The swine flu has already succeeded in causing wide-spread panic.
I am working the urgent care tonight, and we were mobbed by patients.
Everyone with the slightest cold came in to get checked out.
This is exactly the way everyone is going to get sick, waiting in a crowded waiting room full of sick people.
Swine Flu
Created 14 years ago2009-04-28 01:35:48 UTC by
satchmo
Created 14 years ago2009-04-28 01:35:48 UTC by
satchmo
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 01:35:48 UTC
Post #266070
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 01:51:42 UTC
Post #266072
I guess I'm lucky I don't consume that much pork. I'm not worried actually. But I got a flu anyway, I guess it's the time of the year.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 02:02:34 UTC
Post #266073
I am working the urgent care tonight, and we were mobbed by patients.WHAT!!!......You still here??
Aren't you supposed to be in Mexico now as part of a W.H.O. biohazard containment medical team?
Ha!....just kidding there, satchmo. I am sure the last place you want to be in right know, is in Mexico. Just when you thought their drug cartels bloody turf wars were bad enough, now the Mexicans have to deal with their country being ground cero for the next world pandemic! Oh, on top of all that, I just heard that they got hit with a strong earthquake this morning!
But of course, this swine flu has gone global now, so it's really everybody's problem now. Let's just all hope for the best....
I guess I'm lucky I don't consume that much pork.What I hear, is that you can not get this flu by eating well cooked pork.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 02:28:09 UTC
Post #266074
i dont eat pig atall. lucky me.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 02:41:15 UTC
Post #266075
Guys... You don't get this by eating pork. It's a flu. 
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 02:53:47 UTC
Post #266076
you do, however get it by going in Mexico and kissing alot of people.
Heard its already over at the states. jeez, lets hope it doesnt come over here
Heard its already over at the states. jeez, lets hope it doesnt come over here
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 04:31:51 UTC
Post #266078
Always amazed me that we put sick people in a room filled with sick people, almost as if one would want to have them dead. Best way to get a cocktail with viruses is sitting in the doc's waiting room.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 05:24:21 UTC
Post #266079
Last I heard there are three people waiting test results for Swine Flu down here, and hospital staff are obviously expecting chaos, positive results or not. Can't really blame people though, you get cold symptoms and there just happens to be a flu strain on the loose with 150 reported deaths... I'd panic too.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 06:51:58 UTC
Post #266080
poor doctors though, having to work around the clock like that....
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 06:57:51 UTC
Post #266081
What? Bird flu? OH you're talking about swine flu. Yeah...
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 08:30:42 UTC
Post #266083
Apparently my city has the highest number of confirmed cases anywhere other than Mexico.
I'm so fucked.
I'm so fucked.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 09:17:22 UTC
Post #266084
OH SHI- SOME GUYS CAUGHT THE FLU LOL IT'S REALLY NEWSWORTHY.
Sensationalism. There's nothing to be even remotely worried about, and if you're even remotely concerned I really feel pity for you. The only people who should even care are the doctors who have to put up with the thousands of idiots who think they need vaccines.
Sensationalism. There's nothing to be even remotely worried about, and if you're even remotely concerned I really feel pity for you. The only people who should even care are the doctors who have to put up with the thousands of idiots who think they need vaccines.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 09:54:54 UTC
Post #266085
Sensationalism. There's nothing to be even remotely worried about, and if you're even remotely concerned I really feel pity for you.Let me ask you a little question m0p: Did you even bother watching at least a bit of TV news, or at least read a recent news article on any news related website? I am sorry to say this, but you are WAY off on your assessment on this.
Here's a recent quote posted by a major news site:
Mexico, where the number of deaths believed caused by swine flu rose by 50 percent on Monday to 152, is suspected to be ground zero of the outbreak. But Mexican Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova late Monday said no one knows where the outbreak began, and implied it may have started in the U.S.Now, does that sound like "nothing to be even remotely worried about", since especially now this same flu is making it's round around the world?
Here, I will do you a favor and give you a link to a news site that gets updated to the minute on the latest news on this flu outbreak: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518196,00.html
Hopefully this report will enlighten you more clearly to the real state of things.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 10:07:25 UTC
Post #266086
@m0p: Well yeah, I'll definitely agree that the media has vastly exaggerated the whole thing. But the fact is it's a new strain of flu no one's been immunized for that's primarily been affecting young, healthy people. Obviously it's not going to be THE END OF THE HUMAN RACE AS WE KNOW IT OMGGGGGGGGGGG but that doesn't mean you should completely dismiss it.
