Comments | meatnog: Swine Flu Blues

meatnog

Swine Flu Blues

Apr 28, 2009 15:54

I think I've about reached my limit with mainstream news media and now the politicians on this whole swine flu thing ( Read more... )

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dirque April 28 2009, 20:23:37 UTC

I'm just waiting for cheap mexican vacations. When SARS broke we had sub-300 roundtrips to Asia.

examorata April 28 2009, 20:26:59 UTC

The thing that has pissed me off is the media pointing a finger at Twitter and other social media outlets for stirring up a panic. As if their reporting had nothing to do with stirring up the levels of interest in this story without maintaining the proper perspective.

t1tdave April 28 2009, 23:03:08 UTC

It's only natural that the media, given a chance, will take a shot at the interwebz, since they've lost so much of their bread and butter to it.

pat_trick April 28 2009, 20:58:06 UTC

fear sells. no one cares about boring real information anymore. why bother with that when you can hype it up!

cubes April 28 2009, 23:25:19 UTC

Has everyone completely lost their minds and perspective?

Yes, a long time ago. The news media's job is to attract eyeballs and sell ads; delivering information is just a by-product.

necrocannibal April 29 2009, 01:03:14 UTC

I have not paid attention to the source of this story, but
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/430261
is talking about a similar amount of money in response to "pandemic preparedness," not necessarily "this swine flu"

I did hear last year during the Avian Flu tension that the flu could conceivably mutate into something much more dangerous that is _not_ covered by current vaccines. The NPR report also mentioned that manufacturing the vaccine is a time consuming process that, IIRC,meantinjecting the vaccines into chicken eggs and waiting.
(Bush spent 1 billion trying to modernize this process here, apparently, whoever "usmedicen.com" is: http://www.usmedicine.com/article.cfm?articleID=1321&issueID=88 apparently)

Am I off-point here?

meatnog April 29 2009, 05:01:17 UTC

Nope you're not off point, but the risk of the flu mutating into something we can't control is a known risk of ALL strains of influenza. It mutates like a mofo. That's why every year the strains and such in the flu shot changes and why we never really develop any immunity to it ( ... )

booyeah April 29 2009, 11:53:19 UTC

I am preparing my house "Omega Man" style right now, so when all you bitches turn into pig zombies, don't come knocking.

meatnog April 29 2009, 14:27:43 UTC

What's the waiting period to get a shotgun in MD? :D

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