Swine Flu

This little sucker is who started it all...." swine influenza virus"


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I know viruses are small but there's no reason to post its actual size. One good thing for me, people aren't buying too much pork these days so I'm filling up my freezer soon.:yum

 

i blame pop media.

 

Ya, folks just hear the news saying 200 people out of 2000 hosptalized have died and conclude a %10 kill rate which is patently false. They don't mention the likely 100,000's who felt a bit ill but got through it easily.

It's an unknown ATM and that's what scares folks more. Heck there's some 200K hospitalizations for seasonal flu at 37K deaths every year but no one talks too much about that fact as it's 'business as usual'.:confused

 

The funny thing for me is that everyone is panicking about eating pork. You cannot get it from eating pork. It was originally thought to come from pig farms in Mexico with open-air "sanitation" ponds, but it is passed from human to human without any help from your dinner other than the fact that you're all sitting at the table together.

And the face mask thing...that's great...if I hadn't heard no end of medical "experts" say that the virus is small enough it can easily pass through everything but a medical-grade face mask. The ones you can buy at the drug store are not medical-grade. Not only that, but it's not simply airborne, you get it through contact just like any other virus.

I just wish doctors would stop prescribing the drugs that treat it (Tamiflu and something else I forget) for people who don't need it. There's a limited supply, so in effect by taking it when you don't need it you're potentially screwing over someone who does. Also, much like when penicillin used to be prescribed for everything, the virus will mutate and become immune to it. Then what do we do?

 

Yes, this is a new strain and it has the whole world on notice. I do remember the swine flu of '76 but what I don't remember is the hype.
And Auggie is right, many people die each year from the flu.

I do have medical grade masks that my husband and I bought when the avian flu was a scare. I also have been alot more aware of using antibacterial wash more often in such places as the grocery store and the gym.

All joking aside - take a little extra precaution!

 

Ewww!uke I guess their taste buds aren't what they used to be.:innocent What are they, %70 alcohol? Whoopee, we're all going to die...:guitar :-D

When mum was in the hospital, fairly often too, I'd hit the public dispensers when I got in the hospital rubbing the wheelchair down, just the hands when I got to her room and doing the chair again as I left, we have a fairly serious bout of MSRA going around here these past few years, it's called c-difficile here.

Also, I live with a nurse but she probably does even more than I as far as hygiene goes. The only thing I've gotten in five years was a single cold.

BTW, these anti-bacterial soaps are no more effective than proper hand washing and with overuse can probably create some other super resistant bugs or just not expose a kid to various mainly benign bugs. I'll stick to the alcohol creams but not in my tea or orange juice thank you.

 

Yup!!!!!:-D

 

Hey LauraR - I went to the Dollar store yesterday and there were tons of bins with the hand sanitizers. They are good for a quick wash but nothing beats plain old soap & water..

 

OK, THAT'S funny! LOL

 

I have Bio-Chemical warfare grade Gas mask,I'd wear it all the time but it scares people:-D

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I just don't care really as I didn't when cows went Mad.

 

Kind of have to agree... last time I checked, flu is only deadly to infants and the elderly, and those who already are in poor health. Since I'm not in either group, I'm not that worried, especially not since my mom (who's worked as a nurse almost her entire life) taught me from an early age to always, always, always wash my hands before touching food or eating utensils.

I'm 31 and healthy. I'd have to help the flu out quite a bit before it manages to kill me.

 

Swine Flew??....:confused http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g309/Zobor/2009_New/pig1.gif


Oh, it's da other kind. I have the Flu Vac. shot, because I'm an Asthmatic, but then again it won't do much if I contract Swine Flu. Guess I'll be keeping away from swine for a while, then .That gas mask will come in handy for your next cuury night, Rikky. :-D

 

:-D Finally pigs can fly,funny you say that I had curry last night...

 

I agree with a lot of what has been said here already. The only concern (besides the annoyingly hyped up media), is that the people who DID die in Mexico were healthy 20, 30, and 40 year-olds with healthy immune systems, and 3 - 4 kids. It wasn't older people, infants, or people with compromised immune systems. :confused THAT bothers me, since the experts have said that's commonly a sign of a pandemic... I know we're "due" for one, so maybe I'll just go out and get myself a hazmat suit, fill up my frige and cupboards with food, and quit my job.

Nah, I'll just keep washing my hands like a mad woman.

 

We've had a email a day from HR because of this, latest is if you get sick - stay home! Most of it is just common sense stuff like hand washing, cough into a tissue; toss tissue.

 

Nuts to that, I hack over the shoulder of the nearest person. Gotta get those germs away from me.

Of course, I'm not concerned in the slightest. Why? I've never ever subscribed to the 'Anti-bacterial everything' theory. If you don't build up an immunity by exposure, you're turning yourself into a health hazard.

 

*smiles* a lot of us got the flu a few months ago re someone coming into work sick, so we all went to her cube when we had coughing fits, we're evil and wanted to give it back to her!

Most of us ended up taking days off and multiple dr. visits before we got rid of it. If you want to build up your immunity come visit us, we passed the same virus around all winter, we should be immune to anything by now.

 

I thought I had the Swine Virus a few days ago, I ran ad-ware and SpyBot and that cleared it right up.

 

there are more cases in the USA, but only the one terminal case so far.

this is going to become the bane of my existence here pretty soon

 

I too also thought I had swine flu. I had a terrible rasher, but it cleared up fine when I applied oinkment.

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Damn man I just remembered you work at a pig farm I feel like a bit of a jerk joking about it in my sig now.

 

i heard a pretty funny joke at school the other day...

"I once heard a man say that if Obama was elected president, pigs would fly. About 4 months into his presidency we got the swine flu."

(dont hate on me, i think Obama is alright. it is a funny joke though)

 

It just came on the news that countries are banning American pork even though there is no link between pig flu and eating pork.

Its hard to feel sorry for you guys though you were quick to ban ALL our beef products during the mad cow scare.

 

My wife has swine flu. She hogs the bed.
Seriously, it has been revealed that what we have witnessed is only the tip of the iceberg as far as the virus is concerned.
The authorities are forecasting an aporkalypse on a grand scale. Maybe even Hamageddon. rolleyes

 

I have a cousin who grabs the nearest persons hands and uses them to cover her mouth when she has to sneeze, it's really funny. LOL

 

Yup, in the US there's 37K deaths per year from seasonal flu so this one seems like a joke in comparison ATM. What the pundits don't know is its lethality rate as there's not much hard data yet.

We'll see in the fall and at least we got a jump start on it and everyone's going to be watching out and know what to look for. Many countries have at least had the chance to try out some of their precautionary procedures and assess the efficacy or lack there of over the next few months.

 

I agree, I wonder how many people have died in the world from Heart Disease since the words swine & flu have been put together. I don't think it's anything worth worrying about.

 

rang the swine flu help line, couldn't get through, all i got was a lot of crackling

 

Meh, the population of the world could do with being cut a little bit. And I'm just saying what you're all thinking...

 

Interesting HALO, but what I meant is when we're done talking about H1N1, I wonder if the media published a story titled X amount of people died of H1N1, X amount of people never had H1N1 and died of heart disease, which X would be greater.

I think you got there by the end of your post though.

 

..Let's start with Mac users!...:-D