pat22 Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 is it gone? or have the reporters just stoped making money on it? cuz i haven't heard about it at all recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dairygirl4u2c Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 it was never that big a deal, if you read the more informative articles about it back when it was big. there was only hints of uncertainty, that got blown way out of proportion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 [quote name='dairygirl4u2c' post='1946974' date='Aug 12 2009, 12:10 PM']it was never that big a deal, if you read the more informative articles about it back when it was big. there was only hints of uncertainty, that got blown way out of proportion.[/quote] It'll be back around in the fall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dairygirl4u2c Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 (edited) [quote][quote]the reason these schools shuit down etc is because of uncertainty. mixed with a lot of politics of course. it looks like it's like the regular flu exceppt resistant to some antiviral meds. if that's the case, then it's going too far probably to shut them down. ie, the only people who are going to die, are those who would have died with regular flu but for the shots they got. read, this includes babies and the elderly mostly. it wouldn't even kill that full hypothetical amount, cause the swine flu is only resistanct to *some* of the shots, not all of them etc. with that said, i dont think my analysis is necessarily true, but that seems to be what people are getting at. ie, it could be more deadly, even beyond who might have otherwise been saved by a normal flu shot. more healthier people might be dying. if that's teh case, then there is cause for concern, and the uncertainty remains of how far the helathy are dying and why etc. this is the shred of uncertainty that justfiies some more extreme actions, perhaps.[/quote][/quote] here's the thread that was talking about it where i made the above post - that thread also has some informative points in it (back when it was all the rage swine flu [url="http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?showtopic=93598&st=40&p=1864102&hl=swine&#entry1864102"]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/index.php?s...p;#entry1864102[/url] Edited August 12, 2009 by dairygirl4u2c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 [quote name='rachael' post='1946977' date='Aug 12 2009, 12:12 PM'] It'll be back around in the fall.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatherineM Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I kind of hoped to get it before it got a chance to mutate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 [quote name='CatherineM' post='1947043' date='Aug 12 2009, 01:57 PM']I kind of hoped to get it before it got a chance to mutate.[/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rachael Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I was starting to get sick about a week ago. I was hoping to get it then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Era Might Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 The President of Costa Rica has a mild case of swine flu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 I heard that if you compare real numbers, regular influenza was still significantly more dangerous this year than H1N1 ever was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilde Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 People have gotten it here now, so I have to hear about it all the time. At mass we don't shake hands, the host is not received on the tongue and for some reason I don't know there's salt in the holy water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidei Defensor Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 [quote name='Nihil Obstat' post='1947153' date='Aug 12 2009, 01:35 PM']I heard that if you compare real numbers, regular influenza was still significantly more dangerous this year than H1N1 ever was.[/quote] True. However, there is always fear about novel strains that haven't been studied, because they can easily mutate without us knowing, and become much more dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VeniteAdoremus Posted August 12, 2009 Share Posted August 12, 2009 Doctors aren't even required to report it anymore, over here. Except in case of serious complications. They're not handing out Tamiflu anymore either There goes a free night of hallucinations! But I might still catch it when I get to England, it's bigger there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuoteMan Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Is it just me, or is our newest member called 'SwineFlu' ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuoteMan Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Yep, our newest member is indeed called SwineFlu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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