Swine Flu: Blown out of proportion or Global Pandemic? Thread

Dragonlord wrote:The best one just happened here in Switzerland. They carried some small container with flu virii for further examination and some dick head but the cooling ice directly in the glass instead of outside of it. Guess what somewhere along the train ride it burst so they had to quarantine all people in the entire train. Tripping part of it? It's the same train I use to get to university just that today I had been elsewhere

Completely awesome. haha. Do I think the swine flu out of proportion? Better to be out of proportion then when it is too late and freak out about it. There was a memo from the boss of the call center saying anti-bacterial soap will be in dispensers.... What does a virus outbreak have to do with bacteria?

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We can see that in case of a really deadly virus, it would spread around the globe quickly thanks to travelling, and the Swiss will be responsible for the outbreak, because they can't handle the virus container properly. I mean seriously - why do they let people handle these kind of things, who don't even  know their gear?

Well it got a bit... relativated in the mean time. Seems like they had non-active virii in that container ( so none which could directly cause the disease ). Nevertheless though it's still a dick-head move to begin with.

i think it will be similar avian flu last year, it will get blown out of porportion.... but who knows!

Well, ive heard young adults are the ones most at risk ... and they probably have stronger immune systems than older people or really young kids

Isn't there some viruses out there that actually cause your own immune system to kill you? ... like the virus itself does little harm, but a strong immune system attacks it so ferociously that you get a fever and die ...

I'd say Leukemia comes close. Your own immune systems fucks yourself up.

The occurrence uttered more recently is a Cytokine Storm, but nothing but the infections and deaths of a generally comparatively healthier segment of the population fuels such speculation. Frankly, though, a person dying of a novel strain of influenza with resistance to older, more common antivirals in a nation with limited medical infrastructure is not unexpected. As well, anyone potentially contracting the virus is not unexpected since this is a novel strain. If an otherwise healthy person dies in our care, we should be able to see such an immunological response.

However, there are no such reports to my knowledge, and such a response wouldn't limit who the virus infects; Swine Flu still has similar to somewhat heightened potential to be lethal in immunocompromised individuals.

For everyone decrying the sensationalism, don't ignore WHO, CDC, NHS, etc., on these matters. Reporters give leading questions, dismantle context, use worst-case scenarios, and similar; however, you can find reports from such organizations much closer to the reality of the situation.

WHO - We're running out of funding, so let's get into the media spotlight and rake what we can out of this, as much as possible.

The bubonic plague, smallpox. Those were pandemics. This is a few isolated cases of nasty man-pig-flu.

I said the exact same thing "blown out of proportion" as soon as I saw the CDC dude start yammering on tv about it pandemic my freakn ass.

Kidding... Right?

AIDS is a bigger threat than this.

To be phase 6, the disease needs to be confirmed to have spread to a second region.

In case anyone is unaware, a pandemic is merely a widespread disease. The word should not be confused with an epidemic, as both the media throwing pandemic around with scary tones and those decrying the usage of pandemic appear to be doing.

Currently, Swine Flu appears to be far less virulent than our average strain of influenza, and due to our lack of protection, healthier individuals are taking precautions immediately upon developing symptoms rather than quickly spreading the virus. Merely a thought.

Yes but how long does it take for the flu to kill 600 people. Its taken swine flu only a few days.