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hypernova:

--- Quote ---The first(only) American death was a kid who was really sick before he even got this flu.
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That one didn't count on our tally.  It was a Mexican boy visiting in Texas for some reason, is what I read.  Unless we're talking of a different kid.


--- Quote ---I'm confused about what deserving to be venerated has to do with the flu... 

-venerable-
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...Are you really confused as to what he meant to say, or just being a stickler about it?

Malenko:

--- Quote from: crashwg on April 29, 2009, 09:47:32 pm ---I'm confused about what deserving to be venerated has to do with the flu...  :dunno

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Just in case, he meant vulnerable .


now wheres that pig smiley.....?

saint:

--- Quote from: Dartful Dodger on April 29, 2009, 09:26:30 pm ---All I'm seeing  are kids and babies dying from this.  I read a news report about the first documented case was a Mexican child, who is now back to normal.  The first(only) American death was a kid who was really sick before he even got this flu.

The plagues that wiped out millions, killed more than just sickly children. 
This sounds more like Darwin's survival of the fittest, than it then it does a pandemic.

Honestly, I don't know whose dying from this pig cold.  With all the hype you'd think they'd give us some actual information.

Yeah I get it, we might get sick.  How sick, is what I want to know.

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Two things as I get it:

1. This strain may be hitting healthy 20-50 year olds as hard as the traditionally vulnerable demographic (i.e. being a healthy relatively young adult may not be enough protection to avoid dying), and

2. It's not that it's bad now, it's the rate it's looking to grow that's got people nervous. In 1918, between 20-50 million people died of the Spanish flu, including millions of adults between 20-50. In 1968, the Hong Kong flu killed between 1 and 4 million people, including 34,000 in the US.

I've read for years now that health authorities have been concerned that another pandemic was likely, and due to our incredible globalization now the potential to spread quickly is high.

--- saint

saint:
An article with an alternative view point:
http://www.newsday.com/news/opinion/ny-opsie3012706049apr29,0,2796137.story

Normal flu kills 30,000 or so Americans each year (the part that freaks me out about this current strain is that it may impact healthy adults instead of just the young and elderly. Too soon to tell I think) and I believe I read we're at about 19,000 deaths this year from "normal" flu so ....  :dunno

Modern health measures may curb the impact, and this article estimates the death tool from 1968 at roughly 700,000 instead of the 1-4 million I found on the other article (http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/dpgo_History_of_Flu_Pandemics_mb_042720092445602).

Meh. I'm taking reasonable precautions. I'm not shaking hands, trying not to touch my face, and using antibacterial hand stuff several times a day.

crashwg:

--- Quote from: hypernova on April 29, 2009, 10:58:35 pm ---
--- Quote ---I'm confused about what deserving to be venerated has to do with the flu... 

-venerable-
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...Are you really confused as to what he meant to say, or just being a stickler about it?

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There has been a rash of people as of late that have stated to me or to someone I know that they did their "good deed for the day" and I just thought I'd balance things out by randomly being an ass.  What do you know, it's a new day.  Hypernova is a tool.

*Please note that there is no smileys in this post.  Therefore I am COMPLETELY serious.

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