40 confirmed cases of swine flu in united states

[princesscaspian]

... almost 75% in NYC.... expect this number to skyrocket !!

how terrifying! they are saying this virus is targeting young and otherwise healthy adults (ie, those probably not vaccinated against the flu!) and the strain is resistant to 2/4 of our anti-influenza drugs.....

im fucking flipping. especially since i was in NYC last week.... and now i have a fever/sore throat....


http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

[Klout]

***puts on surgical mask

[princesscaspian]

dude im losing my shit over here. the confirmed cases are by laboratory only.... who knows how many people are walking around out there with moderate symptoms that have no idea they are transmitting the flu!! ahhh

i guess 7 people have already died in mexico? holy shit!

[Klout]

you will be fine.

the people who have this represent roughly 0.000000000001% of the population

[princesscaspian]

"The H1N1 swine flu virus has already been identified as a new virus, with genes from human and avian flus as well as the swine variety"

fucking terrifying....

they upgraded the pandemic to level today to 4 (5-6 being the highest)... the last epidemic of 1918 killed most people in a young, healthy age group due to respiratory symptoms.... so far only 1 case in the US has resulted in hospitalization and no deaths have been reported.

i predict this is going to be much larger and more widespread than early predictions have indicated....

princess = not sleeping tonight

[Lexington]

swine flu, eh? no more pig licking for me

[princesscaspian]

dude i might call out of work tomorrow... we filled 4 scripts for Tamiflu today, and i commented on how insane it was considering flu season is pretty much over!

the regular flu virus that we get vaccinated against has already mutated to be more virulent in the post-flu season, ie most cases the last couple of years have been in feb & march (traditionally october/november)... there are several theories for the reason for this, but the most likely is viral adaptation....

trust, viruses have existed for thousands, who knows, millions of years before humans.... and theres a reason.... evolution baby !

we\'re fucked!

[skalnbyc]

dirty Mexicans need to stop having sex with pigs.

syphilis was brought to Europe from South America via Spanish conqueror sex with llamas.

[peaches626]

i think this is where jimcobb comes in and says somethin about how focusing your attention on negative things attracts negative things to yourself....

think positive caspian, and think healthy

[zuke583]

i thought this thing was just a ploy to drive down the price of bacon

[Spacey]

i thought this thing was just a ploy to drive down the price of bacon

The real ploy is to get peoples minds of the economic crisis.

Fear and guilt are used for controlling people.

Fear has clearly won.

[derickw]

[Mamalakabubadaya]

mmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!

[Spacey]

dude im losing my shit over here. the confirmed cases are by laboratory only.... who knows how many people are walking around out there with moderate symptoms that have no idea they are transmitting the flu!! ahhh

i guess 7 people have already died in mexico? holy shit!

Heard the number was closer to 149.

[Yoda]

... almost 75% in NYC.... expect this number to skyrocket !!

how terrifying! they are saying this virus is targeting young and otherwise healthy adults (ie, those probably not vaccinated against the flu!) and the strain is resistant to 2/4 of our anti-influenza drugs.....

im fucking flipping. especially since i was in NYC last week.... and now i have a fever/sore throat....


http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu/

Why not go to the dr. and get checked out.  If it is Swine Flu then you know what you\'re dealing with.  If it\'s not, you have peace of mind...