[Darkastic]

Quit calling it swine flu or pig flu, you sound like idiots. The name of the virus is N1H1, if you call it swine flu it means you approve the slaughtering 300,000 pigs, for no reason. I'm not some PETA fag, but to go ahead and waste that much pork is silly.

[Fluffball Gato]

Eh, eating and killing or killing for killing animals is barbaric.

I hate humanity.

I thought it originated in Mexico, by the way.

[Riku]

Originally Posted by Soggydoughnuts

There are more cases of the disease every day. It is spreading up california like a freaking fire. They are closing schools in every county that gets an infection. I would consider that kind of serious. There is more stuff going on here than just the media blowing it out of proportion.

Health experts said, and I quote "We are prepared for deaths in America, from this virus." That doesn't sound like something that is just blown out of proportion.

Im washing my hands more often that's all i can say.

-Donuts

I completely understand and agree with what you are saying, but you have to understand that so many people misunderstand what this flu really is, and therefore overreact. And don't get me wrong, I think the swine flu is a terrible thing, and I think it's great that schools are doing what they can to prevent an outbreak (being a germa-phobe myself). The swine flu is in fact highly contagious, and I would hate getting any sort of flu. Yet, as I said before, this isn't some type of extremely lethal flu where we are all going to turn into zombies and go all Left 4 Dead style on whoever's left.

[Jake Pajamas]

The media is blowing swine flu out of proportion!

BASIC MATH
Swine Flu cases worldwide = 257
World Population = 6.7 Billion

257 / 6,700,000,000 = 0.000000038% of World Population

You have a better chance of GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTING, WINNING THE LOTTERY , or GETTING AIDS than you do of catching Swine Flu.

If it bleeds, it leads, which is why the media is all over this pitiful story.

[Black Theorem]

Originally Posted by Darkastic

Quit calling it swine flu or pig flu, you sound like idiots. The name of the virus is N1H1, if you call it swine flu it means you approve the slaughtering 300,000 pigs, for no reason. I'm not some PETA fag, but to go ahead and waste that much pork is silly.

Dude, it's H1N1... ironic dontcha think?

Also it didn't originate in Mexico, that's just where it "spreaded like wildfire" and infected tons more people than what could've been planned.

Seriously tho, why is this thread still alive? There's already another one that's usually physically close to this one, that is on the same topic.

[LOL zombie]

Originally Posted by Br0flc0pter

The media is blowing swine flu out of proportion!

BASIC MATH
Swine Flu cases worldwide = 257
World Population = 6.7 Billion

257 / 6,700,000,000 = 0.000000038% of World Population

You have a better chance of GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTING, WINNING THE LOTTERY , or GETTING AIDS than you do of catching Swine Flu.

If it bleeds, it leads, which is why the media is all over this pitiful story.

You're completely right. I love you, entirely. People are blowing this WAY outta proportion. Its just the fucking flu! No difference, has the same effects. It just spreads a lil faster. And it's pretty much contained.

[Soggydoughnuts]

Originally Posted by Black Theorem

Dude, it's H1N1... ironic dontcha think?

LAWL

Originally Posted by Riku

I completely understand and agree with what you are saying, but you have to understand that so many people misunderstand what this flu really is, and therefore overreact. And don't get me wrong, I think the swine flu is a terrible thing, and I think it's great that schools are doing what they can to prevent an outbreak (being a germa-phobe myself). The swine flu is in fact highly contagious, and I would hate getting any sort of flu. Yet, as I said before, this isn't some type of extremely lethal flu where we are all going to turn into zombies and go all Left 4 Dead style on whoever's left.

Im not saying we are all going to die from it! I am just saying to everyone who says that it's just the media blowing it out of proportion that they are incorrect. It is a big deal. You need to be careful. They don't raise the pandemic level (or whatever that is called) for no reason.

Sure it's a small number, but that number is raising every day. I don't see it getting smaller.

Unless there is a really big problem you shouldn't be going outside with a mask and gloves on, but this doesn't mean you should be wrestling with pigs either.

So be in the middle. Don't ignore it, but don't freak out either. That's all I have to say.

-Donuts

[aMoeba]

While I agree that media is blowing it out of proportion the problem is that it is extremely contagious and we don't know how deadly it will become. If everybody has it and it turns out to kill after say a month than an epidemic will follow. Its just the fact that its spreading fast and hasn't killed anybody "yet".

[Conkerkid11]

Wash your hands, stay away from the sick. If you suffer from the symptoms of N1H1, go the the doctor. If you think you suffer from the symptoms of N1H1, don't go to the doctor. The reason you won't want to go to the doctor then, is because you most likely don't have N1H1, and when sitting in the waiting room with a bunch of other sick people, you will most likely catch N1H1. This isn't a serious issue, and the only reason that it's killing a bunch of people in Mexico is because of their bad hygiene. Instead of having clean water in stores, they have trucks bring it to them. Recently those trucks haven't been coming around.

If you ask me, I think N1H1 is all a Government conspiracy, and we're all gonna turn into zombies! Good thing I always carry my trusty shotgun around with me!

[Jake Pajamas]

I don't think anyone realizes yet that swine flu is the same as normal flu, only you also get nosebleeds.

my dad is a surgeon and he said that anyone can survive from it as long as you treat it like a normal flu (so get some sleep, drink a lot of liquids, etc. etc.). The reason people died in mexico is because they weren't as exposed to the flu to begin with and their hygeine leaves a lot to be desired in densely populated areas (like mexico city)