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To: GOPJ

This one seems to be killing people in the prime of life - not just the elderly and very young.


a “regular” infuenza A virus can kill you too in the prime of your life (just not very likely) without correct medical care. as said before the “standart” flu viruses kill 250.000 - 500.000 people in this world every year and nobody seems to specialy care. this is just over hyped by the MSM right now.


167 posted on 04/28/2009 2:31:19 PM PDT by Jonny foreigner
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To: Jonny foreigner; GOPJ

One thing that is causing MORE worries about this new virus among professionals, and us ‘regular folk’ as well are some of the vague similarities with this virus and the 1918 Spanish Flu.

MOST regular flu viruses don’t cause the “Cytokine Storm” reaction in healthy adults “in their prime”. This one appears to do so — and that is what made the 1918 Spanish Flu so deadly, and why it killed healthy adults in great numbers vs. children, and the elderly.

So, Jonny — you are right that regular flu CAN kill people in the prime of life. But, it would appear that THIS virus (similar to the 1918 Spanish Flu) causes this reaction much more readily than “regular flu”.

One must also consider that the genetic markers of this flu and the combination of the strains. Again, this makes it much different than a “regular flu”.

As for the MSM — of course our media, especially due to their horrible lack of accuracy and competency to begin with is going to ‘sensationalize’ ANYTHING. But, the CDC and the WHO don’t just go around making Pandemic warnings for the ‘fun’ of it. Usually the CDC is the one basically telling the reporters to “stop panicking people” and “this isn’t a big deal”.


172 posted on 04/28/2009 2:45:25 PM PDT by LibertyRocks ( http://LibertyRocks.wordpress.com ~ ANTI-OBAMA STUFF : http://cafepress.com/NO_ObamaBiden08)
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