We're all going to die (swine flu thread)

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I managed to find a not-so omgmasspanicomg grim-reaper-is-coming article about the swine flu outbreak in Mexico.

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The CDC said it planned to send experts to Mexico to help investigate the virus which has infected more than 1,000 people in the country.

Ms Chan confirmed the virus was an animal strain - a mixture of swine, human and avian flu viruses.

Swine flu is a respiratory disease which infects pigs. It does not normally infect humans, although sporadic cases do occur usually in people who have had close contact with pigs. [/quote]

The CBC is all over this, saying that it's a new pandemic, that we're all going to die, and that nothing can be done.

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Now guys, this shouldn't be quite on the same level as the Black Death.

Not according to the CBC!

On another note, RTÉ (Ireland) says

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This is stupid.

But CBC says we're all going to die and that it's going to be the end of the world.

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Note: 7 people in the US have caught this new flu, 7 have recovered.

How will the CBC spin this??!!??

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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! We are going to die!!! The END of the WORLD!!! Lock yourself in you house don't go outside for at least 10 years!! THE WORLD IS ENDING!!!!! Die we all will!!!

CBC journalist.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/25/swine-flu-pandemic-mexico-flight

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It seems to come down to this:

1. If you've come back from Mexico in the past 1-2 weeks, you have a chance of being infected.
2. Chances are it's a mild infection and nothing major.
3. That said, in today's society, this sh**t could spread around the world. Without putting much people in outright danger.
4. If you're Mexican, then, uhm. Yeah.

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Spain

http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2009/04/26/espana/1240742119.html (in Spanish)

Israel (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3706679,00.html)

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France (http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25389073-5001028,00.html)

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These retarded airheads are labelling this as "Two French travellers returning from Mexico suspected of having deadly swine flu". THEYRE GOING TO DIE!!11!!! PANIC!!!!111!!

The case in the United Kingdom is not swine flu.

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5 potential cases in Colombia.

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Nova Scotia: http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090426/swine_flu_090426/20090426?hub=TopStories

Scotland: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8019544.stm

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Well, Nova Scotia seems to have 6 confirmed cases. There are also potential cases in BC and Alberta (must refrain from further comments).

But of course, our most competent government and bureaucracy is taking all steps needed to prevent this. For example, the customs in Montreal, have thought it best not to ask incoming passengers from Mexico about this flu. It's nicer to say "Welcome to Canada", I guess. Note to that Inuit lady (if she still exists, since the office is useless and cabinet ministers are forbidden to utter one word due to low IQ) who serves as our "Health" Minister and Canada Customs Fail Agency: this thing is potentially serious. Take precautions, like almost every western country is doing in some way or another. Why, oh why, Canada?

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http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE53P23920090426

Good news, I guess. But I don't trust the Mexicans much. After all, they probably knew of this before Spring Break but kept the lid on it in order not to dissuade the flood of American and Canadian gringos from coming down.

In other news, panic grips the Canadian media with the confirmed cases in BC and Nova Scotia. Once again, it's PANIC!!!11one!! time.

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Map as of now. Dark red= cases and deaths, red= cases, pink= potential cases. Source: TV, Interwebs, Viquipèdia.

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14 Texas schools will be closed tomorrow...

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Map as of now. Dark red= cases and deaths, red= cases, pink= potential cases. Source: TV, Interwebs, Viquipèdia.

Clearly this is a secret Al-Qaeda plot intended to destroy all of Western civilization.

Here we are, punished by "Allah", Mohamed told it to us, pork is "haram", we didin't want to listen, and here we are...

No, no, no. It's the illegal immigrants fault. Damn those foreigners!

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ISRAELI HEALTH OFFICIAL KINDLY ASKS US TO CALL IT "MEXICAN FLU", SO AS TO NOT OFFEND JEWS AND MUSLIMS

OFFENDED MEXICANS COULD NOT BE REACHED FOR COMMENT

link

I researched the retard in question. Yaakov Litzman, United Torah Judaism.

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For a few weeks now, Ségolène Royal has a feverish behaviour.

Isn't she contaminating everybody she meets. Hurry up, put her in quarantine, or else, France will be a no man's land within one month !

Best. Idea. Ever. Though her quarantine should be in the insane asylum, or else she's contaminate all other persons in the normal hospital with her other disease, stupidity.

Question, Hash:

Are you worried/scared/concerned yourself? Be honest!

Concerned and interested, yes. But the signs are good thus far despite the media's constant scaremongering here in Canada. And while I am taking precautions, I'm not acting like some maniac over it.

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Question, Hash:

Are you worried/scared/concerned yourself? Be honest!

By now, I don't know if it is the conditioning of media here, but I feel just a bit concerned.

The French media is not as alarmist, that's for sure. They report the facts, all the facts, in a calm fashion. In Canada, there's the media that is crazy over this, with their big "PANDEMIC FLU" crap titles to scare the sh**t out of everybody. In addition, they fail to report that a majority of these cases are mild, instead focusing on "OMG THEY FOUND A CASE IN CANADA!!!11111 WERE ALL GONNA DIE!!!11".

In addition, we've got a Health Minister who is an incompetent MP for Resolute Bay and Ellesmere Island and who obviously has no clue what the hell is going on. We also had an idiot health official who publicly said that it's only a matter of time before this become a 1918-like pandemic, this coming while the government says to keep calm.

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The Ottawa Sun only did "SWINE FLU IN CANADA" yesterday. I was expecting more scaremongering on their part.

(The Ottawa Sun is the Ottawa branch of the IQ=0 newspaper chain in Canada, which includes the Journal de Montréal, Toronto Sun, Journal de Québec, and a bunch of other ____ Sun newspapers. Owned by Quebecor).

The Ottawa Citizen probably ranted "goddamn liberals swine flu".

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Apparently the two people who died in LA didn't die of swine flu:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/04/coroner-doubts-2-men-died-of-swine-flu.html

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My landlord and one roommate is coughing lately.

I'm not taking any chances and am drinking plenty of water and buying plenty of disinfectant.

I'd recommend you kill them now just to be very cautious!