Swine Flu

[brettdale]

I may be having my head in the sand, but I wasnt scared of y2k, I wasnt scared of bird flu, I wasnt scared of the big bad terrorist who was going coming and get me, I wasnt scared of the immigrants in my neighborhood, and I anit scare of swine flu, although im sure some company will want me to buy a shot for it to keep me safe.

[Skittles]

1. could be the "cry wolf" syndrome

ye never really know :o

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Well remember, peter is the WHO and the wolf is the pandemic

that we are overdue for... 1918, 1957, 1968

And in the end Peter did face a wolf

And you really do not want to know some of the bad jokes a few WHO delegates made in '96 the first time they blew the horn

That was the year I first heard of BIRD FLU...

[Skittles]

7. yup, that's what I'm saying too

we've been warned about so many things that never pan out we're starting to ho-hum every alert

[CoffeeCat]

2. i just read that a vaccine against this particular H1N1 strain...

...would take months to develop.

If this does turn out to be an epidemic---the bulk of the damage would probably be done before a vaccine could
be developed.

I don't think I'd trust big Pharma on something like this.

[madrchsod]

3. what about that corn virus?

i heard that was going to cripple the world.....

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. And I hope that measures in the field will lead to another dud

and your cynicism is fed.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

6. we've already had it

it was nasty. It knocks you off your feet for a few days. Temp 101, cough, headache, weak limbs etc

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Did they take samples and send to CDC for very specific testing?

Otherwise you can only suspect you had it

[handmade34]

8. knowledge is power