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| Thread ID: 100661 | 2009-06-16 00:25:00 | Let's have a Swine Flu party! | forrest44 (754) | PC World Chat |
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| 782636 | 2009-06-16 06:13:00 | Flu hurts. We had flu last year and I ached viciously until I got hold of some codeine. And you have no energy, the mere act of sitting is exhausting. I had to drag myself into the shop too, not much fun. But it's just another flu, ridiculous fuss. How many people had flu last year? More than 100, more than 200 I bet. Telling people to stay home, well tough if they used their 5 days sick leave already. Oh right, govt saying companies can't deduct leave or pay if its Tui Flu, so they are going to have to fork out for people sitting around at home quarantined even if they are OK enough for work? And lets take all the other contagious illnesses floating round, anyone fussing about those too? If people were dying like flies I might understand but they aren't. Pity, might fix the unemployment problem then...... |
pctek (84) | ||
| 782637 | 2009-06-16 06:45:00 | I would like to think people who have a "swine flu" party are just plain ignorant rather than plain stupid. Maybe I am being over generous? |
Jen (38) | ||
| 782638 | 2009-06-16 07:16:00 | Flu hurts. We had flu last year and I ached viciously until I got hold of some codeine. And you have no energy, the mere act of sitting is exhausting. I had to drag myself into the shop too, not much fun. But it's just another flu, ridiculous fuss. How many people had flu last year? More than 100, more than 200 I bet. Telling people to stay home, well tough if they used their 5 days sick leave already. Oh right, govt saying companies can't deduct leave or pay if its Tui Flu, so they are going to have to fork out for people sitting around at home quarantined even if they are OK enough for work? And lets take all the other contagious illnesses floating round, anyone fussing about those too? If people were dying like flies I might understand but they aren't. Pity, might fix the unemployment problem then...... It isn't just another flu. It it a mutated flu from Pigs. Other flus are human flues, this is a big flu, which is not too different from Bird flu, however bird flue was far worse, as it killed many who got it. However swine flu could mutate further, as it has already mutated from pigs to humans. I just wonder how it went from human to pig, I hate to think what someone got up to with the pig. I wouldn't be surprised if it was caused by all the antibotic these pig farmers overseas feed their pigs. |
robbyp (2751) | ||
| 782639 | 2009-06-16 07:37:00 | Sounds like someone's telling porkies.... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 782640 | 2009-06-16 08:07:00 | I just wonder how it went from human to pig It mutated, thus crossing the species barrier. I'm fairly sure that's right :punk Antigenic shift (upload.wikimedia.org) (warning - big pic if on dial up (3.69MB)). |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 782641 | 2009-06-16 08:07:00 | It isn't just another flu . It it a mutated flu from Pigs . Other flus are human flues, this is a big flu, which is not too different from Bird flu, however bird flue was far worse, as it killed many who got it . However swine flu could mutate further, as it has already mutated from pigs to humans . I just wonder how it went from human to pig, I hate to think what someone got up to with the pig . I wouldn't be surprised if it was caused by all the antibotic these pig farmers overseas feed their pigs . Really, the important factor is the body's ability to withstand the damage the virus causes . If the common cold was to become as immune to our antibodies the symptoms might equal to the new flu . |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 782642 | 2009-06-16 08:08:00 | Sounds like someone's telling porkies.... +1 :) |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 782643 | 2009-06-16 08:21:00 | The horrible after effects! www.imagef1.net.nz |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 782644 | 2009-06-16 09:58:00 | Not to mention that it is possibly illegal, under the new legislation. The thing is that it affects people in different ways. I know someone who has just recovered from it, and they say it was the WORST flu they had had. This goes againest what is in the media, where they are saying that it is milder than the normal flu. It also puts eccessive drain on our public health system, so causes harm to the community. I believe it is actually a selfish act, but am sure that people are doing it. Then in that case the media should: - not be hyping the whole thing so much - reporting the more nasty cases/symptoms I think if they reported like that we wouldn't have the notion of swine flu parties/trying to infect yourself. Plus, why should it be illegal to infect yourself? Surely that goes against your own freedom/rights/whatever? |
forrest44 (754) | ||
| 782645 | 2009-06-16 10:12:00 | It isn't just another flu. . Yes it is. In the 2009 flu pandemic, the virus isolated from patients in the United States was found to be made up of genetic elements from four different flu viruses – North American Mexican influenza, North American avian influenza, human influenza, and swine influenza virus typically found in Asia and Europe – "an unusually mongrelised mix of genetic sequences."[13] This new strain appears to be a result of reassortment of human influenza and swine influenza viruses, in all four different strains of subtype H1N1. They are all mutations, that's why we continue to get flus and colds. All viruses mutate. So do bacteria. And I've got news for you - loads of illnesses cross species. |
pctek (84) | ||
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