Swine flu - Page 2

Gilberto99 · #16 10-16-2009, 09:35 AM

No. What I really fear is the way the news covers it.

Myst and rain · #17 10-19-2009, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Gilberto99

No. What I really fear is the way the news covers it.

I'll tell you out here in The Netherlands there was this "expert" being interviewed on this current events show on TV. And the presenter interrupted him when he was giving an answer she didn't like (he didn't agree with her) and she then said something along the lines of "Yeah, but we think it's this and with that I'd like to end this interview". The whole show seemed scripted in a way. It was completely crazy and inappropriate.

IbanezDaemon · #18 10-19-2009, 01:15 PM

Not worried at all and nor should you be unless you're in very poor health.

Myst and rain · #19 10-19-2009, 03:34 PM

Yeah, I'm not worried about the flu anymore, personally.

Algiman · #20 10-19-2009, 03:45 PM

All those who have pointed out that seasonal or normal flu kills more people every year are completely right of course - but how often do you hear about people being killed by flu in the summer? It isn't a particularly good comparison. The media is hyping the story massively, and I'm sure in the UK the government was glad of anything that got them of the front pages of the papers for a while, but behind it all is a degree of truth - the virus is potentially nasty and if there is a massive spike in cases then we're in trouble. The important word there is potentially.

Something to keep an eye on, but not panic about.

eviltwin · #21 10-20-2009, 08:29 AM

it's nothing more than an aggressive marketing campaign by the flue shot manufacturers.

Sickbean · #22 10-20-2009, 08:41 AM

It's the least of my worries to be honest.

560licious · #23 10-21-2009, 05:04 AM

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Originally Posted by prydogga

I'm not worried because according to my Doc I had it last week, it was alright...

I had it too...my wife kept saying, you got the swine flu, but I expected to feel a LOT worse and was in denial...a few days of being tired..that was it.

Sickbean · #24 10-21-2009, 05:07 AM

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Originally Posted by 560licious

I had it too...my wife kept saying, you got the swine flu, but I expected to feel a LOT worse and was in denial...a few days of being tired..that was it.

The worst thing about Swine Flu is that it highlights how stupid and gullible the general populace are.

theapprentice · #25 10-21-2009, 07:49 AM

A few months ago swine flu was the biggest scare here in the Philippines, until two really strong typhoons hit the country's main island Luzon. Now people are worrying a lot more about finding new homes and figuring out how to get a new lease in life after the tragedies.