@Tito: I'd actually advise against paying attention to the majority of TV/news outlets concerning things like this. And linking to FOX news doesn't really help your argument much, lawl. The first two paragraphs of that article (which are all I could really stand to read) are so over-dramatized it makes me cringe. The best source for news on this is probably the CDC's page.
@Tito: I'd actually advise against paying attention to the majority of TV/news outlets concerning things like this. And linking to FOX news doesn't really help your argument much, lawl. The first two paragraphs of that article (which are all I could really stand to read) are so over-dramatized it makes me cringe. The best source for news on this is probably the CDC's page.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 10:08:34 UTC
Post #266087
i've got the swine flu and am spreading it over the internets. by reading this you have contracted AIDS swine flu.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 12:22:03 UTC
Post #266091
I totally agree with m0p. This is just the same shit, like with the bird flu four years ago, and all the similar shit pumped out by the media the years before that.
I remember, they were scaring off everyone, by saying, that if not by the end of 2005, by the beginning of 2006, bird flu is gonna become a worldwide epidemic. And then - you'll be fucked.
Bullshit.
Oh yeah, like Caboose said, I wouldn't pay too much attention to the mainstream media. They just want to stir shit up to have the viewers attention. Also - although I'm not sure, that this is true - some guys at 4chan hacked CNN's server and uploaded fake information about the flu, which they didn't recognize for several hours. That's how much they can be trusted.
I remember, they were scaring off everyone, by saying, that if not by the end of 2005, by the beginning of 2006, bird flu is gonna become a worldwide epidemic. And then - you'll be fucked.
Bullshit.
Oh yeah, like Caboose said, I wouldn't pay too much attention to the mainstream media. They just want to stir shit up to have the viewers attention. Also - although I'm not sure, that this is true - some guys at 4chan hacked CNN's server and uploaded fake information about the flu, which they didn't recognize for several hours. That's how much they can be trusted.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 12:24:21 UTC
Post #266092
The Swine flu apocalypse is total bullshit, so the fuck what if it killed 150 people? On a global scale that is a VERY small number, in fact, it's nothing.
Some people need to know when to turn off the news.
Some people need to know when to turn off the news.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 12:41:43 UTC
Post #266094
The difference between swine and bird flu is the latter is transmitted almost entirely from contact between a person and bird, while swine flu's been confirmed to be transmitting purely through human-to-human contact.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 14:00:45 UTC
Post #266099
Caboose is correct.
When the new strain of flu virus mutates so it's communicable between people, shit hits the fan.
That's what's going on now.
Of course, a pandemic might not materialize despite this new strain, but it has the potential of doing so.
The last flu pandemic occurred in 1918, and 40 million people died from that.
Things are not bad now, but I could get a lot worse.
I pray for all of us that the pandemic can be avoided.
When the new strain of flu virus mutates so it's communicable between people, shit hits the fan.
That's what's going on now.
Of course, a pandemic might not materialize despite this new strain, but it has the potential of doing so.
The last flu pandemic occurred in 1918, and 40 million people died from that.
Things are not bad now, but I could get a lot worse.
I pray for all of us that the pandemic can be avoided.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 14:32:22 UTC
Post #266102
Goddamn pigs.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 15:15:24 UTC
Post #266104
I know right? We should be slaughtering them mercilessly in factories or something for this.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 16:25:38 UTC
Post #266112
No more sex with pigs for me, it seems.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 16:28:20 UTC
Post #266113
Swines luke ... swines
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 16:37:20 UTC
Post #266114
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=1&q=swine&btnG=Search+Images&aq=f&oq=
Look a lot like pigs to me.
Look a lot like pigs to me.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 16:39:03 UTC
Post #266115
The last flu pandemic occurred in 1918, and 40 million people died from that.And everyone had access to effective symptomatic treatments and vaccines in 1918! Oh wait..
People are totally blowing this out of proportion.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 17:04:37 UTC
Post #266116
It almost seems like people want to find an excuse just to panic over it. SARS, bird flu, swine flu, global warming cough and so on. You're far more likely to die on the drive to work, and you don't see people panicking over that.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 17:39:36 UTC
Post #266117
Here's the latest from the Associated Press wire:
At least seven people were in U.S. hospitals with swine flu Tuesday as the number of cases nationwide rose to 64 and a federal health official warned that deaths were likely.Not looking good, is it?
Most of the nation's confirmed cases were in New York, where the city health commissioner said "many hundreds" of schoolchildren were ill at a school where several students had confirmed cases of swine flu.
