Swine Flu

Striker

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 11:05:09 UTC Post #266216

Holy shit! 1.86 cm.

Sorry, I meant 1.86 m not cm.

Holy shit ! The first suspect case has been reported in Romania too !

satchmo, you're a doctor. What is the probability that we, humans, will develop some kind of way to destroy this virus ?( in a natural way, meaning that our immune system will be able to kill the virus)

[EDIT] Just a joke, but the graph is actually true :

StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure

satchmo

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 11:13:44 UTC Post #266218

We do have oseltamivir currently. It is an anti-viral medication that can attenuate the symptoms of the flu. Whether it can save people from dying is unproven.

Medical science has become far more advanced than at the beginning of the century, but we still don't have effective treatment against the flu.

Here's a news clip about the flu pandemic of 1918.

I thought it's ironic that nursery rhymes tend to focus on death and suffering. The "Ring Around the Rosie" was about the Bubonic Plague, and here's a song that's dedicated to the pandemic flu:

I had a little bird,
Its name was Enza.
I opened the window,
And in-flu-enza.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

satchmo

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 11:17:10 UTC Post #266219

This isn't the same strain of flu that killed 40 million people.

That's incorrect.

The swine flu is the same flu strain that caused the pandemic of 1918. It's the influenza A, subtype H1N1.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

m0p

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 11:55:46 UTC Post #266220

I'm no expert on virology, but I'm positive that there isn't just a single strain of H1N1 that's responsible for everything from seasonal outbreaks to Spanish flu. Viruses mutate, antigenic shifts/drifts can occur.

m0pIllogical.

satchmo

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 12:32:28 UTC Post #266221

There are other strains of the H1N1 viruses that cause milder illness, but many scientists suspect that it was the very same strain that was responsible for the pandemic of 1918 that mutated into a swine flu that is mutating back to affect humans today.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

Striker

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 12:44:48 UTC Post #266222

So how do the humans escaped that pandemic back in 1918 ?

StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure

satchmo

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 13:25:57 UTC Post #266223

So how do the humans escaped that pandemic back in 1918 ?

The virus mutated on its own, and spared the human race.

Approximately 1% of the world's population at the time died from the pandemic flu.

But I would agree that it's not time to panic. Actually, it's never a good time to panic.

We're not at the stage of a lockdown. Just be wary about hanging around really sick people and wash your hands frequently is enough at this time.

This is the statement from the CDC.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

DiscoStu

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 14:34:28 UTC Post #266224

If only the "right" 1% of global population was targeted, mankind would be saved from all those douchebags in politics

DiscoStu

Striker

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 15:08:42 UTC Post #266225

The virus mutated on its own, and spared the human race.

This is not encouraging at all.

StrikerI forgot to check the oil pressure

Jessie

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 16:56:06 UTC Post #266226

So we wait until the virus gets bored again and stops picking on us. Lol.

EDIT: The world's getting a bit overpopulated anyway. We need a good pandemic every now and then.

EDIT: In a way, this flu could save the world.

JessieTrans Rights <3

Notewell

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 17:49:57 UTC Post #266228

You would'nt be saying that If you had the swine flu, Darkie...

NotewellGIASFELFEBREHBER

ChickenFist

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 18:33:32 UTC Post #266230

EDIT: The world's getting a bit overpopulated anyway. We need a good pandemic every now and then.

EDIT: In a way, this flu could save the world.

How very unempathical of you, good sir. Put yourself in the shoes of the people that die/has family that dies from the flu.

ChickenFist<Witty Title>

m0p

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 18:35:51 UTC Post #266231

I hope I catch it so I can cough on and infect all the pitiful retards who think it's serious business.

m0pIllogical.

Soup Miner

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 18:39:12 UTC Post #266232

Stop whining, m0p. You're being more annoying than the people who are panicking.

Soup Miner

Tito

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 18:47:52 UTC Post #266234

Hey, there's a report circulating through the news wires saying that one of President Barack Obama's official aids has cached the Swine Flu and now is being blocked to enter the Whit House by the secrete service.

My question is: President Obama just came back from a trip to Mexico a few days ago, who's not to say he himself is not already infected?

Tito

Notewell

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 18:57:56 UTC Post #266236

I hope I catch it so I can cough on and infect all the pitiful retards who think it's serious business.

Deadly or not, the flu is not fun. Do you enjoy barfing into a bucket 24/7 when you're not sleeping?

My question is: President Obama just came back from a trip to Mexico a few days ago, who's not to say he himself is not already infected?

sigh Of course. All the good presidents die...

NotewellGIASFELFEBREHBER

ChickenFist

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 19:08:46 UTC Post #266237

My question is: President Obama just came back from a trip to Mexico a few days ago, who's not to say he himself is not already infected?

I'm pretty sure they checked

The incubation period for flu is also generally very short, so he'd probably be sick already.

ChickenFist<Witty Title>

srry

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 19:27:59 UTC Post #266239

I already told my mom to stop buying pork meat

I guess you entirely missed the first page where I said that you can't get this from eating pig meat? Oh well, you'll be healthier anyway.

srry

m0p

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 20:07:05 UTC Post #266242

Stop whining, m0p. You're being more annoying than the people who are panicking.

But you know I'm right.

m0pIllogical.

Notewell

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 20:13:15 UTC Post #266244

Yeah, but you're annoying, which cancels out your rightness.

NotewellGIASFELFEBREHBER

m0p

Posted 15 years ago2009-04-30 20:59:49 UTC Post #266248

Well, I do try my best.

m0pIllogical.

Guinea Pirate

Posted 15 years ago2009-05-01 01:37:19 UTC Post #266263

sigh Of course. All the good presidents die...

Hahahahahaha...hahahahahaha...hahahaha...hahahahaha...hahahahaha...
He's just as much of a joke as the last one. Welcome to American politics.

Anywho, I have a cough. OMG! I has swine flu! I is gonna die? Pfft. I'm not gonna waste my time and go to a hospital so they can tell me that I have a mild cold. People are idiots.

Guinea Pirate

Jessie

Posted 15 years ago2009-05-01 04:46:26 UTC Post #266270

... I'm not unempathical. Alright, it may have sounded that way... shut up! I think I was tired.

JessieTrans Rights <3

satchmo

Posted 15 years ago2009-05-05 16:46:33 UTC Post #266473

Now it really looks like that the swine flu isn't going to be any different from the regular flu.

It's not as virulent as the strain that triggered the pandemic of 1918.

With this new information, there really isn't any reason for alarm then.

satchmo“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett”

Notewell

Posted 15 years ago2009-05-05 16:53:43 UTC Post #266474

So... most people will just puke into a bucket for a day and be able to go back to work/school 2 days after?

NotewellGIASFELFEBREHBER

Alabastor_Twob

Posted 15 years ago2009-05-05 18:23:09 UTC Post #266487

And then they turn into a pig.

Alabastor_Twobformerly TJB

DiscoStu

Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 00:38:30 UTC Post #266501

Aww I wanted to turn into a donut!

DiscoStu

m0p

Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 00:56:23 UTC Post #266502

Now it really looks like that the swine flu isn't going to be any different from the regular flu.

Just as I predicted

m0pIllogical.

Tetsu0

Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 10:51:22 UTC Post #266516

Yeah All the media basically died off.
Swine flu is old news.
Swine flu is fail.

Tetsu0Positive Chaos

Jessie

Posted 15 years ago2009-05-06 17:45:00 UTC Post #266567

This thread is now a bust.

JessieTrans Rights <3

Swine Flu Created 15 years ago2009-04-28 01:35:48 UTC by satchmo