Will the author be disappointed if if fizzles?
#1 Many people are beginning to suspect this is a manufactured virus
#2 I’ve read one site that says this virus is the same or similar to the 1918 virus
#3 What about our food supply? We have many imported foods in the produce section of grocery stores, particularly from Mexico.
There is something strange about it being in Mexico and the Obama visit there at the same time. I think I am in a “wait and see” mode on his health. If he is sick all bets are off.
The prospect of dying of swine flu tends to make me less skeptical of karma.
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Will O’dumbo the manchild slacker psoing as POTUS now have to stay in the WH and not take his daily Air Force one trips? He will go crazy. He might have to actually work for a change.
If it is like the 1918 flu, very strong immune systems would seem to be a problem; immune system overreaction is what has been hypothesized to have caused the deaths of so many young people back then.
In the U.S. so far, we haven't seen this type of response (that we know of).
Perhaps Mexico today is more like our country was in 1918...people were exposed to all kinds of dirt, garbage, water contamination when they were children, thus creating very strong immune systems.
We've seen an increase in asthma and allergies here, which has been explained by some as being due to our obsession with antibacterials and hyper-cleanliness. Perhaps the fact that our immune systems are not as strong is a good thing in this case?
As I posted on another thread:
I am thinking that there are some very official type officials who are wanting everyone to be scared crapless of something other than GOVERNMENT for a while, and remember instead that GOVERNMENT is the SAVIOR of all.
Thats what I think.
I feel pretty good.
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a serious outbreak, at least in the developed world. Many probably think it can’t happen again - although if history is a guide it most certainly will sooner or later.
The local media is in hysterics over SWINE FLU here in New England this morning...OMG!!! By the way...number of cases found in New England to date? Zero.
I’m an ER doc, can I phone it in too?
Influenza A (the regular kind) is a killer. There are tens of thousands of deaths, every year, caused by the flu.
But those tens of thousands of deaths represent a low case-fatality ratio with millions of cases.
In Mexico, there are probably hundreds dead (they acknowledge 68). And of course, there is no Mexican CDC and most sick people don't see a doctor, much less have molecular testing for Influenza A.
But we know already that the few "international" cases all went to Mexico, and all were in widely separated parts of the country. The NYC kids went to Cancun. There's lots of known disease in Mexico City. There's cases in Mexicali.
This fits the picture of rapid spread, high infectivity, and low mortality.
Which I hope is correct.
If you don't....it isn't.
The Obamites will do everything they can to scare people, then they will come in as "Saviours" with more government control to take away even more of our freedoms.
In 1918, the flu hit in the Spring and then fizzled out. When it hit again in the fall/winter, millions were killed. The median lifespan in the US went from 54 to 39.
Those who contracted the flu in the spring were not hit as hard in the Fall. Luckily, we have vaccines and anti-virul drugs today.
The meat eaters survived the 1918 flu in larger numbers, they think because their protein counts were higher. I keep a large tub of protein powder around. If the flu does spread into my area I plan on protein powder, one clove of garlic and one or two large glasses of juice from my juicer a day.
If people would simply take steps to improve their immune systems, this would be a fizzle. Eat yogurt with lots of acidophillus. Flu get killed in the gut. Eliminate the waste efficiently and no problems.