P1ingp0ng, this is the most constructive post I have seen that will make other reporters feel ashamed for their own actions.
Scorpei said:There isn't so much 'a cure' for the flu, it mutates really quickly. There are litle to none anti-viral drugs, and those that are there could be quickly rendered useless due to the heavy mutational speed of a virus (like the flu). A neuramidase blocker seems to have effect though... We'll all just have to wait, it's not like this wasn't coming all alongFinishoff said:Hope they find a cure for this soon. Its going to spread like an out break with people traveling about..
Ferrariman said:Why would you close a school because of a flu?
Well put, again.p1ngpong said:Ferrariman said:Why would you close a school because of a flu?
To add to the fear, make children seem in danger and a target and everyone will panic.
Simple as that.
Well posted!p1ngpong said:This is fearmongering of the highest order guys. Many people on this thread have said it and it is true.
All the media instantly jumped on this, claiming we were on the verge of a new global pandemic, when nobody really knew anything about this. Now the world health organisation have said this will be a pandemic, when things like this are impossible to predict, and even now cases of swine flu have been very small and limited. We have been slowly programmed to expect something like this to happen. Ebola, SARS, bird flu have all been blown out of proportion in the past and hyped to the extent that we were told something like this would be inevitable, not at some point in time in the future, but very soon.
And to people claiming conspiracies. You are in fact not making ridiculous assumptions.
Viruses and diseases jumping cross species are incredibly rare. The chance of something like this mutating and effecting three, completely different species are slim at best. The chance are in the trillions, Im not joking. A disease jumping from birds, to swine to humans is almost impossible. Mutations just dont work like that. In many cases something like this would not be able to sustain itself, it would burn itself out very quickly. This is because viruses of this nature are usually freak mutations which dont survive the replication most diseases go through, some 10.000 mutations a day at least. And the fact its spread so far, in so many random pockets of the globe also makes for yet another unusual impossibility.
This does not have the hallmarks of a random virus, its hallmarks are those of a specific design. Design to jump species the way it does, and to sustain itself.
And like I said the way the media have jumped on this is crazy, the total number of infected people and dead is nothing. Normal influenza itself kills between 15.000 to 30.000 people in the US alone. This has come nowhere near that to warrant this amount of hysteria.
Thats my thoughts on this anyway.
p1ngpong said:This is fearmongering of the highest order guys. Many people on this thread have said it and it is true.
All the media instantly jumped on this, claiming we were on the verge of a new global pandemic, when nobody really knew anything about this. Now the world health organisation have said this will be a pandemic, when things like this are impossible to predict, and even now cases of swine flu have been very small and limited. We have been slowly programmed to expect something like this to happen. Ebola, SARS, bird flu have all been blown out of proportion in the past and hyped to the extent that we were told something like this would be inevitable, not at some point in time in the future, but very soon.
And to people claiming conspiracies. You are in fact not making ridiculous assumptions.
Viruses and diseases jumping cross species are incredibly rare. The chance of something like this mutating and effecting three, completely different species are slim at best. The chance are in the trillions, Im not joking. A disease jumping from birds, to swine to humans is almost impossible. Mutations just dont work like that. In many cases something like this would not be able to sustain itself, it would burn itself out very quickly. This is because viruses of this nature are usually freak mutations which dont survive the replication most diseases go through, some 10.000 mutations a day at least. And the fact its spread so far, in so many random pockets of the globe also makes for yet another unusual impossibility.
This does not have the hallmarks of a random virus, its hallmarks are those of a specific design. Design to jump species the way it does, and to sustain itself.
And like I said the way the media have jumped on this is crazy, the total number of infected people and dead is nothing. Normal influenza itself kills between 15.000 to 30.000 people in the US alone. This has come nowhere near that to warrant this amount of hysteria.
Thats my thoughts on this anyway.
epicelite said:You know what I don't understand?
The people who think the government is out to kill everyone.
What would they gain from doing so?
I mean think about it! There is nothing to gain from that!
WTF? Can someone explain?
