WHO raised it to level 5. I'm not really worried yet, but it's kind of big if it does turn into a full-blown pandemic.

Hee hee... Sounds like you're blaming someone.

"Alright, own up! WHO put the alert to five, hm? Well?!"

Yup', makes you wonder if it isn't just a diversion to avoid riots all over the world because of the economic crisis.

Last week the news headlines here were continental laying off, caterpillar laying off, mittal closing stuff, some other firm closing, and so on...
Now its flu flu flu...

my favorite was the news at first saying 'officals say not to panic', about a minute later whilst doing the science bit they said 'one sneeze in a crowed place could infect up to 150 people'

smooth move!!!

WHO raised it to level 5. I'm not really worried yet, but it's kind of big if it does turn into a full-blown pandemic.

Hee hee... Sounds like you're blaming someone.

"Alright, own up! WHO put the alert to five, hm? Well?!"

I knew Pete Townsend had something to do with this...

Yup', makes you wonder if it isn't just a diversion to avoid riots all over the world because of the economic crisis.

Last week the news headlines here were continental laying off, caterpillar laying off, mittal closing stuff, some other firm closing, and so on...
Now its flu flu flu...

I seriously doubt that they would use the swine flu to DIVERT from the economic crisis when the issue of swine flu would make the economy significantly worse. That's one of the main worries of it, is that it will be a huge hit to an already frail economy... unless you're in pharmaceuticals.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/2 ... index.html

But even if there are swine-flu deaths outside Mexico -- and medical experts say there very well may be -- the virus would have a long way to go to match the roughly 36,000 deaths that seasonal influenza causes in the United States each year.

"That happens on an annual basis," Dr. Brian Currie said Tuesday. Currie is vice president and medical director at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, New York.

Since January, more than 13,000 people have died of complications from seasonal flu, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly report on the causes of death in the nation.

No fewer than 800 flu-related deaths were reported in any week between January 1 and April 18, the most recent week for which figures were available.

The report looks at deaths in the 122 largest cities in the United States.

Worldwide, the annual death toll from the flu is estimated to be between 250,000 and 500,000.

That's your common, average flu right there.

Wash your hands, cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze, and stay home from work if you are sick. It's sad that grown adults need to be reminded to these basic precautionary measures.

There was a guy in the city this morning ranting and raving that swine flu "WAS THE WORK OF THE DIVINE LORD GOD AGAINST THE NON-BELIEVERS! THEY WILL BE JUDGED AND TAKEN." I was highly amused.

To be honest I still think it's just people blowing wind out their asses. I'll care when someone I give a shit about or I get it and are dying.

I'll care when someone I give a shit about or I get it and are dying.

This is a prime example of sociopathy/misanthropy. :S

swine flu "WAS THE PORK OF THE DIVINE LORD GOD AGAINST THE NON-BELIEVERS!

Fixed.

swine flu "WAS THE PORK OF THE DIVINE LORD GOD AGAINST THE NON-BELIEVERS!

Fixed.

Sorry, yeah. That was it. God is literally shoving his penis into non-believers now. Snakey bastard.

EDIT: I entirely missed the pun.

swine flu "WAS THE PORK OF THE DIVINE LORD GOD AGAINST THE NON-BELIEVERS!

Fixed.

Nominated for best pun ever.

The World Health Organization doesn't want us calling it "Swine flu" anymore...well guess what, fuck them that's what it is.

[swervedriver]

The World Health Organization doesn't want us calling it "Swine flu" anymore...well guess what, fuck them that's what it is.

I thought it was more like a combination of "regular" flu, bird flu and swine flu, which means the name Mexican flu is actually justified.

They want us to call it H1N1 Influenza...it's "correct" name as they said

What the fuck does it matter what it's called? I don't get why that is in any way a big deal...