Gimme that swine !

[Kirby]

It's all just a repeat of 1976, it was going to kill the world back then too..

a repeat from when? when???? dont you mean 2006? whats this 19 crap?

offiicially convinced the human race is doomed. my facebook message wrote 'Damn this face mask is itchy, the swine flu aint that bad... i dont have work tomorrow' and i received multiple replies asking the severity of my case, whether or not it was true, and whether there flu symptoms were similar to mine, whether they have swine flu too, and how i caught it...... are you kidding me... now of course i wrote back 'yep A1N1 positive, and i caught it in mexico'


needless to say the hard truth of the human races simple mind was shown when a friend woke me from my sleep at 11:45pm screaming 'OMG DO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SWINE FLU? DO I HAVE SWINE FLU?' in my sleepy confusion i said yes, mumbled, and hung up.

through all this, i hope i get on ACA ... 'Pig Pig... FLU!!'

 

[bigi]

its all a bit over the top isnt it. The miss's today saw a woman in the local shopping center wearing a mask, a little over the top i thought but you just donot know what it may do to a person who has other illness's and may complicate things.

Got to love the ch ch boom girl dont you

 

[Cabotinage]

well im sorta preying 1 person in my school gets it and comes to school then the whole schol gets shut down for 7 days for quarintine oh and my best mates parents ar eon pacific dawn they said it sweet the people suspected with it are all isolated and they are just relaxing going to the casino etc..

 

[jessb]

A virus that has so far affected around 150 people in Australia and I heard them saying on the news the other that it could "affect up to 40% of the population". Not sure where there are getting that estimate from!!!

But yeah, swine flu is pretty mild in its symptoms, and, like regular influeza, the only people who are seriously at risk are those who have compromised immune systems (chemo patients, AIDS sufferers) or those who are already weak (very young, very old).

The people in Mexico who died would most likely not have access to good medical care and may have suffered poor nutrition and hygiene before they were affected, increasing the impact of a relatively mild virus.

The media beat-up is really put in perspective when you consider it in contrast with the life-threatening pandemic of high blood pressure that currently affects 30% of Australians!

http://blogs.smh.com.au/lifestyle/chewonthis/archives/2009/05/pandemic_panic_the_disease_we.html

 

[Jason]

Just a few facts that im very sure most of you have clearly not considered
the reason for concern is because there is potential for it to get alot worse then it already is. this swine flu is a H1N1 very similar to the 1918 spanish flu which also entered an imuno niave population, hence no previous exposure ment it would spread rapidly and affect the infected much greater then the normal seasonal flu. in a situation where people have had exposure to the virus the body has built up memory cells and in a situation when the body is reinfected these cells produce the antibodies that recognise the antigens on the virus hence the virus is faught off much faster and body mounts an imune response much faster.

now as i said this virus is similar to the one from the spanish flu which infected about 1 billion people and killed about 50 million people hence a mortality rate of nearly 5 %. so far this swine flu is running at a motality rate of about 1.5% and considering our current technologies and detection methods its rather high. at the moment its sensative to the common antivirals but some of our circulating seasonal flus are resistant to them. if the swine flu and a resistant seasonal flu infect the same individual its possible that there will be another reasortment resulting in a swine flu that is resistnat to the antivirals... basically then we would be in a fair bit of trouble. another interesting piece of info that im sure you wont know is that on the cruise ship that had swine flu positives there was also other H1N1, H3N2 seasonal flu serotypes in rather high numbers, there was also rhino virus which is basically the cause of the common cold.
so while its good to not be worried ( i sure as hell wont be changing my life becuase of it) its good to also be aware of the potential problems that could come of it.
in the next week or two they will be starting to test for the recombinant resistant swine flu which imo is just a couple of months away.

