Swine flu more of a threat than first thought?

[Neil]

I cant imagine it causing a huge amount of deaths over here if we get it on a large scale, but imagine the impact of it during this recession if it rips its way through offices & factories & half the workforce are off sick,scary! Don't know about you, but it seems to me over X-mas and New Year loads of people were off with flu (I had a terrible bout of it which I'm still recovering from) and the vomiting bug! The country managed...

[Yojimbo]

Here stateside none of the cases have resulted in death so far, and I am guessing that it will not get out of hand. I do agree that the media is hyping this, however the situation is pretty dire over in Mexico and nothing to laugh at. They have closed schools, museums and the like for the next week. My question is: Why is this causing deaths in Mexico but not with people infected with the same strain elsewhere?

[Rancid Carcass]

My question is: Why is this causing deaths in Mexico but not with people infected with the same strain elsewhere? It's probably because they're trying to cover up a large scale Solanum outbreak I guess Mr Brooks was right all along...

[ProfessorChaos]

It's probably because they're trying to cover up a large scale Solanum outbreak nice one...the same thought crossed my mind when i heard about this on the radio again today.

[Mike70]

My question is: Why is this causing deaths in Mexico but not with people infected with the same strain elsewhere? maybe because lots of mexicans live in grinding poverty without access to state of the art medical care like you can get in the US, Canada or in Europe. It's probably because they're trying to cover up a large scale Solanum outbreak I guess Mr Brooks was right all along... kudos to him for naming his virus after the nightshade family. though the berries from Atropa belladonna will make you trip like you're at a ken russell film festival - unless you ingest too many that is...

[strayrider]

And yes, I've fed and watered most of them but that doesn't mean I can't support a goddamn big fence. Personally, I think you're being very selfish here. Don't you realize that an open border makes it easier for: a) illegal drugs to enter the United States, thus justifying the DEA's glorious "War on Drugs" and the ensuing imprisonment of 10s of thousands of criminals to keep the corrections industry alive and thriving. b) cheap labor for corporate America -- (why pay out a living wage when you can dish out pennies on the dollar to folks who respect "the man" and have to keep a constant eye out for him) Fear of "the man" is a good thing. It keeps people in check. c) evil assault rifle exports, after all BATFE needs a budget also and the jobs created keep the families of jack-boots housed and fed. d) potentially overwhelming numbers of Democratic voters to be created if some politician () decides to declare amnesty for illegals. We can skip the election process in the future if we already know what the results will be, thus saving billions of dollars. e) some crazy disease to spread like wildfire. Think of the crisis aspect of the whole thing. We need some kind of crisis to justify the Fed's intervention into our lives. Some folks in the current Administration () believe that "no crisis should be wasted". Do you want to put them out of work? f) general hatred for traditional American/Western values to grow and thrive. g) totaliltarian Leftyism to rise and take its true place in American life. Of course, "Traditional American Values" are poo poo anyway and should have been gotten rid of long ago. Building a fence would stop all of this and thus stymie our advancement into a new era of peace, love, and understanding. Bear, you just need to settle down, slap on some John Lennon, and get mellow ... meeellooow ... and stop worrying about Rule of Law in a Constitutional Republic. It is time for you to assimilate, my BBQing friend ... Look at this picture. What do you see? -stray- ps -- to get back on topic: the reason no one has died yet in the United States is because of our superior health care system. (Well, superior until the 'Borg gets through with it)

[mista_mo]

I remember the hub ub over SARS when it killed those people in Toronto..complete over reaction by the media..it was hardly the end of times for Canada or the world. But I guess it garners the attention because of the fact that it was a relatively unheard of ailment at the time, and just up and killed 70 some people in the city, and infected a ton of others.

[SRP76]

It's all a bunch of bullshit that should be ignored. Right up until the second one of us gets it. Then, it's a big deal, and somebody should have done something sooner.

[strayrider]

It's all a bunch of bullshit that should be ignored. Right up until the second one of us gets it. Then, it's a big deal, and somebody should have done something sooner. I think (*cough*cough*) that you're just (*hack*hack*wheeeeze*) just paranoid (*cough*cough*) ... Obama is (*cough*) gonna change it! (*hack*hack*hack*) -stray-

[Mike70]

Don't you realize that an open border makes it easier for: a) illegal drugs to enter the United States, thus justifying the DEA's glorious "War on Drugs" and the ensuing imprisonment of 10s of thousands of criminals to keep the corrections industry alive and thriving. b) cheap labor for corporate America -- (why pay out a living wage when you can dish out pennies on the dollar to folks who respect "the man" and have to keep a constant eye out for him) Fear of "the man" is a good thing. It keeps people in check. c) evil assault rifle exports, after all BATFE needs a budget also and the jobs created keep the families of jack-boots housed and fed. d) potentially overwhelming numbers of Democratic voters to be created if some politician () decides to declare amnesty for illegals. We can skip the election process in the future if we already know what the results will be, thus saving billions of dollars. f) general hatred for traditional American/Western values to grow and thrive. my liberalism stops at the southern border. personally, i'd like to see all illegals shot on sight. they have no rights as far as i read the 14th amendment and yes, i've gone to an expert on grammar about it. in response to a: the war on drugs is the biggest farce since prohibition. period. pansy ass folks need not weigh in. i don't really need to hear about your fucking mental problems. b. wage slavery is alive and well. c. all gun control advocates need to be hung from the nearest tree, beaten with sticks like a pinata to see if any candy drops out their ass and left there until they rot and fall apart. d. fuck amnesty. they need to be thrown out on sight. they have zero rights as far as i am concerned. f. as far as western values go: if you don't believe that the individual is the center of all and that any society that doesn't put the rights of the individual at its core is worthy of nothing but contempt, go fuck off and die, please do the world a favor.

[strayrider]

personally, i'd like to see all illegals shot on sight. The beauty of it is that we wouldn't have to shoot any of them at all. (hey, I respect human life) We'd only have to fire warning shots over their heads at all of the major crossing points. Once word got around about the new American border policy, the potential illegal aliens wouldn't come within a mile of the border. Then they could take their place(s) in line and wait for their fair turn to become American citizens (after receiving proper vaccinations against various diseases, of course). Then, consider all the job openings that would become available for able bodied persons on Welfare. Talk about jump starting the economy! (keep the Communist unions out and the price of a head of lettuce wouldn't go up all that much) We could stop this Swine Flu crap and create millions of jobs. Who could possibly think this unfair, or bad for America? -stray-

[kortick]

Filthy Mexicans. Only they could give a disease to a PIG. MEXICANS Racial Characteristics: Resembling the Spanish in all their more loathsome characteristics except lazier, dirtier, and more thieving. A large percentage of American Indian blood in the average Mexican deprives him of any natural human sympathies or moral sense and makes him a wholly unmanageable drunk. The principal industry of Mexico is the production of pornographic playing cards that depict their women corrupting the morals of donkeys. Completely untrustworthy, the Mexican will make food out of anything that will hold still, feed it to you, and charge you for it besides. An attempt to conquer and hence eliminate this pesky breed of miscegenators was launched by our government during the last century, but wholesale nausea on the part of our troops, when they'd witnessed Mexican home life prevented our doing as thorough a job as we should have. Good Points:You can buy their twelve-year-old daughters. Moderator Note: Even sarcastic characterizations of racism can be construed poorly. Be careful with this type of joke folks.

[Dachan-da]

Good Points:You can buy their twelve-year-old daughters. This, made me giggle my ass off as the radio blurted out some shit about 'Piggy flue' and how to avoid it

[SymphonicX]

"mild flu" is what it is. Boring.

[Neil]

Pandemic II