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The Swine Flu
- Thread starter Cryox
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ya! I haven't seen you for ever, the one and only, the genius, freeplay.
Slasher
Suck It
The Spanish flu didn't just happen in Spain. Ignorance to the max.
It was a worldwide influenza pandemic, that yes, killed millions and millions of people.
Take this with a grain of salt since it's coming from wikipedia, but apparently this swine flu is a reassortment of several strains of influenza A virus subtype H1N1. H1N1 has mutated into various strains, one of which was the Spanish Flu.
It's not a direct descendant of the Spanish flu, but it's from the same strain which mutated and caused the Spanish flu.
Zx30
Beto
Plus you have those crazy drug wars going on down their to make it worse. I can already see the happy wedding. Constant gun fire and blood curdling screams in the distance. People racing down the aisle as to not disrupt anything by coughing or letting the diarrhea get the best of them. Sounds fun, can i get an invite
Exactly. I'm already thinking of canceling my whole invitation. Fuck it. You're wedding is not worth MY life. lol.
If one more thing happens in Mexico between now and that date, I'm canceling for f'ing sure.
I am not to scared about this, I wash my hands all the time, and I am a clean person, so I don't think I have a high risk at getting this, but then again, theirs always that person who will pass it a long.
And, wait, two members? Ones having a wedding and the others coming, thats cool.
eldiablov
Contributor
If Mexican deaths are nothing then you're bang on the money :huh:
Chathurga
Active Member
This thread is now about Pandemic 2.
But seriously, the only deaths are in Mexico so far before the flu was widely known about. Until deaths start occurring in other parts of the world I'll leave my tin foil hat in my drawer and chalk all this up to the crazy media.
Riorio99
New Member
I am totally un-worried. With the medical care and such available in developed countries, such as the UK and the USA, I think that the infections can be stopped dead in their tracks by simple things like calling off transport from infected countries, and supplying masks to those infected. To be honest, it really is as simple as covering your face when you sneeze.
That's where you're wrong.
The immune system goes into overdrive, and it kills the infected person.
I think its called a cytokine storm
Joey
New Member
Yeah, it goes into overdrive because it's unprepared.
Slasher
Suck It
I don't know much about this particular flu, but I know that the Spanish flu was oddly enough the exact opposite.
People with healthy immune systems were at the most risk since the Spanish flu actually I believe caused the immune system to erratically overreact which would then cause death.
But it's true. Look it up
That's why it's so deadly etc? :bored:
Conspiracy theorist bullshit. You cannot ever get a virus from a dead-virus vaccine.
Cryox
Bro.
My dad got the flu about a week or two after getting the shot. He thinks the shot still had live flu cells or w/e in it, but i think it was just a different strain he got or he already had it and it was dormant or something.
It's the flu...I don't see why people are overreacting. The flu, in nature, is deadly..only with lack of health care and sanitation. I mean, I've had the flu a few times and you get over it. From what I can tell it's just the flu and you'll get over it, if you go to the doctor. The only thing you have to fear is if you live in a third-world country.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
Correct me if I'm wrong.