Page 1 of 9
[NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:42 am
by Snoopy
news.com.au wrote:Swine flu has 'pandemic potential'
A NEW flu virus that has killed up to 81 people in Mexico could start a global epidemic, the World Health Organization warned on Saturday as the disease spread further in the United States.
Australia's health protection officials, including chief medical officer Jim Bishop, are today holding talks on how to guard the nation from the pig flu outbreak in Mexico and the US.
The Department of Health and Ageing is liaising with the WHO, the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and other public health experts, a spokeswoman for the department says.
"Anyone that has returned from Mexico with influenza-like symptoms since March this year should seek advice from their general practitioner or public health unit," she said.
Let's hope this doesn't spread too far. It would be horrible just like the 1918 Influenza Pandemic which killed more people than World War One (Influenza Pandemic killed 20-40 million people.
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:48 am
by .AWAKE.
atleast its in mexico right now and nowhere else
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:50 am
by user
.AWAKE. wrote:atleast its in mexico right now and nowhere else
isn't there an american university that got hit by something?
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 4:51 am
by cpinney
yeah in new york, i think 15 people or something got it, saw it on the news, and there are highly suspicious cases in Massachusetts and Minnesota.
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:16 am
by Morgoth
.AWAKE. wrote:atleast its in mexico right now and nowhere else
actually, there's already been several cases in the U.S.
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:32 am
by XemnasXD
i'll survive....
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:37 am
by BlackFox898
I almost, ALMOST thought that for once you were gonna post a thread that didn't have anything tot do with Australia, but then i read the second sentence and there it is!
OT: heard of it on the news, good thing my family doesn't like to travel
........
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:41 am
by user
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:45 am
by Mr.Ganji
seriously mexico cant get any more fucked up than it already is...
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 5:58 am
by Tasdik
I don't eat pork. So I'm good
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:30 am
by user
Tasdik wrote:I don't yet pork. So I'm good
right... viruses are spreaded through food
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:35 am
by Tasdik
user wrote:Tasdik wrote:I don't eat pork. So I'm good
right... viruses are spreaded through food
*shrugs*
Wow, I don't know how I spelled yet when I meant to say eat.
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:48 am
by Snoopy
Eleven cases have been confirmed in California, Kansas and Texas, and eight schoolchildren in New York City caught a type A influenza virus that was likely to be the swine flu, health officials said on Saturday.
The last flu pandemic was in 1968 when "Hong Kong" flu killed about 1 million people globally.
Basically, it's inevitable. It is going to happen. It's already been said that it is going to get to Australia, with suspected cases in New Zealand. The only way to prevent it getting to Australia would be stop all flights, and ships. In a time like this, there's no chance of that happening.
I just hope it won't be extremely deadly.
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:53 am
by M3K0S
there are lots of people with the flu here in southern california... so you gotta watch out
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 6:57 am
by user
M3K0S wrote:there are lots of people with the flu here in southern california... so you gotta watch out
okay smarty pants, whats the difference between flu and cold?
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:00 am
by XemnasXD
the flu is really only a danger to the young and the old everyone else in between should be fine unless they are extremely unhealthy. Like i said, i'll survive, and so will most people...this is not a big deal....
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:05 am
by Snoopy
XemnasXD wrote:the flu is really only a danger to the young and the old everyone else in between should be fine unless they are extremely unhealthy. Like i said, i'll survive, and so will most people...this is not a big deal....
phew. They're saying however, that it's been seen a lot in Young Adults though. Perhaps that's just in Mexico where they're unhealthy ;x I don't know. Never really had to worry about a possible pandemic before.
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:05 am
by Doppleganger
GO TO YOUR NEAREST GUN SHOP LOAD UP AND BARRICADE AT THE CLOSEST COSTCO!!
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:08 am
by Midori
Unlike 1918, we actually have things that can keep people alive.
Oh, and minutemen, grab your guns and guard the borders.
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:09 am
by XemnasXD
maybe you guys are to young to remember the Bird Flu scare....this stuff happens....no need to panic, you'd think the media would be more responsible with the this...at least the BBC, i expect everyone to start spelling doom...
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:10 am
by Barotix
Pointless fear mongering.
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:14 am
by Snoopy
XemnasXD wrote:maybe you guys are to young to remember the Bird Flu scare....this stuff happens....no need to panic, you'd think the media would be more responsible with the this...at least the BBC, i expect everyone to start spelling doom...
I know the Bird flu and I think Sars. I don't know if Sars is a flu, but meh.
I think Baro is quite right though.
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:39 am
by M3K0S
user wrote:M3K0S wrote:there are lots of people with the flu here in southern california... so you gotta watch out
okay smarty pants, whats the difference between flu and cold?
what? i was never trying to be smart?
looks like sum1 needs to learn how to read!
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:07 am
by Sacchin
Barotix wrote:Pointless fear mongering.
Snoopy wrote:XemnasXD wrote:maybe you guys are to young to remember the Bird Flu scare....this stuff happens....no need to panic, you'd think the media would be more responsible with the this...at least the BBC, i expect everyone to start spelling doom...
I know the Bird flu and I think Sars. I don't know if Sars is a flu, but meh.
I think Baro is quite right though.
And with that my panic level has gone back to minimal.
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:16 am
by TOloseGT
oh shit the world's gonna end!
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:24 am
by *BlackFox
TOloseGT wrote:oh shit the world's gonna end!
ROFL.. Let's not get hysterical
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:21 am
by Squirt
Well thats odd.
Yesterday I was playing Pandemic 2 and I started off with mexico.
Didn't get very far though, Damn US closed its borders and mexico killed itself off xD
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:29 am
by Swindler
I CANT TAKE THIS ANYMORE /holds a gun pointed at my head
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:47 am
by Wu
Squirt wrote:Well thats odd.
Yesterday I was playing Pandemic 2 and I started off with mexico.
Didn't get very far though, Damn US closed its borders and mexico killed itself off xD
lmao
ah we'll see what happens.
Re: [NEWS] New flu on the rise!
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:18 pm
by aznronin
fck, its in New York....