Richard Besser, acting director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noted that although ordinary human flu accounts for 36,000 deaths every year, he was concerned by this strain.
"I fully expect we will see deaths from this infection," Besser said at an Atlanta news conference.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 17:57:32 UTC
Post #266119
Richard Besser, acting director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noted that although ordinary human flu accounts for 36,000 deaths every year, he was concerned by this strain.
"I fully expect we will see deaths from this infection," Besser said at an Atlanta news conference.BREAKING NEWS! FLU CAN CAUSE FATALITIES! Nothing newsworthy here, move along.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-28 18:32:58 UTC
Post #266124
Stupid people are stupid.
People sensationalizing this and running out to buy masks and gloves should be slapped and fined heavily. I can just imagine all the stoopid old people rushing the hospital thinking they're infected, and making those who are truly sick/hurt/dying wait for no reason. I feel so bad for you Satch..
People sensationalizing this and running out to buy masks and gloves should be slapped and fined heavily. I can just imagine all the stoopid old people rushing the hospital thinking they're infected, and making those who are truly sick/hurt/dying wait for no reason. I feel so bad for you Satch..
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Posted 14 years ago2009-04-29 11:36:11 UTC
Post #266148
Hm... I've been following this and I think the swine flu is God's righteous punishment for the ACLU, lesbians, 9/11 and nanobots.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-29 12:10:48 UTC
Post #266157
Hm... I've been following this and I think the swine flu is God's righteous punishment for the ACLU, lesbians, 9/11 and nanobots.Don't forget the Jonas brothers.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-29 12:49:22 UTC
Post #266158
crawling in my skin, these wounds they will not heal etc
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-29 13:00:21 UTC
Post #266159
The traffic through the hospital and clinics has tripled this week due to the mass panic generated by the swine flu. Even though there has not been a single case reported where I work, parents are still scared shitless.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-29 13:30:38 UTC
Post #266161
Well, there's the first confirmed swine flu death outside of Mexico. It's in the United States, state of Texas, which of course borders Mexico, so it's not surprising. According to news reports, it was a toddler who died in Texas.
EDIT: The World Health Organization said the outbreak is moving closer to becoming a full-scale pandemic. Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the organization's top flu expert, told reporters in Geneva that the latest developments are moving the agency closer to raising its pandemic alert to phase 5, indicating widespread human-to-human transmission. That's just one step below level 6, a full-fledged pandemic.
EDIT: The World Health Organization said the outbreak is moving closer to becoming a full-scale pandemic. Dr. Keiji Fukuda, the organization's top flu expert, told reporters in Geneva that the latest developments are moving the agency closer to raising its pandemic alert to phase 5, indicating widespread human-to-human transmission. That's just one step below level 6, a full-fledged pandemic.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-29 13:43:33 UTC
Post #266162
OH SHI- ITS A PANDEMIC CAUSE FLU IS CONTAGIOUS AND IN EXTREME CASES CAN BE FATAL TO THE ELDERLY AND INFANTS! WE SHOULD BE SCARED OF THE PANDEMIC OMG
Except not.
Except not.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-29 14:14:04 UTC
Post #266163
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-29 15:12:08 UTC
Post #266164
What ZL said.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-29 17:12:17 UTC
Post #266169
Whats wrong with lesbians? 
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-29 17:15:34 UTC
Post #266171
Most of the victims in Mexico were healthy young adults.
I am not saying it's time to panic, but the vast majority of people who died during the flu pandemic in 1918 were healthy young adults.
I am not saying it's time to panic, but the vast majority of people who died during the flu pandemic in 1918 were healthy young adults.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-29 17:53:38 UTC
Post #266173
Hmm... There were a few confirmed cases in my neighboring towns.
I'm not worried. I just got myself a small bottle of hand sanitizer, and just started washing my hands a lot.
I'm not worried. We have good medicine.
AFAIK there have been no confirmed deaths in USA due to our medicines. So i really don't need to worry.
But i can still be cautious.
Satch, are there any symptoms, other than having a cold, that are related to the swine flu?
I'm not worried. I just got myself a small bottle of hand sanitizer, and just started washing my hands a lot.
I'm not worried. We have good medicine.
AFAIK there have been no confirmed deaths in USA due to our medicines. So i really don't need to worry.
But i can still be cautious.
Satch, are there any symptoms, other than having a cold, that are related to the swine flu?
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-30 05:40:54 UTC
Post #266201
I'm not worriedShit, then I'm considering myself a scared rat.
