tinytherese Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 I have a suitemate that's an international student from Mexico who might not be able to go home for the summer because of this. So far I've heard the flu being reported in California, Kansas, and New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmc4 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Ugh. This is so freaky. In our Biology class we just watched a documentary about Avian Flu Outbreak and we're reading the HotZone by Richard Preston. This outbreak is so similar... Ahh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thessalonian Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 [quote name='Brother Adam' post='1850679' date='Apr 27 2009, 07:41 PM']We already have a confirmed case in Michigan. I pulled my oldest from school this morning.[/quote] Well then I'm not going to touch your posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 [quote name='mmc4' post='1850756' date='Apr 27 2009, 09:38 PM']Ugh. This is so freaky. In our Biology class we just watched a documentary about Avian Flu Outbreak and we're reading the HotZone by Richard Preston. This outbreak is so similar... Ahh.[/quote] HotZone is an excellent book, isn't it? Scary though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmc4 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 [quote name='BG45' post='1850780' date='Apr 27 2009, 08:51 PM']HotZone is an excellent book, isn't it? Scary though.[/quote] It is a great book. Kind of redundant in the beginning with all the symptoms, but it's really interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icelandic_iceskater Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 [quote name='Brother Adam' post='1850679' date='Apr 27 2009, 08:41 PM']We already have a confirmed case in Michigan. I pulled my oldest from school this morning.[/quote] ooh, I just googled. Are you talking about the one in Lansing? ...or is there another? Now I'm only very slightly paranoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eagle_eye222001 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Read Pearls Before Swine by Stephen Pastis. That will make you happy. ---------------- Now playing: [url="http://www.foxytunes.com/artist/creed/track/faceless+man"]Creed - Faceless Man[/url] via [url="http://www.foxytunes.com/signatunes/"]FoxyTunes[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 [quote name='mmc4' post='1850781' date='Apr 27 2009, 09:52 PM']It is a great book. Kind of redundant in the beginning with all the symptoms, but it's really interesting.[/quote] Oh definitely...scary to think it was so close to D.C. even. I don't know how folks work in level 4 labs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thessalonian Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) Did you guys know that an archeologist who greeted President Oboma when he was in Mexico City on the 16th died the next day with flu like symptoms? not joking. [url="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEsNownABJ6Q&refer=world"]http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206...amp;refer=world[/url] “The first case was seen in Mexico on April 13. The outbreak coincided with the President Barack Obama’s trip to Mexico City on April 16. Obama was received at Mexico’s anthropology museum in Mexico City by Felipe Solis, a distinguished archeologist who died the following day from symptoms similar to flu, Reforma newspaper reported. The newspaper didn’t confirm if Solis had swine flu or not.” Edited April 28, 2009 by thessalonian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 am i the only one who isn't freaked out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG45 Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Well if you want scary headlines, we're technically under a national health emergency and the European Union has issued a travel warning against the United States and Mexico... I'm not overly worried though, last swine flu was in 1976 and it was a bust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilde Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 (edited) Beaver dam, what is that? Now I have something new to worry about. Edited April 28, 2009 by Hilde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 Almost all of my dad's family died in October, 1918. More Americans died that month than any other month in the history of the country. My dad got it, survived it, but spent the rest of his life afraid of getting sick. I suppose I should be, but I live with someone who gets paranoid pretty quick. If I show fear, he might get really sick, and I don't mean with the flu. I take the advised precautions, hand washing, covering my mouth when I sneeze, etc. The rest, I leave to the Lord. When you have a life in Christ, there is nothing to fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintOlaf Posted April 28, 2009 Share Posted April 28, 2009 [quote name='rachael' post='1850832' date='Apr 27 2009, 10:36 PM']am i the only one who isn't freaked out? [/quote] I'm not. I was watching CNN and they just talked about general hygiene being the best way to avoid the thing. Though maybe I'm more at risk since I work at a pharmacy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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