I hope they're just playing it safe, or do they know something we don't?
To: hippiechick
I hope they're just playing it safe, or do they know something we don't? Yes. We're out of coffee! *AAAAAGH!*
2 posted on
04/29/2009 8:39:36 PM PDT by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: hippiechick
There’s a couple of dozen people sick worldwide, time to call out the National Guard and declare martial law.
To: hippiechick
4 posted on
04/29/2009 8:40:17 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
(Don't mess with the mocking bird!)
To: hippiechick
5 posted on
04/29/2009 8:40:23 PM PDT by
RandallFlagg
(Satisfaction was my sin)
To: hippiechick
Overkill reaction in such a case may save lives if the threat is indeed real.......WHO knows.....:o)
Personally we will cut back public outings for a few weeks to wait and see......, purell, soap , hot water and avoiding public places as much as possible is best defense IMO.
6 posted on
04/29/2009 8:41:37 PM PDT by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet)
To: hippiechick
WHO Boosts Flu Alert Level To Phase 5 CUE ABBOTT & COSTELLO
7 posted on
04/29/2009 8:42:35 PM PDT by
savedbygrace
(You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
To: hippiechick
I get the feeling we are being herded.
9 posted on
04/29/2009 8:44:57 PM PDT by
Kakaze
(Exterminate Islamofacism and apologize for nothing.....except not doing it sooner!)
To: hippiechick
My husband said that he read something that says that it may be getting more virulent as it goes along, and that is why they are concerned.
To: hippiechick
Experts are haunted by what happened with the nation's last campaign to vaccinate against swine flu back in 1976. It was halted after 45 million Americans got flu shots, because several hundred people came down with Guillain-Barre syndrome, a rare paralyzing disease. Some of them died. And in the end, the threatened swine flu pandemic never materialized. I got the swine flu shot back in 1976 - will it offer any protection?
16 posted on
04/29/2009 8:47:40 PM PDT by
GOPJ
(We sleep safe..because rough men stand ready..to visit violence on those who would do us harm-Orwell)
To: hippiechick
I’ve been getting shivers lately, is it flu?
I know the bug is going round, what can I do?
It’s about to pick on me, I’ve still got the other three
Do you think I caught smallpox I’d get Swine flu?
18 posted on
04/29/2009 8:49:13 PM PDT by
armyofprinciples
(I dressed as 0bama for Halloween. I disguised myself as a Christian.)
To: hippiechick
It’s Amazing what Obama’s done to this country in 100 short days. Bush kept us safe from terrorists...Obama is closing Gitmo and stopping interogation. Barry is creating hysteria for his own political gain.
To: hippiechick
” . . .Fukuda, WHO assistant director general, said the situation was moving closer to Phase 5, indicating widespread human-to-human transmission and that a pandemic is indeed “imminent.” . . .”
It was the second emergency meeting in as many days. They went ahead and went to Phase 5 meaning the pandemic is imminent. This is as “real” as it gets.
As someone described it a few years ago, a full-on pandemic (like 1918) will be like a hundred Katrinas hitting a hundred American cities at once (with possibly hundreds of thousands of deaths if it mutates into a tamiflu-resistant variant)
Let’s pray it fizzles out or it is mild like the pandemics of 1889, 1957, and 1968.
But they are acting as if they expect the worst.
To: hippiechick
I hope they're just playing it safe, or do they know something we don't?
What's not to know? We have a Type A flu pandemic which could potentially have a kill rate of 2-6% of those infected (there is reason to be more optimistic, however). This is not something to screw around with. Action is necessary to prepare for this major historical crisis. Failure to act would be an aggregious irresponsibility.
26 posted on
04/29/2009 9:01:49 PM PDT by
bdeaner
(The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ? (1 Cor. 10:16))
To: hippiechick
I hope they're just playing it safe, or do they know something we don't?It is a fool's errand to try to figure out what the thoroughly politicized WHO knows and what it doesn't. Years ago they did the biggest study in the world on "secondhand smoke" and proved it is harmless. The results were buried by nonscientific bureaucrats, never to be seen again. No doubt the same level of dishonesty can be counted upon now.
To: hippiechick
I hope they're just playing it safe, or do they know something we don't?It is a fool's errand to try to figure out what the thoroughly politicized WHO knows and what it doesn't. Years ago they did the biggest study in the world on "secondhand smoke" and proved it is harmless. The results were buried by nonscientific bureaucrats, never to be seen again. No doubt the same level of dishonesty can be counted upon now.
To: hippiechick
I hope they're just playing it safe, or do they know something we don't? Justification to nationalize all healthcare via emergency executive order?
43 posted on
04/30/2009 2:39:37 AM PDT by
Caipirabob
(Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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