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Piggy Influenza (Summary in OP)
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This is right (for the flu variants that are most worrying). The relevant term is "cytokine storm".
What we do know now though is that, now, a variant of H1N1 (a nomenclature specific to human-infecting influenzavirus, so it's technically always a variant if it can only effect swine) developed that stabilized and has remained endemic to pig populations. So ... it's a chicken-and-egg problem, kinda. We can't really call Spanish Flu 'swine flu' because it's impossible to know.
They said that it was flu though.
Oh no. Not the flu.
It's good to be cautious, though...
I would hate to work at a hospital or an ER right now. Not because of getting sick, but because of the people who think they have it rushing in.
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The experience with SARS in different nations is worth studying carefully - SARS, conveniently, rapidly tired out the people it infected, thereby ensuring that those who broke quarantine were very likely not infected. A more troublesome outbreak may not be so kind, and the behavior of people under the assorted quarantines is worrying.
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Two cases also confirmed in Kansas (all from CNN news).
Its important to note that almost all the cases in the US have been very mild, basically the same as the regular seasonal flu. One person in Texas had to be hospitalized, everyone else is fine.
This brings up the question of why are things seemingly worse in Mexico.
The CDC said yesterday that containing this thing wouldn't be possible, turns out they're pretty right. We'll be seeing this in Canada soon, and overseas not long after that. Its already had plenty of time to spread around and its already very spread out geographically.
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN2547703020090425
Other media organizations are trying to confirm this, but the hospital is now adopting a "no comment" stance.
Very likely, nothing is stopping it. Lots of rumours are going to by flying around over the next couple days.
I won't be worried about conspiracies unless there's suddenly a new director of FEMA.
OBAMA DECLARES MARTIAL LAW
"The moratorium on heterosexual marriage is crucial in stopping the pandemic" says White House spokesman.
Maybe my shitty car has saved me from the taint.
'sup from San Antonio. Specifically, the school that the outbreak came from.
This kid is not officially quarantined, as far as I know. Both of the guys that had it, they had it two weeks ago and had been back in school, and now apparently the family from the article just isn't letting anyone in their house (so they are basically quarantined, but by choice).
They say it's not swine flu.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/26/swine.flu/index.html.
Not long, apparently.
IOS Game Center ID: Isotope-X
Oh no its in Tier 2, and its pouring points into drug resistance!
http://www.crazymonkeygames.com/Pandemic-2.html
But seriously, this is freaking me out a bit. I'm at a job where I'm exposed to pretty much every cold and flu that makes the rounds, tourists coming in every day from all over the place, so, not a good job to be in with a possible pandemic.
I have interacted with people that have recently returned from Mexico in the last week.
I started getting sick before all this info came out. A day or 2.
Needless to say I will staying very close to home.
This is more in my lungs, so I'm not that concerned that I have the flu they're worried about.
I don't have a fever, and my muscle aches are fairly minor.
I talked to some people GOING TO MEXICO yesterday.
I asked them about how they felt with the flu news.
They had no idea what I was talking about.
How the fuck do you not know about this by now?
Wait, from San Antonio myself, what is going on in the area?
I watched CNN for 4 hours last week in a waiting room. Topics covered?
How evil was obama for shaking Chavez's hand
A minor snip about a crazy guy on a plane
DID MISS CALIFORNIA LOSE MS USA BECAUSE SHES A HOMOPHOBE?
And one other stupid thing that I cant remember.
Honestly, whenever national news mentions the flu, I shut down.
SARS?
Avian Bird Flu?
Monkey Pox?
Media fear mongering. Every one of those my mother freaked out about. Every one I shrugged and pointed to the other examples of media stupidity.
And everyone she replied, "Well this one is serious"
Please dont let her be right, bird pig flu, please.
Not just for the millions of death.
But I wont ever hear the end of it if shes right
Well that is just dandy.
Or another avian flu?
I mean really, every year there's one of these MASSIVE IMPENDING EPIDEMICS.
Now if that changes, then...I don't know, I probably still won't be worried, because even more regular flu strains can occasionally kill.
When people start dropping like flies then I'll be concerned.
Well, SARS was caught early, and travel restrictions and quarantine measures proved effective.
Avian flu killed some people in SE Asia and elsewhere, but there were only a couple suspected cases of it jumping from human to human. So unless you have chickens in your house that wasn't an immediate threat.
This is already killing people, and its also broken containment measures. The CDC says that its unlikely to be able to control the spread of this, its had too much of head start. It will definately spread throughout North America and probably to numerous countries overseas. One of the big questions is how deadly it will be; its killed around 80 in Mexico, but none outside the country. Curious.
Once someone dies outside Mexico the media will throw a fit.