It still doesn't phase me, there are so much other things to worry about than a simple flu that is 5% different from a regular flu. It's only killed 159 Mexicans so far, it shouldn't be considered a pandemic whatsoever. The regular flu is a pandemic and kills 35 thousand and sickens tons of people a year. Its really nothing to worry about.blooddrake said:that game............
anyway, now more than 600 are sick, til yesterday it was only 300
NeSchn said:I live in New York, unfortunately the state with the most confirmed cases, and me being a hypochondriac sucks. I have a sore throat right now and I am like "Oh fuck! Sore Throat thats one of the symptoms of Swine Flu!" Its going away though lol and my brothers friends girlfriend is in NYC and he came back here with a cold and I am freaking out again and am like "Oh fuck! He went down to NYC and brought back the Swine Flu!!! SHIT!" He has allergies really bad lol and thats what the doctor said.blooddrake said:that game............
anyway, now more than 600 are sick, til yesterday it was only 300
It still doesn't phase me, there are so much other things to worry about than a simple flu that is 5% different from a regular flu. It's only killed 159 Mexicans so far, it shouldn't be considered a pandemic whatsoever. The regular flu is a pandemic and kills 35 thousand and sickens tons of people a year. Its really nothing to worry about.
I hope they won't have to split the continent in half with a wall like in that one movieNeSchn said:QUOTE(Reaper @ Apr 28 2009, 05:51 AM)
And I live in San Diego so crap
I need to stop shitting my pants over this, I hate the media so much. I always say "The media always brings so much fear, its all bullshit." Even though I believe that I start thinking about it, and dwelling on it that I'm starting to believe that we are going to have to sit in out houses and no communicate with anyone so we don't catch this flu.
I'm so fucking ridiculous.
CorruptJon said:NeSchn said:I live in New York, unfortunately the state with the most confirmed cases, and me being a hypochondriac sucks. I have a sore throat right now and I am like "Oh fuck! Sore Throat thats one of the symptoms of Swine Flu!" Its going away though lol and my brothers friends girlfriend is in NYC and he came back here with a cold and I am freaking out again and am like "Oh fuck! He went down to NYC and brought back the Swine Flu!!! SHIT!" He has allergies really bad lol and thats what the doctor said.blooddrake said:that game............
anyway, now more than 600 are sick, til yesterday it was only 300
It still doesn't phase me, there are so much other things to worry about than a simple flu that is 5% different from a regular flu. It's only killed 159 Mexicans so far, it shouldn't be considered a pandemic whatsoever. The regular flu is a pandemic and kills 35 thousand and sickens tons of people a year. Its really nothing to worry about.
I hope they won't have to split the continent in half with a wall like in that one movieNeSchn said:QUOTE(Reaper @ Apr 28 2009, 05:51 AM)
And I live in San Diego so crap
I need to stop shitting my pants over this, I hate the media so much. I always say "The media always brings so much fear, its all bullshit." Even though I believe that I start thinking about it, and dwelling on it that I'm starting to believe that we are going to have to sit in out houses and no communicate with anyone so we don't catch this flu.
I'm so fucking ridiculous.
Looks like it does phase you to me lol.
More fearmongering, don't believe the hype.blooddrake said:now is over 1000 cases confirmed
worst, they say that the second wave will be more deadly
look at reuters
silent sniper said:i think i might have it, i've been feeling flu-ish symptoms (theyre worse today) for days now.
but, tbh, it's HUGELY overblown. the only people i think that are in any danger are seniors, toddlers, and people that already have health problems.
The news reported healthy adults dying in Mexico more than toddlers and elders actually.p1ngpong said:silent sniper said:i think i might have it, i've been feeling flu-ish symptoms (theyre worse today) for days now.
but, tbh, it's HUGELY overblown. the only people i think that are in any danger are seniors, toddlers, and people that already have health problems.
Just like regular flu then.
Look at the big picture though, Most babies and Elders are at home chillin most of the day. The healthy adults are out working and communicating with people, of course they were gunna get it first and die.Golin said:The news reported healthy adults dying in Mexico more than toddlers and elders actually.p1ngpong said:silent sniper said:i think i might have it, i've been feeling flu-ish symptoms (theyre worse today) for days now.
but, tbh, it's HUGELY overblown. the only people i think that are in any danger are seniors, toddlers, and people that already have health problems.
Just like regular flu then.