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Swine Flu
Topic Started: Apr 28 2009, 02:52 AM (146 Views)
Jemila	Apr 28 2009, 02:52 AM Post #1
Resident Violin Playing Plumber Posts: 5,986 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: Jul 5, 2008	Is it in your area? If so, how bad is it? I heard over 100 have died in Mexico.



carinyosa99	Apr 28 2009, 06:44 AM Post #2
Angel of The Lord Posts: 2,168 Group: Members Member #24 Joined: Jul 12, 2008	Not in our area, thankfully, but they're saying 150 people have died in Mexico now. I just had a friend come back from Puerto Vallarta (she left before this made the news). She's OK, but she was also not near where the majority of the problems are located.



Jemila	Apr 29 2009, 12:37 AM Post #3
Resident Violin Playing Plumber Posts: 5,986 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: Jul 5, 2008	I worry the media is playing on our emotions. I mean, wow, this is a tiny percentage of people that have been hit with it. But then, I guess if those people give it to 1-10 other people, and they all travel... well, sure, it could get really bad.



carinyosa99	Apr 29 2009, 09:41 AM Post #4
Angel of The Lord Posts: 2,168 Group: Members Member #24 Joined: Jul 12, 2008	So guess what? My friend who was just in Mexico was just asked by her job to stay home for the rest of the week. Apparently, a co-worker complained that she was working in the office and her bosses asked her to work from home instead. She's fine with that, but it's embarrassing. This is like the avian flu - soooo much hype around it and I remember my dad was in Korea when it came out. It was apparently a big issue in Korea and so they had a lot of precautions taken there. But still...ridiculous.



Jemila	Apr 29 2009, 10:22 AM Post #5
Resident Violin Playing Plumber Posts: 5,986 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: Jul 5, 2008	Every year way more people get some strain of the flu virus, and people die, more people I think, than so far with this type, from dehydration. That doesn't even make the news.



yngmom4	May 5 2009, 12:09 AM Post #6
Who's yours? Posts: 9,120 Group: Admins Member #12 Joined: Jul 7, 2008	They actually stopped visitation for all the correctional units in the state of Texas this weekend because of this. What they are worried about is not so much the severity as how fast it is spreading, and if something like this gets inside a prison, it will keep circulating between the co's and offenders for a long time just like the norovirus did several months ago. It's the same for schools and such, so I think that is why they are making such a huge deal about it.



Cherokeegirl87	May 23 2009, 06:18 PM Post #7
Resident Liberal, Jesus Freak, and Tony Orlando and Dawn Fan! Posts: 86 Group: Members Member #45 Joined: Aug 23, 2008	There have been cases in Florida, but I am not overly concerned about it,nor is anyone else that I know of. The only change I've noticed around here is the sign posted on the door of our ER/ED telling people to report any flu symptoms. Sure, people need to know it's out there, but the media has blown it way out of proportion.



yngmom4	May 26 2009, 01:40 PM Post #8
Who's yours? Posts: 9,120 Group: Admins Member #12 Joined: Jul 7, 2008	Gee...there's a shock...the media blowing something out of proportion.



Amalthea	May 26 2009, 03:18 PM Post #9
The Singing Silver Unicorn Posts: 6,951 Group: Global Moderators Member #6 Joined: Jul 6, 2008	yngmom4 May 26 2009, 01:40 PM Gee...there's a shock...the media blowing something out of proportion. Y2K, anyone?



yngmom4	May 27 2009, 02:29 PM Post #10
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Amber	Oct 27 2009, 06:13 AM Post #11
Praying for our Nation Posts: 2,499 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: Jul 5, 2008	Well it's still going around and a few people have died here from it. Temps at 105 and severe coughing. Schools closing down sad stuff.



Cherokeegirl87	Nov 17 2009, 06:13 PM Post #12
Resident Liberal, Jesus Freak, and Tony Orlando and Dawn Fan! Posts: 86 Group: Members Member #45 Joined: Aug 23, 2008	Yes, it's still going around but it's not nearly as bad as they made it out to be. Many people die of the seasonal flu every year as well.



Jemila	Nov 18 2009, 03:42 AM Post #13
Resident Violin Playing Plumber Posts: 5,986 Group: Admins Member #2 Joined: Jul 5, 2008	Yeah, the media has blown it out of proportion. They haven't been in a huge rush to get the vaccine out, not in quantities they had mentioned they were going to, anyway.



yngmom4	Nov 18 2009, 03:07 PM Post #14
Who's yours? Posts: 9,120 Group: Admins Member #12 Joined: Jul 7, 2008	I've heard the vaccine isn't that safe anyway. Think I'll just take my chances....



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