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i just wanted to know what people's take on this near pandemic of the killer flu virus was. to me this is a very weird flu virus.
link to story= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8019100.stm

this is getting bigger and bigger really quickly
apparently they're screening people in japan for this flu and at the moment there isn't a cure for this strain of the virus

is it just me or does this seem like Resident evil or something. a new virus appears and is virtually uncurable and sweeping the world
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this is getting bigger and bigger really quickly
apparently they're screening people in japan for this flu and at the moment there isn't a cure for this strain of the virus
Well, for the record, it's not that it's incurable -- it's just that a vaccine for this particular strain hasn't been mass produced yet. But as a news article I read earlier tonight noted: This swine flu and regular flu can have similar symptoms -- mostly fever, cough and sore throat, though some of the U.S. victims who recovered also experienced vomiting and diarrhea. But unlike with regular flu, humans don't have natural immunity to a virus that includes animal genes and new vaccines can take months to bring into use.

A "seed stock" genetically matched to the new swine flu virus has been created by the CDC, said Dr. Richard Besser, the agency's acting director. If the government decides vaccine production is necessary, manufacturers would need that stock to get started.


And per the latest AP news wire reports, before you worry about it being "incurable", ALSO keep in mind that (with regards to America): So far, there have been at least 11 confirmed cases of swine flu in California, Texas and Kansas. Patients have ranged in age from 9 to over 50. At least two were hospitalized. All recovered or are recovering.

The point being that some people who have even contracted it then naturally beat it off with their own normal body defenses. So it's far from "incurable" if some people can just go home and pop some flu medication and beat it back themselves. That said, it IS a bad strain given the deaths in Mexico and something the World Health Organization obviously wants to mobilize and jump on right away since they ARE fearful of it spreading fast, much like most flu viruses do.

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is it just me or does this seem like Resident evil or something. a new virus appears and is virtually uncurable and sweeping the world
Well, before anyone worries too much about a Resident Evil-like scenario, the wire services are likewise trying to downplay one rumor that was already starting to spread across the Internet, which I'm sure conspiracy buffs were going to be jumping all over like crazy...

Mexican authorities did lay to rest one persistent doubt, after Mexican museum director Felipe Solis died this week, just days after accompanying U.S. President Barack Obama on a tour of National Anthropology Museum on April 16. Solis had a pre-existing illness, and he died of pneumonia unrelated to influenza.
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I'm not too woried about it. I mean, there's nothing I can do about it, so, why worry?
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They made a big deal about the avian flu but it didn't become the pandemic they thought it would... at least not yet.

This strain seems to have spread quicker then the other one but so far no one in the states has died from it.

I'm not worried about it at the moment but that could change depending on how serious the infection spreads.
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Default Swine Flu

There have been few posts on your thread to date but don't take it personally. After all, you are up against some rather stiff competition, with topics the likes of shemale feet, dick size and favorite masturbation fantasies - not to mention that perennial favorite, the inflatable butt plug.

Coming from a historical perspective I am concerned about the Swine Flu, or any such contagion that has the potential to infect large numbers of people across wide geographical areas. More American servicemen in Europe, during the First World War, died from Influenza than were killed in combat. I am not a physician nor do I know any more about the Swine or Avian Flu than than I have read in newspapers or heard discussed on C-SPAN. But I do know enough to respect the terrible power of a pandemic and you can bet that, if a vaccine is offered, I will certainly be in line to receive it.
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