Comments | irianamistifi: On the subject of Swine Flu:

irianamistifi

On the subject of Swine Flu:

Apr 28, 2009 18:24

Guys, I really don't understand what all the meshugas is about. It's a flu. Just like all the other flus that go around every year. It's treatable (with Tamiflu) and preventable (with hand-washing hygiene and a vaccine that's scheduled to be on market by June or earlier). It's not the plague or anything. And while it CAN be serious, the fact that ( Read more... )

stupid, sick, weird

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operafloozy April 28 2009, 22:36:41 UTC

Well, 150 people have died of it in Mexico (out of 2,000 hospitalized), and it seems to be more deadly to those with a strong immune system (young adults) than anyone else.

It does seem to be a little over-covered, though.

teaclouds April 28 2009, 23:14:26 UTC

tigerlofu April 29 2009, 01:41:03 UTC

To add on to what teaclouds and operafloozy said it is also that it is so similar to Spanish Flu (1918) and that it seems to be popping up a lot of different places. I belive there are cases or suspected cases in China and Russia, I know there have been testing done in Norway. The spanish flu killed between 20 and 100 million people world wide.

Personally, I am freaking out more because the WHO might declare this a international crisis which might lead to closing of borders, and I really would like to get home this summer.

ryodark April 29 2009, 02:40:09 UTC

A lot of people died from it already in Mexico, and since it's a mutated form of the this flu, there is no current vaccine against it.

anonymous April 29 2009, 18:16:51 UTC

Well, it's certainly worse than the plague. Even the worst case plague scenario in this day and age, in a third world area with poor public health resources, would kill less people than this flu will under the most rosy scenario ( ... )