 

[AUSGECKO]

Just a few facts that im very sure most of you have clearly not considered
the reason for concern is because there is potential for it to get alot worse then it already is. this swine flu is a H1N1 very similar to the 1918 spanish flu which also entered an imuno niave population, hence no previous exposure ment it would spread rapidly and affect the infected much greater then the normal seasonal flu. in a situation where people have had exposure to the virus the body has built up memory cells and in a situation when the body is reinfected these cells produce the antibodies that recognise the antigens on the virus hence the virus is faught off much faster and body mounts an imune response much faster.

now as i said this virus is similar to the one from the spanish flu which infected about 1 billion people and killed about 50 million people hence a mortality rate of nearly 5 %. so far this swine flu is running at a motality rate of about 1.5% and considering our current technologies and detection methods its rather high. at the moment its sensative to the common antivirals but some of our circulating seasonal flus are resistant to them. if the swine flu and a resistant seasonal flu infect the same individual its possible that there will be another reasortment resulting in a swine flu that is resistnat to the antivirals... basically then we would be in a fair bit of trouble. another interesting piece of info that im sure you wont know is that on the cruise ship that had swine flu positives there was also other H1N1, H3N2 seasonal flu serotypes in rather high numbers, there was also rhino virus which is basically the cause of the common cold.
so while its good to not be worried ( i sure as hell wont be changing my life becuase of it) its good to also be aware of the potential problems that could come of it.
in the next week or two they will be starting to test for the recombinant resistant swine flu which imo is just a couple of months away.

Show off......:lol:

 

[Kirby]

Jason,

what you have written is from the opinion that my healthy body and immune system (or that of the average australian, or human being) cannot successfully fight off such a flu, offensive seeing it is weak against the antivirals, and JUST the flu, that for hundreds of years our body has faught off, untill we became lazy enough to use antivirals... stupidly.

IMO, the spanish flu... yeah, it would freak me out back in 1918 if i had a long grey beard, maraca's and a croaky cough and thick black eye brows.. (aka, old spanish man) it would be scary back before we had apple macs and electric tooth brushes. compairing the spanish to the swine, i dont see why? its unfair considering the technologies. and really, swine sounds alot cooler... ill pass on spanish, just like i did spanish classes.

i agree with what Jessb said, the reason there are mortalities with the swine flu, is because mexicans are dirty, sick people, who don't wash there hands. (kidding hehe)

Honestly, i want the swine flu. why not? I'd rather my body build an immunity to it then have wave number two 'The Appocolyps' as the Media will put it. and then ill be put on Bert Newtons 20 to 1 AGAIN for being a survivor of an incredible or amazing natural disaster, disease, virus or plague..

Just a follow up, MORE people are proving their absence of intelligence.

a) they beleive i have swine flu

b) they beleive my swine flu protection facial mask is itchy

c) i was on ACA last night

d) im off work for 7 days untill my next medical investigation

e) i caught it on my recent trip to mexico

so tomorrow, im going to buy some face masks, take some photo's with my police line do not cross tape, and see how far i can stretch this.

 

[Kirby]

PEE ESS !!!!!

Rhino Flu? how can i get this....? does anyone have viral flasks they can send me?

please, No Anthrax.

 

[daniel1234]

Just a few facts that im very sure most of you have clearly not considered
the reason for concern is because there is potential for it to get alot worse then it already is. this swine flu is a H1N1 very similar to the 1918 spanish flu which also entered an imuno niave population, hence no previous exposure ment it would spread rapidly and affect the infected much greater then the normal seasonal flu. in a situation where people have had exposure to the virus the body has built up memory cells and in a situation when the body is reinfected these cells produce the antibodies that recognise the antigens on the virus hence the virus is faught off much faster and body mounts an imune response much faster.

now as i said this virus is similar to the one from the spanish flu which infected about 1 billion people and killed about 50 million people hence a mortality rate of nearly 5 %. so far this swine flu is running at a motality rate of about 1.5% and considering our current technologies and detection methods its rather high. at the moment its sensative to the common antivirals but some of our circulating seasonal flus are resistant to them. if the swine flu and a resistant seasonal flu infect the same individual its possible that there will be another reasortment resulting in a swine flu that is resistnat to the antivirals... basically then we would be in a fair bit of trouble. another interesting piece of info that im sure you wont know is that on the cruise ship that had swine flu positives there was also other H1N1, H3N2 seasonal flu serotypes in rather high numbers, there was also rhino virus which is basically the cause of the common cold.
so while its good to not be worried ( i sure as hell wont be changing my life becuase of it) its good to also be aware of the potential problems that could come of it.
in the next week or two they will be starting to test for the recombinant resistant swine flu which imo is just a couple of months away.

Yep.
I wan't a snake on my mask.

 

[snake_boy]

this is becoming a very interesting/funny thread

 

[Jason]

Jason,
what you have written is from the opinion that my healthy body and immune system (or that of the average australian, or human being) cannot successfully fight off such a flu, offensive seeing it is weak against the antivirals, and JUST the flu, that for hundreds of years our body has faught off, untill we became lazy enough to use antivirals... stupidly.

