don't panic, but "SWINE FLU COULD SPREAD GLOBALLY"

rip evan

See Hoos' grim workings live in real time

The H in H1N1 is for HOOS

HOO FLU

the newspaper article claimed the risk here in belgium was minimal. LIARS.

― the tip of the tongue taking a trip tralalala (stevienixed), Monday, April 27, 2009 8:40 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Haven't you noticed yet? There's never any risk, ever.

Train full of dangerous chemicals on fire, everyone close their windows and stay inside, no danger to the population.
Factory exploded, unknown stuff on fire, half a city evacuated, no danger to the population.
Two school children die of meningitis, four others quarantined in special hospital wing, police is looking for classmates extremely urgently, no danger to anyone.

etc

http://shouldibeworriedaboutswineflu.com/

That's kind of a dick page: 8% mortality rate isn't yr "average" flu. If the message is "don't panic and be hysterical mokes", fine, but it reads a bit like "don't give it a second thought", which is nonsense when the WHO pandemic level's just gone up to 4.

Chuck Grassley knows what's up:
http://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley

LOL

lol @ bad science

xps

also (i didn't check yr math, but) 8% mortality rate is hueg

also spurious comparisons to heart disease and car accidents (and i'm normally lol annoying cyclist y u drivin)

mortality rate in the United States: 0

glad yr back ;)

no, j/k, stfu, u pedant

who wants my authentic Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) name tag? the bidding starts at $100.

i'm dead btw guys thx for your well wishes

i shld really check that 8% figure out, it was everywhere this AM (And thing that made me pay attention) but I can't find cites now.

well, i'm guessing it's from the 80 or so deaths from the 1000 or so confirmed cases in Mexico. which last i checked had been upgraded to 100 or so deaths out of like 1300, but that's essentially the same. thing is, tho, is that (as stated somewhere up thread) there are probably loads of much milder cases of H1N1 in Mexico that haven't presented to hospital, that the actual mortality rate is much lower.

rip big hoos

36K die each year from the flu. This 'hamdemic' scare is 100% bullshit.

hamdemic!

more like epigdemic, amirite?

missing u hoos
mourn ya 'til I join you
(in mexican graveyard)

so Bruce Willis got shot because he had pig flu?

no it was because he was attempting to enter Facemask without wearing a mexican

WOOL PIG

wool, pig

http://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/images/woolpig.jpghttp://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/images/woolpig.jpghttp://www.yarnharlot.ca/blog/images/woolpig.jpg

http://www.adrants.com/images/wool_ass.jpg

http://www.kylareitti.com/kuvat/kohteet//13/12.jpg

If all the wool dies in mexico I will be so sad.

wow

I'm not exactly holding up "the end is nigh" signs in the streets, but the "other bad stuff happens so this can't be a big deal/one time I heard there was something to worry about and then it wasn't that bad" argument is retarded.

agreed!

yeah for real
but
actually hearing either one constantly is draining
like anything else

well, when 36K die each year from plain ole flu, why the fuck are people freaking out about a tiny number of deaths? i actually know the reason. ratings, clicks, money. media outlets are pushing this story to drive traffic and viewers. call me when 37K are dead.

retarded

challopin 2009

rip brotherlovesdub
missing u

i actually know the reason. ratings, clicks, money.

W.H.O. more like PUBLICITY W.H.O.RES amirite

ok NRQ that is your first bona fide IRL lol in like weeks, welcome back bro

When even someone going by "buttz" finds your three sentence brainshit irredeemably stupid, it's time to reassess.

vvvvvvvvv dude

your retort has severely damaged my psychological state. i'm now extremely worried about the swine flu. thanks for the excellent information you've provided.

love off, brother

Why? Because It's A Good Story, That's Why.

dear buttz: your contribution to this thread =

"NYT: Breaking News 1:48 PM ET:
Swine Flu Prompts U.S. to Declare Public Health Emergency

I made an awesome your mom joke about max's mom having swine flu and giving it to me, but then my hard drive crashed

Hopefully this flu pandemic will be similar to the time I got flu really bad in elementary school, missed school for a week, and beat Dragon Warrior I TWICE.
Did I BEAT Dragon Warrior I?
I taught that game who was boss so many times I literally lost count. For a long time that was the only game I had so I would just play it continually, beat it, start again, over and over.
and I DID get the diamond shield! I had the Nintendo Power strategy guide to it so I pretty much knew where everything was. Including that one hidden item in the middle of the swamp.

Mideast First: Israeli man hospitalized on suspicions...
must... resist... zing

Or my dad. Or my mom. Do we all secretly have the same parents? Do any of your parents make unexpected visits to Missouri occasionally?"

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Thanks for the excellent breakdown. I can't believe you resisted that Israeli zing, you're the king of zing!

rip bro

feel glad he didn't post some sort of ghastly gif

of a wool pig?