PAX: Oink oink swine flu

Robert Khoo

Giving everyone a heads up - we just received our first test-confirmed case of the the H1N1 swine flu virus at PAX. If you have any of the symptoms, please go see a doctor asap.

Thanks!

-Robert

Flights Confirmed Swine Flu Cases Used

JetBlue 498 - SEA to BOS (Departed Sunday Night)

alphamonkey edit: the updated list can be found here

Quethal

I'd like to repost a comment someone else made:

GRMike wrote: »

If you have symptoms you should get checked out because here is the thing- if you do have it you might not die, but you will spread that to somebody who might.

End of story.

Centipede Damascus

PAX a secret plot by communist space lizards to bring down America! You heard it here first!

That_Guy

Dear Person Who Came to PAX Sick,

Fuck you and die in a fire.

Love,
Everyone

Shaddz

That_Guy wrote: »

Dear Person Who Came to PAX Sick,

Fuck you and die in a fire.

Love,
Everyone

This.

Charles Kinbote

Shaddz wrote: »

That_Guy wrote: »

Dear Person Who Came to PAX Sick,

Fuck you and die in a fire.

Love,
Everyone

This.

Uh, I would be careful with that, guys.

neville

Pretty sure anyone who went to PAX wouldn't be going and willingly infecting people.
No need for that kinda talk...

Just go to the doctor if you're sick.
I am; I'm bequeathing all my stuff to Shankill if I die.
Except my germs. Those I will mail to Teefs.
8-)

Dog

I don't know who would be better off in the case of your death, neville. Both of them would get such wonderful treasures.

Callius

I'm so glad I already had swine flu earlier this year.

Slipstream0

Link for symptoms and FAQ's

http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/flu-guide/swine-flu-faq-1#symptoms

Mysst

I stayed disease-free by marinating in the sterilizing agent known as rum all weekend!

GPIA7R

My typical "people are dirty" attitude kept me healthy. I didn't touch anyone... or anything...

bombardier

Thanks for the tip, Doctor Robert!

Charles Kinbote

neville wrote: »

Pretty sure anyone who went to PAX wouldn't be going and willingly infecting people.
No need for that kinda talk...

Just go to the doctor if you're sick.
I am; I'm bequeathing all my stuff to Shankill if I die.
Except my germs. Those I will mail to Teefs.
8-)

Woohoo, swine money in the bank

Make sure that stuff is sterilized before you send it my way, though, I don't want to catch the gay

Chaxie

More like, PAX1N1 virus.
I think I got a slight case though.. I feel a little bleh but not terrible.

der3z

Yeah the swine flu is relatively mild and lasts only a few days. Thousands of kids at WSU have been infected and are recovering in 1-3 days. There have also been cases at UW.

The problem with swine flu is that being a new strain seems to be a more efficient contagion than the more typical strain of influenza.

Obviously those with kids need to be careful as do the elderly as less developed immune symptoms and compromised ones seem to have far more severe symptoms.

Slipstream0

I dont know many of us who dont feel like we have it -
aches:Check
headache:Check
Fatigue:Check

Sadly, all those I can also blame on a 12 hour car drive, combined with being at PAX for 3 days

Hope noone else actually gets it!

SpecTrE3353

I went to PAX with 8 people. Five of them are either really sick with flu symptoms or starting to get sick. I think this was a planned conspiracy by the government to kill off the geeky nerds.

Anphrax

I feel like complete crap. Throbbing headaches all night. Chills. Fever. Coughing. But... damn, PAX was so worth it!

No puking/nasty poops yet. Anyone had those symptoms?

GPIA7R

Though I'm sure PA already has... I contacted the Grand Hyatt and that Starbucks attached to it and let them know. If anyone thinks of any other businesses that were heavilly attended during the weekend by PAX'ers, shoot them an e-mail or phone call if you find time. If you weren't staying at the Grand Hyatt, maybe contact your hotel.

NickDWolfwood

One of my friends started getting the symptoms sunday evening, now I have them. Wheeeee *Cough cough* eeeeeee....

Oh wells. I feel like crap, but PAX was definitely worth it, even with this flu swag I didn't really want.

Beryllium

It's a grand conspiracy by the Hello Kitty Online people.

That game is lookin' pretty good right about now.

John_FN_Seiler

I've felt like shit sense Sunday

Runny Nose
Cough
Sore Throat
chills


but im feeling better then I did monday

Robert Khoo

If anyone gets diagnosed, please let me know their flight info.