If you are healthy individual your immune system would be stronger if you did get infected, but what if you are one of the many elderly or young that havent got a strong immune system? It's obvious that a few people are alittle narrow minded and dont realise that all the media attention etc that in are supposably exagerating the issue arent just talking to you, they are also addressing the people at greater risk.

your body can mount an immune response to the seasonal flu faster because it can likely recognise some of the antigens. If you get the swine flu it cant, you may get through fine with only mild symptoms but you could be rather sick for a good few days befor your body even starts to take hold again. its all good to say 'bring it on' but imagen the absolute worse cold you've had, now imagen it even worse and for longer then tell us all 'bring it on'.

Yes its sensitive to antivirals, what if it reasorts with a resistant seasonal flu and becomes resistant? then the antivirals wont do anything. those at greater risk will then be in serious problems. preventing the spread is obviously the most sensable approach dont you think? imo it is rather likely that it will reassort, after all it is flu season. as i said it wont be long and they will be working on an assay to detect these reassortments encoding resistance.

i dont mind what people think of it, its true media talk things up, just remember that there are many people that are at serious risk if they get this flu. i garentee that its just a matter of time until we start to see some deaths here because of it. if all this 'talk' from the media helps save even one life isnt that enough to justify all the drame they're making?

 

[WombleHerp]

Don't believe the Hype..

great song.. Full of wisdom 8)


-Nat x

 

[Kirby]

Im pretty sure the fact i haven't been really sick since i had the chicken pox, which is before i can remember... unless breaking your arm lowers your immune system? or hay fever?

Honestly, i think Jason has a low immune system, seeing his position and opinion on the subject... and so, i promise i wont sneeze on you...

 

[Scleropages]

because im not 13, into heavy rock, and forum with older lonely men.

hahahahah......



er :shock:

 

[Hsut77]

Swine Flu = Attempt to kill off Mexicans due to their crazy rage that noticeably increased this year?

Swine Flu = An attempt to get our minds off of the recession?

Ding ding ding we have a winner!!!!.......... hmmmm, in a global economic meltdown how do we make healthy hard working people part with their cash...?????

 

[tattoolizzie]

Yea - someone with a brain and a little education. Go Jason.

 

[moosenoose]

Influenza kills 1500+ a year normally...I think we've had 100 tops sadly come undone with Swine Flu......WORLDWIDE!...hmmm....put the word "pig" in the equation and everyone has gone bananas! Typical human over-reaction! How odd...we never over-react to anything....especially global climate change! :lol:

 

[DanTheMan]

Im sick of hearing this crap on the news, ofcourse its media hype, obviously there could be some serious cases like with anything, but I couldnt care less if I got it, infact I would love to get it so I can show what a load of crap all this is, I have grandparents going back home to nz (finally!) on tuesday, and they're considering wearing masks!!! I laughed at them, hard. What a joke, this is what the media want, everyone to get in a big panic, and theyre hoping that many die from it so they have more news to report other than who beat Nambour in last weeks game and which big legue player raped who.

 

[JasonL]

a repeat from when? when???? dont you mean 2006? whats this 19 crap?

Please Please Please young Kirby...your showing your age, or lack of..... It was all happening in 76... To overcome the worry of the Swine Flu that was sweeping the world and apparently going to kill off hundreds of thousands of people, the masses all stayed home, locked in their houses sitting back on their brown velour sofas, drinking KB lager, listening to the latest album from Dr Hook... but everyone was soon going to forget all about the deadly swine killer within 12 months, when Elvis, who tried his hardest to rid the world of killer pigs by himself, one rasher at a time, died... long live the KING!

 

[Jason]

To overcome the worry of the Swine Flu that was sweeping the world and apparently going to kill off hundreds of thousands of people, the masses all stayed home, locked in their houses sitting back

well then all the hype worked well!! talk it up scare the masses into actually being aware of potential risks, obviously prevented mass infection. if people didnt stay home and didnt care it could have been a different situation, who knows? better safe then sorry imo. after all if swine flu was to sweep through australia and kill a couple hundred thousand people you'd all expect answers and somebodies head to roll cause you were unaware of the danger. but because they are giving warning pepole think its over the top... either way you'll never be happy.