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

the internet breaking

nabisco getting banned

I wish it was The Who declaring a level six pandemic rather than WHO.

"Don't cry
Don't wipe your eye
It's only H1N1"

"Pft, swine flu? I once had to sit through 3 hours of Animal Collective records, this is NOTHING"

One of my friends in Melbourne got quarantined for 3 days last week. Went to the doc with flu symptoms, and bobs yer uncle she's quarantined, no questions asked. She said they're not even screening for it. Frikkin crazy.

They've also admitted that the H1N1 screening test they are using is some kind of quick-test. It doesnt provide a 100% positive (or negative) result - so apparenlty lots of supposed cases didnt have it at all - and lots who got the all clear probably *did* have it.

Somehow, thus far, I've managed to not catch a thing, fingers crossed.

Don't cough in public. Someone'll throw you in a van and you'll end up stuck in an ET oxygen tent surrounded by dudes in hazmat suits.

Hey now some people pay good money for that to happen to them every day.

stop it you're turning me on

xpost dammit

just as well I didn't say anything about the probing...

Nobody tell Michael Jackson or he'll be over here like a shot.

hahah. Shot. geddit?

gettin kinda real out there, ain't it?

the guy who sits next to me at work has two kids with The Swine Flu. supposedly he doesn't have it. yeeeeeeeeeeesh

Nobody tell Michael Jackson or he'll be over here like a shot.

― I'm Rick Wakeman, bitch! (Trayce), Friday, June 12, 2009 6:18 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

we could see over 100,000 cases per day by the end of August

basically u know it's real in the field when the govt decides to stop giving out daily stats.

yeah but otoh: a bout of swine flu was currently causing less serious illness than traditional seasonal flu

it's spreading itself thin

My dad has a pretty bad case of "oh don't worry, it's totally normal"-flu at the moment. Yeah, right dad.

yeah but otoh: a bout of swine flu was currently causing less serious illness than traditional seasonal flu

even still, millions of people having an illness of any kind is gonna be mental. also, the effects are highly likely to get worse.

As Wodehouse said, it is never difficult to distinguish between FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson) and a ray of sunshine

i dunno, couldn't find figures for uk, but apparently it's normal for anywhere from 10 per cent to a third of people to get flu in a season in the usa. so i'm not sure this is going to be much more prevalent. how do you know the effects are highly likely to get worse?

i don't want to say because people on the internet who claim to have the inside track on stuff are disgusting savages... but i do have a very good source!

God!

haha ok. when i am dying of swine flu, i will use my last ounce of strength to type: "FREE DOM AND ETHAN (special guest stars mark bronson) you were right after all"

"so long and thanks for all the zings"

Nobody told Michael Jackson ;_;

In seriousness though, the meeja here are making big deals of the people dying of swine fl - even though every case has had underlying serious problems. Cancer, diabetes, frail and elderly, very young baby, that kind of thing. People die of flu in such circs every year anyway.

what about dog flu?

i had it a few weeks ago. it wasn't that bad, I was mostly just tired and sore. definitely had worse flu before. loads of people have it here in melbourne, they're not even testing anymore

what trayce said. all cases seem to already be sick or fragile. the gov probably dont give stats because 1 it doesnt seem that the swine flu will kill gazillions of ppl and 2 no need to freak ppl out more.

ILX SWINE FLU ROLL CALL PUT YR HANDS UP IF YOU HAVE THE PIGGY FLU

http://theeulobby.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/handsup.jpg

it is actually pretty bad as far as flus go, I can't seem to stay awake more than 20 minutes at a time. But then again, I am a big crybaby when it comes to being ill.

I just googled tamiflu and the first side effects that come up are mental instability and suicidal tendencies. Erm, is it really safe for a person with bipolar disorder to be taking something like that? wonder if i should just try to sweat it out.

epsecially as I cannot seem to find anyone to actually go out and collect the bloody stuff for me :-(

Aww, Kate! Am working at home at the moment with a suspected dose of this myself. Only have it very mildly if indeed it is the piggy pox - just seems like a bad cold. Work don't want me in and sharing it around though, so I'm cool with that. Had a dose of proper flu over Christmas, maybe that has boosted my immunity?? My kids on the other hand have had it worse - high temps, lots of snot, sore throats, bad tummies, headaches, dozy as hell. Bouncing back now though. Get well soon!

Oh no, I can't imagine how awful a whole family down with it must be. My commiserations.

I suppose I should count myself quite lucky that it's all head and hasn't gone to my lungs at all. Bit of a horrible racking cough - but it's the headache and the sore joints and the tiiiiredness that are killing me.

It has utterly destroyed my appetite. I didn't think anything could - I've got a pound of grapes, a bar of Green and Blacks chocolate and a pint of Ben and Jerrys in the fridge and none of them have even been touched. I'm subsisting on dry cereal coz it;s the only thing that doesn't make me feel nauseous. Trying to contemplate a bagel right now.

Get well soon, I am just waiting for my dose as I seem to get every flu that is going around.

Might be worth getting some sugary sports drinks to keep the energy up (also good for the electrolyte balance if you are sweating).

But that would involve leaving the house and I'm officially quarantined. I basically have to survive on what's in the fridge until... Monday? Drinking cranberry juice because it has the highest vitamin C content of any juice. Apparently.

shit, kate, that sucks - hope it goes away w/a swiftness :(

eating scabs causes swine flu

Actually, it was drinking from the waterbottle of a plague infected person, but that's another story.

Hope that you've got supplies of ibuprofen there, would probably help with your headache and joint pains if you're not already taking them. And if you don't, mail me and *seriously*: I will post you some somehow.

If it's any consolation I think it might be good that we're in this early wave of sickness, cos who knows how it'll develop.

Not meant to sound melodramatic btw, just be good to get it over and done with.

I did actually recently buy a massive box of paramol which is getting me through this.

And it's funny - that's what I said to my mum. Better to have it now than in the second wave during wintertime, when it would be *really* miserable to be ill.

Good, glad you've got something! Hope the food holds out.

Get well soon Kate!

I keep feeling tired and sore and thinking I've got it, but actually I *always* feel tired and sore. Despite being constantly under the weather, however, I rarely get serious illnesses.

I posted on FB that I was up all night with a nasty raspy cough and my mum immediately emails me OMG DO YOU HAVE A THERMOMETER MAKE SURE IT IS NOT FLU.

I'm not even sick! I just smoked too much this week :/

Trust me, if you have it, you'd know. I honestly woke up on Tuesday morning in the middle of the night thinking I'd been shot in the head, it hurt so bad. And it's not "ooh, I feel a little bit tired and weak" it's "holy fucking shit, I can't actually move as far as the loo without stopping for a rest on the sofa."

I think (hope) I'm on the turn today. I actually managed to sleep through the night for the first time in about 3 days.

I keep thinking "oh, my fever's broken..." but then I start hallucinating again.