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2009-05-04 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Fred 2009-05-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Thought we'd never get through it. If I had to sit through anymore TV new stories about the swine flu I was afraid I was gonna blow a fuse.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-05-04 12:06|| 2009-05-04 12:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Oh shit, where do I start.

1 the flu has been genetically "Sequenced" That means they took the genes apart, and they know it is NOT anything but plain old Swine flu.

2. But new cases of the virus, which mixes swine, avian and human flu strains, still were being tracked across the world,,

NO, HELL NO What's going around the world is the same old swine flu, mainly from infected folks recently from Mexico with few or no "Spontaneous' out breaks.

Whoever wrote this must belong to the MSM, "Create panic to sell papers" school

Posted by Redneck Jim">Redneck Jim 2009-05-04 12:10|| 2009-05-04 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Well, now they tell us, after infecting a whopping 0.000015% of the planet.

Posted by Zorba Craising6734 2009-05-04 13:17|| 2009-05-04 13:17|| Front Page Top

#4 The flu is the flu. It can be prevented easily by simply following a few precautions to fight off the virus. There are many helpful health resources available to help.

Posted by Erin 2009-05-04 14:11|| 2009-05-04 14:11|| Front Page Top

#5 My fear is for the 2nd and 3rd reoccurances like the 1918 flu, when every let their guard down.

Posted by Clomoling Black6393 2009-05-04 14:56|| 2009-05-04 14:56|| Front Page Top

#6 The administration is letting a crisis slip out of its hands. After all, "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste"

Posted by JohnQC 2009-05-04 18:05|| 2009-05-04 18:05|| Front Page Top

#7 Probably not out of harm's way. Viruses mutate and become even nastier if your body has no antibodies to fight them with. Because it has spread globally it is sure to become genetically creative and hopefully it won't wipe most of us out. It may be those who have gotten the swine flu now may build up a tolerance for it's eventual return while those of us who sigh and say "glad that's over" may be counting the chickens before thier hatched.

Posted by Angineque tse Tung3914 2009-05-04 18:36|| 2009-05-04 18:36|| Front Page Top

#8 I'll call this as BS. There is no way the peak has been passed.

What's happening is where containment policies and reasonably accurate reporting is in place, the rate it spreads has decreased and may even be negative ie declining cases).

Where containment policies are not in place, it will be happily spreading.

Best case is it spreads in a relatively mild form. But even then it may well revert to a severe form at multiple points.

Posted by Phil_B 2009-05-04 19:05|| 2009-05-04 19:05|| Front Page Top

#9 RJ at #2 - IIUC it had human, avian, and swine components. I think this was a useful heads-up. I know I quit licking doorknobs and keyboards. It's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. For the children

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2009-05-04 19:56|| 2009-05-04 19:56|| Front Page Top

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