmile:

[Lauren]

Originally posted by arista


But look how quick the first two got better
you just do not get it.



The Real Deal is it is not a Problem unless
you are in the Poor Nation of Mexico.

Mexico have had it since January! Our cases are only emerging. What about people with weak immune systems? Do they not matter to you?

The two people that got better got treated almost instantly after coming back from Mexico and are healthy young individuals. Right now there's people with it that don't know about it - not getting treated - and maybe not as healthy as the two Scots.

[pinkmichk]

jen people deal with things in different ways and if you look past the media stories and find out facts then it could do loads for your state of worrying as i said i'm a born worrier but i'm not about this its flu people die of flu every year just cos its under a different name i'm far more worried about the very real risk of terrorists/nuclear war than this i'm not getting at you i do understand how people could be worried by this as like i say i'm generally a worrier about anything

[John.]

i just love the fact that no one has mentioned how many people where on the planes with those infected....

the air in a plane is recylced so everyone should have symptoms...

so if there was 300 people on each plane, then...???:laugh2:

[MarkWaldorf]

Ty Shaun.

Is it confirmed at 8 now, Lauren? :shocked:

[Lauren]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf
Ty Shaun.

Is it confirmed at 8 now, Lauren? :shocked:

Yeah it is now.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by pinkmichk
jen people deal with things in different ways and if you look past the media stories and find out facts then it could do loads for your state of worrying as i said i'm a born worrier but i'm not about this its flu people die of flu every year just cos its under a different name i'm far more worried about the very real risk of terrorists/nuclear war than this i'm not getting at you i do understand how people could be worried by this as like i say i'm generally a worrier about anything

Why would the WHO declare a pandemic over normal winter flu under a different name? It's not in their best interests.

[John.]

imagine the money that the economy will lose if it goes up a level to 6...

public gatherings, ie concerts festivals football matches... all cancelled...

all have to be refunded!!!

[Sticks]

They should track down and arrest every single person who has recently been to Mexico and hold them in enforced isolation.

[Lauren]

Just been someone from the W.H.O saying that going up to phase 5 is just a natural and inevitable step up to phase 6. Basically, it's not if we'll go to phase 6, it's when.

Like I said, some people don't seem to understand the cases in the rest of the World are just emerging! No point quoting the Mexican deaths, they've had it months.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Sticks
They should track down and arrest every single person who has recently been to Mexico and hold them in enforced isolation.

And every single person they've come across? And every single person they've come across? And every single person they've come across?

It's too late now, Sticks. It emerged too late.

[MarkWaldorf]

Cancel public events? D: Swine flu or no swine flu, I'm going to that Britney concert.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf
Cancel public events? D: Swine flu or no swine flu, I'm going to that Britney concert.

:laugh2:

I know right. I have loads of public events coming up, and I'll be damned if some piggies are stopping me!

[John.]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf
Cancel public events? D: Swine flu or no swine flu, I'm going to that Britney concert.

not if it goes to level 6 your not!:joker:

[Lauren]

Case in ROI.

[arista]

Originally posted by MarkWaldorf
Cancel public events? D: Swine flu or no swine flu, I'm going to that Britney concert.


But how do You know
Britney will Fly, by the concert time?

[Lauren]

Apparently big events won't be cancelled, even in phase 6.

[arista]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by Sticks
They should track down and arrest every single person who has recently been to Mexico and hold them in enforced isolation.

And every single person they've come across? And every single person they've come across? And every single person they've come across?

It's too late now, Sticks. It emerged too late.



Yes Sticks it is out of the bag
now.


But Sticks it will not get to you.

[Novo]

Looks like my 14 prediction by tomorrow is Looking good

[arista]

Originally posted by .Andy.
Looks like my 14 prediction by tomorrow is Looking good


You need to take off 2
from Scotland that are now better
Fact.

[Z]

I'm maybe a bit too relaxed about this whole thing, but I just don't think it's a pandemic in the way it's being described as. Scaremongering from the media really isn't helping the situation.

[Novo]

Originally posted by arista
Originally posted by .Andy.
Looks like my 14 prediction by tomorrow is Looking good


You need to take off 2
from Scotland that are now better
Fact.