I live in Romania, that's far away from there, but I'm still worried. Worried because of the chicken flu that was present in the past years. And the first case in Germania of swine flu was reported yesterday, I guess.
And maybe until autumn there will be no kind of vaccine for this type of flu.
I already told my mom to stop buying pork meat, anyway the summer is almost here, so we switched to a more healthy diet ( salads, fish and things like these).
It's interesting though that this family escaped the swine flu : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT2HWdPFqMg
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-30 07:22:14 UTC
Post #266205
lol @ people changing their diets because of some sensationalist news
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-30 07:33:41 UTC
Post #266207
I love it. It's so funny how "they" are lying to make fat people change their diets and eat healthy.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-30 07:40:04 UTC
Post #266208
I love it. It's so funny how "they" are lying to make fat people change their diets and eat healthy.I'm not taking this as an insult because I'm not fat( I have 80 kg at 1.86 cm) and nobody told us to change our diets. I just told my mom to stop buying pork meat, that's all.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-30 07:46:43 UTC
Post #266209
OKAY!! Im going to say this once and not come back to this thread because the topic is beginning to annoy me. Swine flu is basically a new strain of Influenza A. Yes it came from swine but it had to come from bloody somewhere!! Many people in Mexico would die from such a flu because they often DONT have access to good health care everywhere and because of this they do not have the immune systems we do because we live in grotty modern livings. So far, all the people OUTSIDE mexico who have died are either the very young or those suffering health problems. Yes, this may become a pandemic but its a flu. We get them often and healthy eating with some good old codral and youll be fine.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-30 08:17:35 UTC
Post #266210
Pigs will fly before the media makes a big deal out of this.
And guess what:
Swine flu.
...
(giggle)
And guess what:
Swine flu.
...
(giggle)
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-30 09:30:22 UTC
Post #266211
I have 80 kg at 1.86 cmholy shit. you must be the most obese micromidget of all time.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-30 10:01:35 UTC
Post #266212
Holy shit! 1.86 cm.
My little pinkie finger is taller than you.
I tell patients to look for three things--high fever (higher than 39 C or 102 F), severe cough or difficulty breathing, and extreme lethargy.
If you have those symptoms and have had direct contact with another person who has been confirmed by a certified laboratory to have the swine flu, you should get tested yourself.
But otherwise, you shouldn't worry.
The swine flu isn't just a new strain of the flu. Since no living person has any immunity against this strain, it is a lot more deadly for otherwise healthy young people.
The typical new strain of the flu that comes around every winter usually doesn't pose a threat to healthy people, but only to really old folks and babies.
That's the main distinction.
My little pinkie finger is taller than you.
I tell patients to look for three things--high fever (higher than 39 C or 102 F), severe cough or difficulty breathing, and extreme lethargy.
If you have those symptoms and have had direct contact with another person who has been confirmed by a certified laboratory to have the swine flu, you should get tested yourself.
But otherwise, you shouldn't worry.
The swine flu isn't just a new strain of the flu. Since no living person has any immunity against this strain, it is a lot more deadly for otherwise healthy young people.
The typical new strain of the flu that comes around every winter usually doesn't pose a threat to healthy people, but only to really old folks and babies.
That's the main distinction.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-30 10:18:01 UTC
Post #266214
I wish you could convince half the people with that comment. I'm not worried and I've noticed some news columnists aren't either as one jokingly predicted it'd be over by tomorrow lunch time.
They reckon the tube will be closed in London and that I won?t be able to go to university. What nonsense.
They reckon the tube will be closed in London and that I won?t be able to go to university. What nonsense.
Posted 14 years ago2009-04-30 10:27:03 UTC
Post #266215
This isn't the same strain of flu that killed 40 million people. The death count thus far isn't exactly high considering the number of suspected infections. I doubt the cause for the deaths so far (which are relatively low for a disease that the the uneducated masses are billing as "dangerous") is cytokine storms, which is what most people generally regard as being responsible for most Spanish flu deaths. Not to mention that back then healthcare wasn't nearly as good and treatments weren't as effective or as widely availible in those days.
Also notice how there has been a single death outside Mexico so far (that we know of), perhaps their healthcare just plain sucks or there's some other factor that nobody has considered? Really there's nothing to be worried about at all, in my opinion. The panic is far more harmful than the disease.
Also notice how there has been a single death outside Mexico so far (that we know of), perhaps their healthcare just plain sucks or there's some other factor that nobody has considered? Really there's nothing to be worried about at all, in my opinion. The panic is far more harmful than the disease.
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