zazen Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 here, i'll start: - the fatality rate is probably much lower than the initial 7% reported by mexico, cos they weren't counting all the mildly ill people that didn't go to hospital Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Adjective Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 let's make pandemic mad libs! Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029819 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 30,000 people die from normal flu every year my mom and her whole family went through the same scare in the 1970s and they all got swine flu vaccinations sars, west nile virus, hanta, bird flu were all viruses that were equally hyped up Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide awepittance's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyrex Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Most of the symptoms are the same as normal flu, and most diagnosed with Swine Flu haven't even needed hospitalization or special treatment. Media once again making a big deal out of a relatively minor incident. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures Follow WATMM on Twitter: @WATMMOfficial Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029825 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaosmachine Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 according to ron paul, only 1 person in the US died from the flu last "epidemic", but 25 people died from the vaccine. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide all signatures WATMM Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029826 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCONES TO DIE FOR Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 In the US, you're still more likely to die from getting struck by lighting than from swine flu. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029829 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Israel is not calling it swine flu because its not kosher Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide awepittance's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029835 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest maddestmax Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 according to a reliable german news website (spiegel.de) normal flu actually kills between 250.000 and 500.000 people every year. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Franklin Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 lame pandemic Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029840 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spike Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 the flu is boring man. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029847 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 you always hear about "the bad aids". maybe swine flu will be the "good aids". when we all catch it, we will feel all happy and fluffy and nice. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029850 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 (edited) Everyone is so worried, but I think they're just acting pigheaded and this whole pandemic is just hogwash. Edited May 1, 2009 by dr lopez Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide dr lopez's signature Hide all signatures On 11/24/2015 at 12:29 PM, Salvatorin said: I feel there is a baobab tree growing out of my head, its leaves stretch up to the heavens Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneaksta303 Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 This is going to kill me. (Maybe a bit toooo optimistic.) Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide sneaksta303's signature Hide all signatures The Dark Tower Cycle Pplz ep The Swarm H.P. Sneakstep's Educational Tours Vol. 1 Branch Acidian - Acid's Done Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted May 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 (Its not parmageddon, its not the aporkalypse, its just a small snoutbreak) keep them coming... more optimism: - because of the avian flu scare, the world is now quite well prepared with plans and tamiflu - the flu has arrived in the summer instead of the winter which will reduce its spread somewhat - by winter we should have some vaccinnes ready Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029858 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCONES TO DIE FOR Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 dr lopez said: Everyone is so worried, but I think they're just acting pigheaded and this whole pandemic is just hogwash. *snorts with laughter* Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029859 Share on other sites More sharing options...
awepittance Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide awepittance's signature Hide all signatures Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029861 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest weed Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 ezkerraldean said: you always hear about "the bad aids". maybe swine flu will be the "good aids". when we all catch it, we will feel all happy and fluffy and nice. jews always should feel "happy and fluffy and nice" heh Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029868 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pilcat Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 ezkerraldean said: you always hear about "the bad aids". maybe swine flu will be the "good aids". when we all catch it, we will feel all happy and fluffy and nice. is dat liek teh bad acid??? Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029869 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest A/D Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 probably this fever that's bacon my brain and my stuffy jowls are just a curly tale from ASS BACON JOWLS CHOP Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest joshier Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 The media is absolutely right. There is serious risk and you shouldn't leave your house or talk to anyone within your house unless you know sign language or set-up some kind of mechanism where you poke each other with long sticks in morse code format to communicate. Breathing isn't recommended. Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029905 Share on other sites More sharing options...
doorjamb Posted May 1, 2009 Report Share Posted May 1, 2009 at least we're not talking about 'sexting' anymore... Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Hide doorjamb's signature Hide all signatures minipoops Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1029919 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Betty Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 At least it's something to talk about with strangers. "So, how 'bout them swine flus?" "Oh I know!" Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1030064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zazen Posted May 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Here's some recycled optimism from the bird flu scare a few years ago... New York Times, Oct 2005 http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/09/national/09flu.html Quote ...But not everyone is equally worried about the bird flu. The fear "is very much overdone, in my opinion," said Dr. Edwin Kilbourne, an emeritus professor of immunology at New York Medical College, who has treated flu patients since the 1957 pandemic and has studied the 1918 flu. The bird flu, he said, is distantly related to earlier flus, and humans have already been exposed to them, providing some resistance. Scientists also say that the death rate may not be as high as it appears, because some milder cases may not have been reported. Dr. Kilbourne and other experts also noted that when viruses become more transmissible, they almost always become less lethal. Viruses that let their hosts stay alive and pass the disease on to others, he explained, have a better chance of spreading than do strains that kill off their hosts quickly. Moreover, he said, while much has been made of comparisons between the current avian flu and the 1918 strain, the factors that helped increase the flu's virulence in 1918 - the crowding together of millions of World War I troops in ships, barracks, trenches and hospitals - generally do not exist today for humans. ... In addition, more people now live in cities, where they have probably caught more flus, giving them immunity to later ones. "In 1918, you had a lot of farm boys getting their first contact with city folks who'd had these things," Dr. Kilbourne said. Thanks Haha Confused Sad Facepalm Burger Farnsworth Big Brain Like × Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1030068 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest my usernames always really suck Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Awepittance said: I like staying in bed all day. I wouldn't mind having the flu Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1030074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Super lurker ultra V12 Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 2012 is getting closer Quote Link to comment https://forum.watmm.com/topic/45270-flu-optimism/#findComment-1030094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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