Swine Flu

[Cj Tari]

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Mexican soccer player threats Argentinian counterpart with the flu !!!


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how ignorant can the media get, i mean cmon.

i saw this game as that shit happen, you could even hear the guy from the Chilean team call him a "Leper" just because the dude was Mexican, the other dude responded with a "oh so im a leper, here you go" all of this in response to all of this influenza crap.

im telling you, me being an Hispanic and living so close to the border with Mexico its just hard as hell to have a normal day, just yesterday i went to the store and while i was in line to pay some groceries, i sneezed(im having the seasonal allergy symptoms) and people just look at you like fuuuuuck!! this guy is gonna kills us all!!!

[i!!ustrious]

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^ i blame the media for everything. was supposed to go feed the homeless last night, but swine flu compulsion has even government organizations panicking.

[Miguel]

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how ignorant can the media get, i mean cmon.

i saw this game as that shit happen, you could even hear the guy from the Chilean team call him a "Leper" just because the dude was Mexican, the other dude responded with a "oh so im a leper, here you go" all of this in response to all of this influenza crap.

im telling you, me being an Hispanic and living so close to the border with Mexico its just hard as hell to have a normal day, just yesterday i went to the store and while i was in line to pay some groceries, i sneezed(im having the seasonal allergy symptoms) and people just look at you like fuuuuuck!! this guy is gonna kills us all!!!

^^^ well ... do you blame them really ?

[Cj Tari]

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yes i do, if you are well informed and take the necessary precautions you are not in danger of being infected.

so yes, i blame people for being so ignorant.

being Mexican doesn't automatically give you the disease.

[Miguel]

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but listen .. theres a flu epidemic going around and you sneeze in a public space, bro anyone would have turned around and throw that "fuck" look at you

[GAVIN.MCAVOY]

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just stay indoors on [ms] and ul be ok

[DancingQueen]

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So I guess we are now calling it H1N1

funny how we are joking about this especially turning this into the prok thread, but fuck, I have to fly to vegas on Sunday and then when I come back I hope I don't get anything. Not for my safety but more so for my 6month old daughter.

I wish I could bring my dslr. I will be at a conference and wont get the chances to get out and see the city. That means, it will be on you to get some awesome pics. Get a lot of them. We need some more in the Digital Scribbles section.

This will be my second time there and I have yet to experience Las Vegas. There is so much to see there.

where are you staying?

Wow, your daughter is 6 months old already. Man time flies!
Do you best to wash your hands regularly and take your vitamins and you should be fine....at least this is my plan of action.

I will be taking a lot of pictures, don't you worry. I have my new camera ready to go

This will be my first time there, but its my best friends 4th trip. I will be staying at the Flamingo. My friend stays there whenever she goes and we got a really good deal. Where will you be?

[FM]

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H1N1 is the type of strain.

TECHNICALLY, it should be called "Mexican flu" since that's where it supposedly originated (and usually anything that turns into a worldwide pandemic or where one is issued gets its name from the country of origin)..

Wouldn't want the US to hurt any trading relationships though

Besides, "swine flu" sounds so newsy...throttle the idiot behind a desk who thought about using it instead....

[runningman]

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im telling you, me being an Hispanic and living so close to the border with Mexico its just hard as hell to have a normal day, just yesterday i went to the store and while i was in line to pay some groceries, i sneezed(im having the seasonal allergy symptoms) and people just look at you like fuuuuuck!! this guy is gonna kills us all!!!

Even up in Canada when I sneezed the other day I had a few older people in the office look at me funny as well. The media and the WHO really have blown this thing out of proportion. Hell even Joe Biden is in on the act scaring people. 75 people in the US get the flu and it is just everywhere across the news.

Also when are we going to find out where it originated

[liquidmesa]

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This entire situation is nothing short of sensationalism, and the media should be ashamed of itself. The number of people who have this flu is a statically infinitesimal and it has everyone afraid when they should not be. Consider this people: The Swine flue has between 350 and 400 confirmed cases out of a world population of 7 billion people. That is a percentage so small it is hardly measurable. In addition, only 11 people have lost their lives, not to marginalize the importance of these people who died, but that is a really REALLY small number in the larger scope of things. Now, I would like you all to consider that when we deal with the regular flu strains that humans contract on a regular basis, did you know that millions of people contract this every year, and every year there are 1000s of deaths from the flu in the U.S. alone, totaling about 100 per day. Everyone needs to put on his or her thinking caps and get a little more rational about the true scope of the situation. Moreover, it is not just peoples fear that this media circus is affecting, it is also kicking the economy when the economy is down. People are freaking out based on the media’s word and cancelling their trips to places that are nowhere near Mexico! I work for a travel agency that has been poised to survive this economic down turn, but now this flu has come on the scene many people may loose their jobs if this is not dealt with properly and fears subsided soon. If I loose my job I due to this irresponsible yellow journalism, I will not blame Mexico or the virus; I will blame the media.

[dusk]

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The media has always been a double edge sword... yet we suck it all up :S

[phazon]

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This entire situation is nothing short of sensationalism, and the media should be ashamed of itself. The number of people who have this flu is a statically infinitesimal and it has everyone afraid when they should not be. Consider this people: The Swine flue has between 350 and 400 confirmed cases out of a world population of 7 billion people. That is a percentage so small it is hardly measurable. In addition, only 11 people have lost their lives, not to marginalize the importance of these people who died, but that is a really REALLY small number in the larger scope of things. Now, I would like you all to consider that when we deal with the regular flu strains that humans contract on a regular basis, did you know that millions of people contract this every year, and every year there are 1000s of deaths from the flu in the U.S. alone, totaling about 100 per day. Everyone needs to put on his or her thinking caps and get a little more rational about the true scope of the situation. Moreover, it is not just peoples fear that this media circus is affecting, it is also kicking the economy when the economy is down. People are freaking out based on the media’s word and cancelling their trips to places that are nowhere near Mexico! I work for a travel agency that has been poised to survive this economic down turn, but now this flu has come on the scene many people may loose their jobs if this is not dealt with properly and fears subsided soon. If I loose my job I due to this irresponsible yellow journalism, I will not blame Mexico or the virus; I will blame the media.

I'm no fan of the media and their sensationalism, but that is a load of ignorant bullshit.

Whether or not this becomes a pandemic, and the odds are still that it will (although things look better now than a few days ago), the current number of infections is not particularly relevant - the fact that it is spreading person-to-person and killing people is. The rate of spread of any disease that is transmitted in this way will grow exponentially, but has to start somewhere - so the fact there are only a few hundred infected now is the beginning, and in a weeks time it COULD well be millions - we don't know yet.

[speciale]

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So I guess we are now calling it H1N1



Wow, your daughter is 6 months old already. Man time flies!
Do you best to wash your hands regularly and take your vitamins and you should be fine....at least this is my plan of action.

I will be taking a lot of pictures, don't you worry. I have my new camera ready to go

This will be my first time there, but its my best friends 4th trip. I will be staying at the Flamingo. My friend stays there whenever she goes and we got a really good deal. Where will you be?

MGM Grand.

i got the antibacterial lotion and might wear a mask on the plane, not for my safety but just to freak people out

[faithless]

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liquidmesa, I agree you..
All the media is good for now is a good laugh.
It's a sad fact that people don't use what's between their ears for what it's there for. An because the 'NEWS' is telling them it is so they believe it. Why waste the energy to think for oneself when someone else is telling you how it is?

Here are some of the facts...

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22518.htm

[lilsensa]

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One confirmed case about one quarter mile from where I work....Fun.