Shaddz

I believe that our awesome genetics hath created a new monster, now known as H1Nerd1.

Shade

Coughing from deep in my chest and my ass has been a firehose for the last day or so. I was really hoping not to get sick at PAX this year.

oohrah1021

Five in my party have so far experienced the same symptoms, though only one got floored with the full fever.

All I have to say is this. With H1N1 at PAX, Gabe and Tycho have now succeeded in not only their 'infect PAX' game, but also in flooring the entire game developing and gamer communities. I expect nothing less than a panel in memory of this achievement.

Mages

Khoo please state an official #paxsars tag or something so we can have all news in one place in twitter. And something like #PAXFLU would be better. #paxsars might sound a bit overblown at this point but at the panic right now it seems like sars would be better than piggy flu.
I personally woke up 4 hours ago with a sore throat and I'm now feeling constrictions in my throat.

vedichymn

Ah crap. I only went on Saturday, and got a sore throat last night, followed by general aches and runny nose this morning. Going to the doctor this afternoon, we'll see what they say.

emarecksaykay

Well I definitely felt a little sick yesterday morning, and I'm still kind of tired today, but I'm chalking it up to travel, allergies, jetlag, and general exhaustion and dehydration from an awesome weekend in a far-away place. Nothing flu-like as of yet. Either way, nothing to panic about.

Robert Khoo

will use #paxflu tag!

SlickShughes

People were sick on the PAXtrain too, though I'd wager no tests yet.

Robert Khoo

giving you guys a heads up, we'll be posting updates on the front page instead of this thread on the flight info.

UrQuanLord88

It was the boomer: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/gvdoWnzZWRkHI7-31s0uwQ?feat=directlink

Time to move to Madagascar

In all seriousness, please treat your flu symptoms and get better soon guysss

faits

I had a 103 degree temperature last night after a full day of sleep and popping tylenol, down to 101 today. No flight though, live in north seattle.

mrsnackroad

I blame the Oakland Raiders. (but not really)

Kane

Never got con-crud at PAX before this year. Also never touched the bean-bags before this year. Coincidence? I'm thinking those buggers suck up the infectious goo of everyone thats touched them...

Props. angel

My friends and I went in a group of 4 up to PAX. One of us started coming down sick Saturday night with a sore throat, far worse by Sunday night and bedridden on Monday with sore throat, cough, fever, and body aches. He's supposed to go see a doctor when he gets home. Hopefully, it isn't swine flu for his sake..and ours... :?

Incenjucar

Three of us from D&D picked up SOMETHING. I got it first, then Passerbye, and now Premiere Kakos.

I fortunately don't have anything flying from my orifices other than lung goo, and am improving overall, and mostly just have an occasional rough cough and a mild fever.

Would be a great time to have insurance and/or an income right now.

I live in Seattle, and only attended on Friday. All three of us who took ill shared some hummus and toppings, including tomatoes, at the Six Arm, so we may have picked it up there. Passerbye did not attend PAX until Saturday, but got the illness a day later.

I never touched any bean bags.

babelfish

Anphrax wrote: »

I feel like complete crap. Throbbing headaches all night. Chills. Fever. Coughing. But... damn, PAX was so worth it!

No puking/nasty poops yet. Anyone had those symptoms?

I've had some nasty poos, but this is not abnormal after a weekend of no sleep and crappy food.

Otherwise, for me, it's a pretty mild cough (and the symptoms this causes: slight sore throat, slight headache) and a bit of light-headedness (I slept on the couch last night -- this is a normal thing when I'm sick and sleep on the couch).

I'm sequestering myself to my bedroom for now, so as not to infect my family, but I suspect I've just got a cold or mild flu. WebMD says you don't need to see a doctor unless you've got serious symptoms, so unless I start throwing up or find myself coughing up a lung, I think I'l just drink lots of water, hit myself with some cough drops and NyQuil, and call it a day.

Threeve

This whole thing made me think of two things.

Friday, while waiting in line for a panel, a beach ball with some writing landed by me. I picked it up and it said, "Congratulations! You now have Swine Flu!" I thought it was a joke not a confirmation.

On Sunday after watching a guy playing Diablo 3 so intently that he refused to take his eyes off the screen and sneezed twice all over the keyboard, I decided that next year I needed to sanitize everything, this just confirms it.

To anyone who is sick, feel better and see you next year!