No they Died in hospital before they Died they cloned them then sent the cloned one's home

the real one's are dead

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Zee
I'm maybe a bit too relaxed about this whole thing, but I just don't think it's a pandemic in the way it's being described as. Scaremongering from the media really isn't helping the situation.

I understand people that are thinking like this, but then you really have to think why the W.H.O would put it as phase 5 going onto 6 if there wasn't anything to worry about. It's in the LEAST of their interests to do this without any good reasons, then again, I think us Brits are infamous for the line "it won't happen to me".

[Hugo]

Wow, its really growing now. I wouldn't say I'm too worried about it as most people are just suffering mild symptoms and recovering outside of Mexico, but I saw on the news last night that it should die down during Summer and hit again, worse during the winter and start killing people, which, I don't really understand as Mexico isn't a winter climate. Meh, it just confuses me haha. Oohh and btw my mum has basically sold Tesco out of anti bacterial hand wash and the mini pocket size hand sanitiser things LOL,

[Z]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by Zee
I'm maybe a bit too relaxed about this whole thing, but I just don't think it's a pandemic in the way it's being described as. Scaremongering from the media really isn't helping the situation.

I understand people that are thinking like this, but then you really have to think why the W.H.O would put it as phase 5 going onto 6 if there wasn't anything to worry about. It's in the LEAST of their interests to do this without any good reasons, then again, I think us Brits are infamous for the line "it won't happen to me".

Definitely; although I like to think I'm not being one of those in denial morons who refuse to accept the facts in front of them, I guess I am! I can understand the threat level issue; because of the far reaches that this virus has had, so the potential for a global infection is a much greater risk than it was when it was just in Mexico - but it's only been spread through tourists coming into contact with it and coming home again; and the few cases that have been recorded over here in the U.K. are being contained (although I'm sure there are many others out there that haven't been recorded yet.) My problem with the "pandemic" label is that it comes along with mass panic; which is the worst thing that can happen in this situation. Avian Flu and SARS ended up being nothing to worry about (at least, over in the U.K.) same with Mad Cow Disease and so on. I find it interesting that this has become a "global" issue in the middle of the recession - nobody's talking about the recession anymore; I'm not one for conspiracy theories, but I do think it's worthwhile noting that this happened during the Credit Crunch.

However, I'm not so pig-headed (lolol) that I won't pay attention to the W.H.O's warnings, there is a good reason for them and there's no point in just ignoring what they have to say; they're the experts, not me.

[Sticks]

Why did they let those two people from Scotland out?

Surely they should be detained to make sure others are not affected?

[Captain.Remy]

The European Commission rejected the recommendation proposed by France about EU restrictions on flying to the Mexican outbreak of swine flu. :shocked:

[Lauren]

Just got ANOTHER email from my Uni about Swine Flu, probably triggered by the student in Newcastle.

It basically outlines that they have emergency plans in place for if anyone from the North-West is confirmed as having it.

[supernoodles!]

I can`t beleive its so close

[Novo]

It's No where Near chester

It's all good

[Hugo]

Originally posted by .Andy.
It's No where Near chester

It's all good

You don't know that.

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Hugo
Originally posted by .Andy.
It's No where Near chester

It's all good

You don't know that.

dun Dun DUUUNNNN!

[Ross]

God help me I work in Tesco. Damnit.

[supernoodles!]

Originally posted by Hugo
Wow, its really growing now. I wouldn't say I'm too worried about it as most people are just suffering mild symptoms and recovering outside of Mexico, but I saw on the news last night that it should die down during Summer and hit again, worse during the winter and start killing people, which, I don't really understand as Mexico isn't a winter climate. Meh, it just confuses me haha. Oohh and btw my mum has basically sold Tesco out of anti bacterial hand wash and the mini pocket size hand sanitiser things LOL,

my mam is the same,she went into work armed with stuff and began spraying it on the door handles and phone,the nutter

[Hugo]

Originally posted by Ross
God help me I work in Tesco. Damnit.

Make sure you use those anti bacterial hand washes loads.

[Ross]

Originally posted by Hugo
Originally posted by Ross
God help me I work in Tesco. Damnit.

Make sure you use those anti bacterial hand washes loads.
Girlfriend please, these nails aint cheap.

