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Flu spreading at 'unbelievable' rate (We're all going to die!!!)
Agence France-Presse via The Australian ^ | August 29, 2009 | NA

Posted on 09/01/2009 4:15:12 PM PDT by neverdem

Edited on 09/01/2009 4:19:04 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

SWINE flu spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 per cent of the fatalities are young adults in good health, the world's top health official says.

"This virus travels at an unbelievable, almost unheard of speed," World Health Organisation Director General Margaret Chan told France's Le Monde daily in an interview.


(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.news.com.au ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: flu; h1n1; health; influenza; medicine; swineflu; swineh1n1; who
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To: neverdem

the craziest thing about this whole situation is that the higher-ups and gubmint says “get the vaccine” NO ONE not even them talks about OTHER preventative measures ( I don’t mean washing hands)
example: taking Vitamin D


21 posted on 09/01/2009 5:16:27 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT ("Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow"C.Coolidge)
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To: Lazamataz

“That’s because Swine flu has little wings and a propeller.”

That’s clearly misinformation.

Only Avian flus have wings.

Swine flu is still spread by pork products (such as bacon, which we eat four times faster). This is why the government controlled media is continuing to push American consumers towards ‘The other white meat’.

See: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1918673,00.html?xid=rss-topstories


22 posted on 09/01/2009 5:19:03 PM PDT by El Sordo
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To: neverdem

I’ve posted this on several other threads. Ive had this flu, my son has had this flu, it sucks, like the flu does, but its a flu. I think I’m alive and typing......


23 posted on 09/01/2009 5:20:29 PM PDT by always vigilant
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To: Brugmansian

Some labs today speculated that H1N1 spreads fast and becomes dominant but doesn’t mutate into more dangerous forms. If the CDC is right 800K had H1N1 in NYC in the Spring, but NYC had fewer than 20 fatalities. That is 1 in 40,000.


24 posted on 09/01/2009 5:32:02 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: hinckley buzzard
Reminds me of the "official" AIDS figures from the 1980's that never came even close to being accurate. After all, Oprah assured us we'd all be dead by now.

Not to mention we never would live long enough to get AIDS.

(Homos looking for research money say, "Anybody can get it!"

Homos looking for acceptance, "It's impossible for anyone to get it.")

We were all supposed to die from:

Are you ready for the Golden Oldies of the Crisis Hall of Fame?

1. Global population explosion! There's not going to be enough air, water, land, food to sustain the population BOOM!

2. Global cooling! The Earth...our planet home...our delicate, fragile Spaceship Earth is cooling! The next Ice Age is upon us!

3. Acid Rain! It's destroying centuries old buildings, statues, bridges and monuments in New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. Entire lakes are destroyed with no fish, frogs or vegetation.

We're DOOMED!

So, boys and girls...run right out and get your flu shots...because...you...are...next!

25 posted on 09/01/2009 5:35:06 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best.)
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To: stephenjohnbanker

I have it right now. It is spreading in our small county. 40 students out of school last week. So far it is just a mild flu. Have not seen anyone very sick.


26 posted on 09/01/2009 5:36:17 PM PDT by therut
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To: therut
Love your about page.

A Lady FReeper with the screen name: therut.

Be still my heart.

*sigh*

27 posted on 09/01/2009 5:41:11 PM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys: Can't fly, can't ski, can't drive, can't skipper a boat, but they know what's best.)
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To: xkaydet65
Malta was 0.2; Brazil 0.3; New Zealand 0.4; Argentina 1.2...

No one knows where this is going. Crude CRF figures are...crude...the ones from NYC last fall most of all (as the number who got it was a guess...the figures above are of tested cases). That it currently worse than the normal flu is pretty clear however.

28 posted on 09/01/2009 5:52:28 PM PDT by Brugmansian
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To: N. Theknow

Spot on
and then some...


29 posted on 09/01/2009 5:58:17 PM PDT by hyperconservative (Free drinks for "blackiswhite and imperial consigliere")
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To: neverdem

What do you mean, “...going to die!”?

We’ve all been dead for quite some time.


30 posted on 09/01/2009 6:00:16 PM PDT by Dr.Zoidberg (Warning: Sarcasm/humor is always engaged. Failure to recognize this may lead to misunderstandings.)
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To: Brugmansian

I teach in a NYC JHS. We were sending 100=13=50 kids a day home with cough and fever in excess of 101 for four straight days. That amounted to 40%+ of our enrollment. Say half were bad colds etc then it’s 20% of enrollment. That jives pretty well with the 800K guesstimate.


31 posted on 09/01/2009 7:29:35 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: Lazamataz

“That’s because Swine flu has little wings and a propeller.”

Zippy little thing, ain’t it?


32 posted on 09/01/2009 7:49:16 PM PDT by Daniel II (I'm Jim Thompson, this is my brother Jimmy, and this is my other brother Jimmy)
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To: neverdem

you mean it lost it’s training wheels??


33 posted on 09/01/2009 7:52:00 PM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT ("Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow"C.Coolidge)
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To: neverdem
Wow, they are really trying to make this into something. The countries below the equator have already had their flu seasons and are heading into spring, they have not had a higher than normal flu season, nor have the fatalities been any greater. I guess the MSM forgets we have access to other news sources now and can check this kind of BS out.

This is just another "crisis" being used to distract us from Bozo's BS.

34 posted on 09/01/2009 9:00:24 PM PDT by calex59
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To: N. Theknow

You forgot the Asian flu of the 60s.


35 posted on 09/01/2009 9:02:10 PM PDT by calex59
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