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What'll you do about the flu?
posted by: buttercup

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Posted Wednesday, Oct 21 at 11:49 AM
Wed, Oct 21, 09 at 11:49:51 EDT

According to folks at the WHO
We're in for a pandemic flu
Drug sales hit billions
From countless millions
Who fear that the tale may be true.

Buttercup

There are 9 replies to this message.

Re: What'll you do about the flu?
posted by: MissAnthropist Please login to reply to this message. Posted Wednesday, Oct 21 at 1:45 PM
Wed, Oct 21, 09 at 01:45:42 EDT
(In reply to buttercup)
My doctor told me that the reason people are so terrified about a "pandemic" is because the regular flu combined with Swine Flu(which effects the YOUNGER population) may all be attacking this season and there may not be enough vaccines or hospital support.

I personally don't believe it will get out of hand, I got my flu shot like I do every year and am planning on having a wonderful winter. Wash your hands, use common sense and stay home if you're sick. That's what I'm relying on =]

Thanks for listening to my first reply hehe!

Re: What'll you do about the flu?
posted by: phys_lab Please login to reply to this message. Posted Wednesday, Oct 21 at 3:50 PM
Wed, Oct 21, 09 at 03:50:10 EDT
(In reply to buttercup)

People who worry about flu
Should have something better to do
If you're healthy and clean
Forget the vaccine
Just wash after you visit the loo

Re: What'll you do about the flu?
posted by: buttercup Please login to reply to this message. Posted Wednesday, Oct 21 at 10:23 PM
Wed, Oct 21, 09 at 10:23:57 EDT
(In reply to phys_lab)

Bravo, that's a jolly good limerick!

Buttercup

Re: What'll you do about the flu?
posted by: LumberJack Please login to reply to this message. Posted Tuesday, Oct 27 at 2:09 AM
Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 02:09:22 EDT
(In reply to buttercup)

Eat your veggies, drink plenty of water!

Re: What'll you do about the flu?
posted by: phys_lab Please login to reply to this message. Posted Tuesday, Oct 27 at 8:31 AM
Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 08:31:20 EDT
One of the silly things about the flu "panic"-demic is that everyhting from hangnails to Altzheimers will be ascribed to H1N1 this year. At my university, students don't need to bring in notes for absences due to H1N1 (and Health Services is telling students NOT to come in if they THINK they have it to avoid infecting others) SO anything and everything will be blamed on H1N1.

I get so annoyed at all of this stupid hype, especially when it's aided and abetted by medical professionals because of government bean-counters who are worried about being blamed for not "doing" enough......

Re: What'll you do about the flu?
posted by: phys_lab Please login to reply to this message. Posted Tuesday, Oct 27 at 2:01 PM
Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 02:01:06 EDT
(In reply to phys_lab)

Now our medical profession has become prescient....
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/10/27/frustraglio-h1n1-toronto-hockey113.html?ref=rss

From the article:
"'Toronto Public Health is confirming the death of a ... Toronto resident from H1N1,' the department said Tuesday in a news release."

and later
"Earlier, an official at the Ontario coroner's office said an autopsy had not yet been done yet and it was unclear if the boy had any other underlying medical conditions."

So, without even performing an autopsy, they can be sure he died from H1N1.

Yeesh.

Re: What'll you do about the flu?
posted by: D®P¤††œhed Please login to reply to this message. Posted Tuesday, Oct 27 at 3:25 PM
Tue, Oct 27, 09 at 03:25:28 EDT
>(In reply to phys_lab)

Now our medical
>profession has become
>prescient....
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009
>10/27/frustraglio-h1n1-toronto-hockey113.html?ref=
>ss

From the article:
"'Toronto Public Health
>is confirming the death of a ... Toronto resident
>from H1N1,' the department said Tuesday in a news
>release."

and later
"Earlier, an official
>at the Ontario coroner's office said an autopsy
>had not yet been done yet and it was unclear if
>the boy had any other underlying medical
>conditions."

So, without even
>performing an autopsy, they can be sure he
>died from H1N1.

Yeesh.
(In reply to phys_lab)

See!?! *That's* why the US should adopt a health-system like Canada's!

Re: What'll you do about the flu?
posted by: artsy357 Please login to reply to this message. Posted Thursday, Oct 29 at 2:07 AM
Thu, Oct 29, 09 at 02:07:08 EDT
>One of the silly things about the flu
>"panic"-demic is that everyhting from hangnails
>to Altzheimers will be ascribed to H1N1 this
>year. At my university, students don't need to
>bring in notes for absences due to H1N1 (and
>Health Services is telling students NOT to come
>in if they THINK they have it to avoid infecting
>others) SO anything and everything will be blamed
>on H1N1.

I get so annoyed at all of this
>stupid hype, especially when it's aided and
>abetted by medical professionals because of
>government bean-counters who are worried about
>being blamed for not "doing" enough......

(In reply to phys_lab)

Thanks to H1N1, I've had fewer dead grandmother/grandfather excuses from my students....Yay paranoia!

Re: What'll you do about the flu?
posted by: buttercup Please login to reply to this message. Posted Thursday, Oct 29 at 9:30 AM
Thu, Oct 29, 09 at 09:30:17 EDT
(In reply to artsy357)

I wonder which mainstream newspaper, from which country, will be the first to report that the hini flu was media hype was ballyhoo.

Our mainstream newspapers are still whooping up the vaccination program.

Buttercup

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