[Hugo]

Originally posted by supernoodles!
Originally posted by Hugo
Wow, its really growing now. I wouldn't say I'm too worried about it as most people are just suffering mild symptoms and recovering outside of Mexico, but I saw on the news last night that it should die down during Summer and hit again, worse during the winter and start killing people, which, I don't really understand as Mexico isn't a winter climate. Meh, it just confuses me haha. Oohh and btw my mum has basically sold Tesco out of anti bacterial hand wash and the mini pocket size hand sanitiser things LOL,

my mam is the same,she went into work armed with stuff and began spraying it on the door handles and phone,the nutter

haha :hugesmile:
better safe than sorry.

[Hugo]

Originally posted by Ross
Originally posted by Hugo
Originally posted by Ross
God help me I work in Tesco. Damnit.

Make sure you use those anti bacterial hand washes loads.
Girlfriend please, these nails aint cheap.

Oh really, I just assumed you were on a tight budget after seeing you stealing from Oxfam.

[Ross]

Originally posted by Hugo
Originally posted by Ross
Originally posted by Hugo
Originally posted by Ross
God help me I work in Tesco. Damnit.

Make sure you use those anti bacterial hand washes loads.
Girlfriend please, these nails aint cheap.

Oh really, I just assumed you were on a tight budget after seeing you stealing from Oxfam.
Uh, honey. You live at Oxfam so don't even go there.

[Mrluvaluva]

I am trying to avoid places like the tube at peak times etc.

[arista]

Originally posted by Sticks
Why did they let those two people from Scotland out?

Surely they should be detained to make sure others are not affected?



Sticks They are better now
No longer infected.


People are not Dead due to this milder mutated Mexico Flu
in the UK.

[arista]

Originally posted by Mrluvaluva
I am trying to avoid places like the tube at peak times etc.



How many on there have come back from Mexico?

[Lauren]

Originally posted by arista
Originally posted by Mrluvaluva
I am trying to avoid places like the tube at peak times etc.



How many on there have come back from Mexico?

They only need to have been in contact with someone who knows someone who knows someone who knows someone that's been in Mexico etc.

They don't need to have directly been in Mexico themselves.

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by arista

How many on there have come back from Mexico?

I am taking no chances. I will take preventive action where I can. Nothing wrong with being precautionary. I am sure they are not aware of all the facts yet to do with this outbreak. Who knows how contagious it is? Who knows if people are carriers of it? Who knows who may have it?

[Hugo]

I have to take a bus every morning thats been all around Nottinghamshire :sad:

[Lauren]

I think Baz has the right idea here - being precautionary does not equal panicking.

[Ross]

I just punch people who breathe on me.

[arista]

Originally posted by Mrluvaluva
Originally posted by arista

How many on there have come back from Mexico?

I am taking no chances. I will take preventive action where I can. Nothing wrong with being precautionary. I am sure they are not aware of all the facts yet to do with this outbreak. Who knows how contagious it is? Who knows if people are carriers of it? Who knows who may have it?


But it will not Kill you.



So many have Hay Fever
you will find sneezes every place.

Maybe you need a Underground Bunker.

[arista]

Originally posted by Ross
I just punch people who breathe on me.


Way to go
until you get a Punch back that knocks you out cold.

[Novo]

Originally posted by arista
Originally posted by Ross
I just punch people who breathe on me.


Way to go
until you get a Punch back that knocks you out cold.

http://i440.photobucket.com/albums/qq126/Evil-i_photos/1240502111583.gif

[Mrluvaluva]

Originally posted by arista

But it will not Kill you.



So many have Hay Fever
you will find sneezes every place.

Maybe you need a Underground Bunker.


You cannot stop coming into contact with people but trying to avoid situations, like being packed in a busy tube carriage with hundreds of others. and your face in someone elses, as much as possible cannot do any harm.

[Mark]

Normal influenza kills tens of thousands of people in USA alone, and hundreds of thousands of people around the world every year.

When swine flu gets to even a fraction of that, I'll begin to think twice about it. As for now I'm going to get on with my life and not get paranoid or take precautions about something which probably isn't going to be any bigger than the SARS problem.

Media: Serious business.

http://doihaveswineflu.org/