04-27-2009, 04:03 AM | #1 (permalink) |
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Holy Shit Pig Flu
Pig flu is going to kill us all.
This website tracks all flus: Google Flu Trends Google never ceases to amaze me. |
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04-27-2009, 10:15 AM | #3 (permalink) |
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(CNN) -- The first case of swine flu in Europe was confirmed Monday in Spain as a top European health official warned against travel to Mexico and the United States.
Spanish health minister Trinidad Jimenez said a 23-year-old man who returned from studying in Mexico last Wednesday tested positive for the virus at a hospital in Albacete, southeastern Spain. At least 16 more cases are being treated as possible swine flu, Jimenez told a news conference. Earlier, Jimenez met with health officials to discuss Spain's response to the crisis. "We do not have an emergency situation in Spain, but we are working to prevent any possible development, and we are taking action in accord with the World Health Organization," she said. Spain's Ministry of Health has urged travelers recently returned from Mexico and the U.S. to be on the lookout for symptoms of the virus, including fever, coughing and respiratory problems. The European Union's health commissioner Monday called on people to avoid traveling to both Mexico and the U.S. amid growing concern that the swine flu virus, which has been blamed for at least 103 deaths in Mexico as well as hundreds more cases of infection, could become a global pandemic. People "should avoid traveling to Mexico or the U.S. unless it is very urgent for them," Andorra Vassiliou said. Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Vassiliou's warning was "not warranted." U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that the outbreak was a "cause for concern" but not a "cause for alarm." He said the federal government was "closely monitoring" emerging cases and had declared a public health emergency as a "precautionary tool" to ensure the availability of adequate resources to combat the spread of the virus. The World Health Organization has described the outbreak as a "public health emergency of international concern." The U.S. has confirmed 20 cases of the disease while Canada confirmed its first case Sunday. Israel and New Zealand, where 22 students and three teachers were quarantined after returning for a three-week trip to Mexico, are also investigating suspected cases. South Korea says it will test travelers arriving from the U.S. Swine flu is a contagious respiratory disease that usually affects pigs. It is caused by a type-A influenza virus. The current strain is a new variation of an H1N1 virus, which is a mix of human and animal versions. Learn more about swine flu and how to treat it » When the flu spreads person-to-person, instead of from animals to humans, it can continue to mutate, making it harder to treat or fight off because people have no natural immunity. The symptoms are similar to common flu. They include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite, coughing, runny nose, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. The virus spreads when an infected person coughs or sneezes around another person. People can become infected by touching something with the flu virus on it and then touching their mouth, nose or eyes. advertisement Researchers are trying to determine how easily it can jump from person to person. Keiji Fukuda, WHO's assistant director-general, said it was too early to predict whether there will be a mild or serious pandemic. In 1968, a "Hong Kong" flu pandemic killed about 1 million people worldwide. And in 1918, a "Spanish" flu pandemic killed as many as 100 million people. source. |
04-27-2009, 03:18 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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I heard on the news that Madagascar has closed down all ports.
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04-27-2009, 07:39 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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Is it sad that I have been kinda hoping for a pandemic like this? I have like 27 sick days that I can use at work and really wouldn't mind laying around plague ridden for a couple weeks.
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04-29-2009, 03:53 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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So I guess this was upgraded from level 4 to level 5 pandemic?
Is this thing for real? We don't seem to have many cases yet... |
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04-29-2009, 06:20 PM | #18 (permalink) |
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But can you imagine how fucking delicious having the entirety of their meals wrapped in bacon for the next week will be?
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04-29-2009, 11:57 PM | #20 (permalink) |
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The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them. Last edited by DJ FC; 04-29-2009 at 11:58 PM. |
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04-30-2009, 09:30 AM | #21 (permalink) |
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US Embassy - Seoul
to me show details 4:20 PM (7 hours ago) Reply The U.S. Embassy in Seoul is transmitting the following information through the Embassy's warden system as a public service to all U.S. citizens in the Republic of Korea. Please disseminate this message to U.S. citizens in your organizations or to other Americans you know. This Warden Message alerts U.S. citizens to the latest information regarding human cases of H1N1 Influenza A, formerly known as swine flu. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) have stated that laboratory testing on a Korean citizen who recently returned from Mexico is “presumptive” for H1N1 flu virus infection. The KCDC will provide samples to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control for further analysis to confirm the origins of the virus. Several more persons who recently traveled to Mexico or the United States are currently being tested for possible infection. The Ministry of Health, Welfare, and Family Affairs (MHWFA) is intensifying screening at Incheon Airport and all other international ports of entry. Infrared thermal scanners have been set up to monitor the body temperatures of all arriving international passengers. The Republic of Korea has designated Mexico a “travel restricted area,” advising citizens to cancel or delay trips there. There are no restrictions on entry to Korea from any particular destination. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) have an English-language website at ??????. The specific pages on H1N1 influenza are currently available only in Korean at: ??????-???? For further information about H1N1 flu in English, including steps you can take to stay healthy, please consult the Department of State information at http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_p.../pa_pandemic.h tml, the United States Centers for Disease Control website at CDC - Influenza (Flu) | Swine Influenza (Flu), and the World Health Organization website at WHO | Swine influenza. For additional travel safety information, please consult the State Department's website at Welcome to Travel.State.Gov. If you did not receive this message directly via the U.S. Embassy’s warden email system, we encourage you, as an American living or traveling in South Korea, to register with the Embassy through the State Department’s travel registration website, https://travelregistration.state.gov. Americans without internet access may register in person at the Embassy. Registration is a voluntary way of telling us that you, as an American citizen, are in Korea, whether for a long-term stay or for a short visit. In the event of an emergency, we use registration information to communicate with you. This could include a family emergency in which relatives in the United States request that the Embassy contact you. Registration also automatically signs you up to receive our emailed monthly newsletter and periodic warden messages about safety, security, and other topics, such as voting. If you choose not to register, you may still subscribe to our email warden message system simply by providing your email address on the Embassy’s website at U.S. Embassy, Seoul, Korea. For the latest security information worldwide, Americans should regularly monitor the State Department’s website at Welcome to Travel.State.Gov, where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, and Travel Alerts can be found. Up-to-date information on security can also be obtained by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll free in the Unites States, or, for callers from outside the United States and Canada, a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444. These numbers are available from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday through Friday (except U.S. federal holidays). Embassy Seoul contact information: American Citizen Services U.S. Embassy Seoul 32 Sejongno, Jongno-gu Seoul 110-710, Korea Tel: 02-397-4114 (operator available 24 hours a day) Fax: 02-397-4101 DSN: 721-4114 Website: U.S. Embassy, Seoul, Korea Email: seoul_ACS@state.gov End text. |
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Blonde, you sporting a surgical face mask yet? You can always personlize one, like this guy... | |
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04-30-2009, 02:20 PM | #25 (permalink) |
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Only when i go running in the city.
ID - thats hilarious. that looks like something my mom would send out. whenever my mom sends me dumb shit like that, i just want to verbally fucking own her. "listen mom, i know you need to feel like you're important because you watched dateline and like to pretend like your children are fucking idiots who still need you to live, but guess what; we don't. in fact you just made me less intelligent with that email containing nothing but already obviously information, therefore further (especially in ID's case) decreasing my chance to find a heterosexual mate. Good luck having grandchildren. Peace bitch." that was an email you should send back to your mom. also, i'm drunk. |
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