Swine Flu pandemic

[Sureshot]

Stevie does the same, although he just has a pasty there.

*gets coat

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I was in Hong Kong for 2 weeks, without using a mask, walking everywhere, eating out each day, and I got nothing. Although, then again, Hong Kong is extremely sanitary.

Masks are useless once damp, which will occur within a very short time seeing as most of your breath is made of moisture.

 

[Cricketdude]

I heard somewhere that the swine flu has taken over the normal flu in Australia.

 

[Will_NA]

It's a clan war over territory, I heard.

 

[pcfan123]

Swine flu, HSN1, africanized bees, SARS..... expect a new pandemic as soon as TV ratings start to dip again.

 

[Hooper]

Wasn't there a swine flu scare in the australian cricket camp? I was half asleep with the tv on and heard something...

 

[Radaga]

I heard somewhere that the swine flu has taken over the normal flu in Australia.

lol, i think at one stage melbourne was swine flu capital of the world. most cases per capita or something haha. i know about 20-30 people who got it lol. if anything, it is like a mild version of normal flu.

 

[Hooper]

mild version? isn't it a more harsher version?

 

[Radaga]

mild version? isn't it a more harsher version?

that's what the media hypes it up as lol. it's just because it is more prone to mutations- so it has the potential to be more harmful than it is.
the mortality rate is lower than normal flu, and for normal flu i believe it is around 2%.

all the people i know who contracted it were fine in a day or 2. it is only a risk if you are already ill (the same as normal flu funnily enough )

 

[ste_mc_efc]

Loads of people I know have had it, I don't get it, there is a vaccine and I haven't had it. Wtf get me my vaccine.

There isn't a vaccine. Not yet, at least.


One is about to begin human trials, predominantly to perfect the dosage.

 

[Covvy]

Swine Flu= Normal Flu

It's not too serious unless you've got an illness.