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Kay, well apparently there's a strange virus spreading around the US and especially Mexico... and since my dad just came back from Mexico, I'm a little paranoid <_< >_> They've been taking a lot of precautions already and most of the people who've died are the ones who live in, I suspect, rural parts of Mexico, so it doesn't seem to be very extreme. Most people who got it were only sick for a while and apparently some available vaccines might be able to cure it (if I read it correctly), though they still have no clue how it's spreading... I mean, "swine" should mean eating pork or being around pigs or something, but lots of people who've gotten sick haven't been near them. Go figure.
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Blah, I'm not too concerned... *goes to wash hands again* I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM!
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Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, but I'm a student who read up on the flu when I heard about it.
Oh, and to correct a mistake in the first post, vaccines don't cure anything, they prevent infections. There is no available vaccine for this, though 2 of the 4 common flu medicines work on it, particularly the one that the most common flu is resistant to.
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A flu pandemic, you say?
Sorry. This whole thing's been screaming The Stand in my head over and over again. Had to do it.
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and most of the people who've died are the ones who live in, I suspect, rural parts of Mexico, so it doesn't seem to be very extreme.
From what I've heard it's been around the Federal District Of Mexico (Mexico City) and surronding states like San Luis Potosi. I'm more surprised that since this is Mexico we're talking about it hasn't spread to more states, although in the coming weeks it will do so.
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Yeah, it was. There's tons and tons of variants if every type of flu though.
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So if you just don't cough into your mouth, avoid touching your eyes/nose/mouth, wash your hands regularly and keep overall good hygeine, and you'll be fine.
And don't panic and overreact. People flooded a hospital near St. Francis, saying they had the swine flu, but none of them had it. (Although if you get sick your prolly should call your doctor, just to be safe ^^')
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I don't have anything useful to add, except for that this topic is freaking me out. D:
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I work in a hospital and I'm scared of catching it. And I don't even work near patients!
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I really wish those viruses don't mutate so fast. Anyway, flu viruses always spark a panic. I remember SARS being one of them. And of course, they have a good reason to. D:
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I remember, before even hearing anything about anything in regards to the Swine Flu, thinking about 1918. Didn't that virus jump from humans to pigs, and that's when the virus was first isolated? was my first thought. It doesn't help that I've read this book, either.
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But don't worry. It'll just be like SARS or Bird flu. They never caught on as people thought they would. Bad fads.
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Seriously. Whole lotta hype, not a whole lotta infected.
It'll die down by the time the World Series rolls around.
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A flu pandemic, you say?
Sorry. This whole thing's been screaming The Stand in my head over and over again. Had to do it.
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Urg, I thought I wouldn't have to deal with it, since I live in Florida. x.x It seems to be spreading rather quickly, though. I honestly don't know what to believe anymore.
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This.
Medicine just keeps on getting better and better. Swine Flu really hasn't spread out that much (except maybe in Mexico?) and a bunch of different people are already doing a bunch of different things; medicine has come a long way since the Spanish Flu almost a century ago. (Also, don't forget that part of the reason the Spanish Flu spread so much was b/c of WWI.)
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Swine Flu
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Swine Flu
heh...I thought about it as well. Also, I had been thinking about it beforehand, wondering where that cartoon came from. Thanks for leading me to find it was shown with KND.
Okay, seriously, this is creepy. Hopefully it won't be a giant epidemic.
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But I get worried really easily. My family hasn't gone to Mexico and I haven't touched anyone I don't know, so I should be fine.
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No, we have a vaccine for that.
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*shudder*
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They've got anti-viral drugs ready though.
. So far only 2 people in the UK have it...
And in Mexico they closed all schools for a week..
They've upgraded it's threat level from 3 to 4.
But no one has died of it outside Mexico.
that's all I've heard on the news atm.
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Well, you have to worry about any bacterium mutating into one that is immune to immune, so it's not really something to think about >_>
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*shudder*
Just saw a story on how several hundred students have possibly caught it in New York:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_ ... ine_flu_us
And allready members of the tin foil hat brigade are saying it's part of "the plan"
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>_> Firstly (being anal) it's a virus. Secondly, I'm not too bothered if it doesn't kill 150 mexicans and spreads worldwide. Like say a super immune version of ear infections.
Once it starts killing, then I worry if it's immune or not. But I'm not worried, because I've lived through Hand Foot and Mouth disease. Pig flu is nothing on that.
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You guys worry too much. Besides, people with lower immune systems have little to worry about, this disease targets mostly healthy, strong young adults.
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In the article it says that they believe that as they start to look for swine flu more, they'll find more mild cases in Mexico and more severe cases in the rest of the world. So you never know how that point will work out.... The rest of the world could be more hygenic than Mexico xD But since the flu season is winter, you'd think with climate it would be worse in US and Europe (and it's a good thing we're getting to summer xD)... And even if it is, we do have a lot of stockpoiles of Tamiflu and stuff.
Also, you ppl don't worry too much about getting it now. All those students are from the same high school, so they're in pretty close proximity. And out of all the original 20 ppl, all of them but one had had some exposure in Mexico. And that one who didn't was the wife of a guy who had traveled to Mexico. Since the virus hasn't adapted to human-to-human transfer that much, chances are you won't get it if you remain conscientious and have good hygeine.
It's a race to learn about the disease and figure out a cure before it can spread quickly. After that it's THEENDOFTEHWORLDRUN4URLIVESAPOCALYPSEAAAAAAAAAHOMGWTFBBQAS;LKJDV89AS;DFKHGLKSHLANBFSL!!!!
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ONE WEEK!
I am not trying to be fearmongering, but honestly, judging whether this will be the end of the world or a new common cold is beyond absurd. There is good reason to be worried, as spreading effectively human-to-human is a giant step beyond avian flu. At this point the virus could evolve to be more adapted to human-to-human transfer, and, given the laws of evolution, that is not only possible but guarenteed to be quickly selected in if it evolves. It should be a priority of every government on Earth to research the virus so that it doesn't become pandemic. But counting death tolls in your hometown and drawing universal conclusions is not how pandemic research is done! (I hope...)
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Surely you meant to say "APORKALYPSE".....
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ahahahahahahaha :D
Anyway, there are confirmed cases in Germany now, too. This is getting scarier and scarier :(
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...Of course, it was a Mexican toddler who was transported to the US to be treated and died here. Not an American citizen who caught the flu in America and died.
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