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

Imagine if it spread through bears too O_O ...

... Al gore was right all along ...

It's time for a swine flu mod on L4D.

Story:
The Infection is turning normal humans into pig people(tm). Only Muslims are immune, so it's their solemn duty to fight the "Zwinies".
Maps set in Germany/Austria/Switzerland should have Infected that look like this.

Don't underestimate halfassed joke mods ... its easier to hook people with a joke than it is with a plot ...

PVK is kinda an example of that ...

The swine flu sounds horrible when you have it, so much pain. Though more people in the United States, mostly children, and Canada are getting it now... There are 8 cases in one of the cities over here and there are 56 additional unconfirmed, again, children to young adults... This is only in my city alone...

Edited by: w1ngzer0

No, no it wasnt.

We just got the first case in a city near me... 

It is being way over covered in Australia. The media has made it seem like the next Plague or Spanish Influenza. There has only been 1 confirmed case of swine flu in Australia but the carrier of the disease was not harmed at all and has recovered fully. We should focus on removing the big killers rather than run with our heads between our legs over something that has only had relatively minor concern. Don't know about you Americans but in Australia it is nothing at all. We should put the money in effort into stopping AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

I'm pretty sure i had it about 2 or 3 weeks ago.

It's not dangerous unless you're an infant or old as dirt. (just like all the other influenza)

Edited by: ngs616

Swine flu has been renamed to H1N1 to avoid confusion because it has nothing to do with pigs/swine. Also, it has been rumored that this flu was created in a laboratory and purposely exposed, Mexico is just a social target (since it is known for some *ahem* strange events) and so they (the government) decided to put all of its blame on Mexico for 'spreading' this possible epidemic. Supposedly the government is targeting vacation spots all over the globe and this could lead to some serious shit going down! Here comes Fallout...

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"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."

Who doesn't Well..?! Who doesn't?! Show yourself!

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"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."

This still doesn't mean the flu originated from swine/pigs and it still doesn't prove pigs are the cause. They are simply affected by it as well as humans. Thus, when it was first discovered, it was thought to have originated from pigs when in fact pigs had nothing to with the flu. It had also been discovered that birds also shared this flu, evidently ruling out pigs as the prime cause.

Edited by: Toyoka

An animal can't specifically cause a virus under any circumstances. We could call it whale flu for all it matters.

As noted, no one suggested this originated or was caused by pigs.

Except, as noted, pigs do have something to do with the flu. While perhaps not the originators, the simplest, most likely, and most logical explanation for the genetic similarities shared between the current pandemic and a strain of influenza endemic to pigs is interaction with pigs. The simplest, most likely, and most logical explanation for the ability of human to human transmission of the current pandemic is interaction with humans who had strains of influenza endemic to humans.

No, H1N1 contains sections of strains of influenza endemic to many bird populations. However, we've had a flu which was composed predominantly of a strain of influenza endemic to birds. Hence my notation in my comment regarding this. Swine Flu is a simple moniker.