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We're all going to die (AKA Flu thread) MERGED

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    #422
    Caoimhín
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Caoimhín


    nice1franko wrote: »
    Run for the hills - it's the Aporkalypse!

    Jaysus, dont mention that name (R_T_T_H) or he will be on here sprouting some sort of conspiracy theory about the lizard men kissing pigs to produce the swine flu.


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    #423
    Caoimhín
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,789 ✭✭✭Caoimhín


    Ann22 wrote: »
    This flu nuisance is going to spoil it:(.

    Ahh Ann, dont let this spoil your holiday. First of all, the US public health system and their preparations are is much more advanced than Mexico. Secondly, I think if you worked it out, the chances of you getting the flu would be very remote.
    A lot of this is just media hype so dont let it spoil your holidays.


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    #424
    Dunder Mifflin
    Registered Users Posts: 342 ✭✭Dunder Mifflin


    Sure it is! Thats just what they want you to think.

    Don't go.


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    #425
    Ann22
    Registered Users Posts: 8,004 ✭✭✭Ann22


    Caoimhín wrote: »
    Ahh Ann, dont let this spoil your holiday. First of all, the US public health system and their preparations are is much more advanced than Mexico. Secondly, I think if you worked it out, the chances of you getting the flu would be very remote.
    A lot of this is just media hype so dont let it spoil your holidays.

    Ah thanks Caoimhin:)...hope it doesn't. Rte news today said it's ok at the moment to fly to affected areas (not Mexico though I assume) once you stay away from large gatherings. Imagine being in Orlando and not being able to visit Disneyworld! Bit of a waste of money going....I'd rather get my money back than do that. Hopefully by the time we're due to go it'll be on the way out.


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    #426
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,498 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    The HSE made an operational decision not to screen everyone on the same flight as the Irish man who contracted the virus because they believed people were not in contact with the man for long enough to contract the virus.

    I would think this decision will now be questioned after it emerged that a girl on the same flight as the first two UK confirmed cases contracted the virus.

    Infected Girl Flew With Virus Honeymooners


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    #427
    positron
    Registered Users Posts: 6,351 ✭✭✭positron


    At least the Chinese are taking this seriously. HK hotel with 300 guests sealed off because someone who's now tested positive briefly stayed there.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8029871.stm

    I can't stop thinking about '28 days later' for some reason..! :o


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    #428
    Sierra Oscar
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 8,498 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sierra Oscar


    positron wrote: »

    I can't stop thinking about '28 days later' for some reason..! :o

    Either can I - its happening!:eek:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8029871.stm







    ;)


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    #429
    Ann22
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    I read in the mail today that the scottish couple were sitting in front of 3 spluttering,sneezing,sweating men, some people complained about it. I don't know if it matters where you're sitting anyway, doesn't the same air circulate around the plane? If you're stuck on an 8 or 9hr long flight you'd be lucky not to catch something. Passengers coming from Mexico should have plastic bags tied over their heads:D and sprayed with Jeyes fluid.


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    #430
    [Deleted User]
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    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    The HSE made an operational decision not to screen everyone on the same flight as the Irish man who contracted the virus because they believed people were not in contact with the man for long enough to contract the virus.

    I would think this decision will now be questioned after it emerged that a girl on the same flight as the first two UK confirmed cases contracted the virus.

    Infected Girl Flew With Virus Honeymooners
    Aircraft ventillation systems, recycle the air as many times you possibly can before the oxygen content droppes below that required to sustain life!

    Then mix in some rairified air from outside!

    Aircraft are the perfect breeding ground for such infections.. (imho)


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    #431
    [Deleted User]
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    Sierra Oscar wrote: »
    Either can I - its happening!:eek:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8029871.stm







    ;)

    :pac:


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    #432
    skelliser
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    "Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova told the BBC that, based on samples tested, the mortality rate was comparable with that of seasonal flu. "

    "The new virus lacked the traits that made the 1918 flu pandemic so deadly, another CDC official said."

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8030365.stm


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    #433
    [Deleted User]
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    eh, i'm getting more and more worried..


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8027043.stm


    jesus.. :(


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    #434
    Andy-Pandy
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    Great stuff, zombies. All i need now is a chainsaw.


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    #435
    mikom
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    eh, i'm getting more and more worried..


    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8027043.stm


    jesus.. :(

    Yep, fake web-pages keep me awake at night with worry too.


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    #436
    RandolphEsq
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    All those swine flu infectants need is a little PIG-me-up :P


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    #437
    Captain-America
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    skelliser wrote: »
    "Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova told the BBC that, based on samples tested, the mortality rate was comparable with that of seasonal flu. "

    So far.


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    #438
    [Deleted User]
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    mikom wrote: »
    Yep, fake web-pages keep me awake at night with worry too.

    i think i might know it's fake if i masked the url. nicely ruined tho.


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    #439
    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Apparently, it's only bad if you live in a slum.:rolleyes:


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    #440
    Leprachaun
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    Finally a bit of common sense. Regular flu kills 200 a week in mexico. There's not much to be worried about really.


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    #441
    Nolanger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭Nolanger


    The only people who panicked were the kind of fools who believe in climate change.


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    #442
    galwayrush
    Registered Users Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Nolanger wrote: »
    The only people who panicked were the kind of fools who believe in climate change.

    Fecking Climate here changed by the day.:rolleyes:


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    #443
    dr.bollocko
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 35,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭dr.bollocko


    Merged that other thread. Trying to contain this swine flu thread outbreak chaps. Not an easy job but that's why I'm the doc.


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    #444
    thelordofcheese
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    Nolanger wrote: »
    The only people who panicked were the kind of fools who believe in climate change.

    True, if you can deny reality then it's kind of hard to worry about anything.


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    #445
    giveth
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    http://imgur.com/27K39.jpg


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    #446
    Indie18
    Registered Users Posts: 799 ✭✭✭Indie18


    Nolanger wrote: »
    The only people who panicked were the kind of fools who believe in climate change.

    Are you serial


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    #447
    Vain
    Registered Users Posts: 2,689 ✭✭✭Vain


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    #448
    Local-womanizer
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    PANIC!!!!!!WORRY!!!!!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8034991.stm


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    #449
    dsmythy
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    Local-womanizer wrote: »
    PANIC!!!!!!WORRY!!!!!

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8034991.stm

    AGH!

    Oh no wait

    ""A woman from Cameron County who had chronic underlying health conditions died earlier this week," it said."


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    #450
    Local-womanizer
    Registered Users Posts: 3,798 ✭✭✭Local-womanizer


    dsmythy wrote: »
    AGH!

    Oh no wait

    ""A woman from Cameron County who had chronic underlying health conditions died earlier this week," it said."

    I dident read,I just paniced straight away!


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    #451
    thebigcheese22
    Registered Users Posts: 1,379 ✭✭✭thebigcheese22


    *mass hysteria evaporates* :pac:


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