well its called Mexicanswine flu for starters....

 

I think ive caught the flu. I feel like crap. My throat is swollen and my neck and back aches. I was throwing up earlier and coghing up a storm. I really hope it isnt the swine flu...

 

Sucks for all of you because that flu crap dont phase me, "I AM LEGEND!!" And when you are all dead I will be mobbing around in a GT500 and a pimped out Expy with some big **** guns. Or maybe even a ginormous mechanical spider 'cause thats how I roll! (or crawl maybe?)

Yeah, what now?!?!

 

We all survived Y2k, SARS, and bird flu... I think i can handle this

 

I didn't ask you where it started, I'm fully aware that the first cases started in Mexico. I asked you to explain how it's Mexico's fault.

The original strain of this virus came from Thailand, likely in infected pigs exported to Mexico where it combined with the North American form to create what could be the next pandemic.

A few years back mad cow was discovered in ONE cow in Alberta. That cow was destroyed and there were no further infections found. The U.S. government promptly shut the door on all beef exports from Canada, devastating the beef industry here. It was later discovered that the infected cow came from the United States. The onus was on the U.S to insure that only healthy animals crossed the border, had it not been discovered so quickly here we could have had a similar situation to the U.K where thousands of cows had to be destroyed to contain it.

I'll ask again, how is it Mexico's fault?

 

20 blocks away from me now

 

I bet the regular influenza strain is right next door.

 

Because it is:

http://ecoworldly.com/2009/04/27/swi...factory-farms/

 

Media pigs misinforming public about so-called "epidemic"

Dear Friend,

Those filthy swine... The swine flu "epidemic" is only a few days old, and Big Pharma is already plotting to make a fortune.

European drug maker Roche announced it was scaling up production of Tamiflu, giving a boost to its stock price and sending millions into the Roche coffers. GlaxoSmithKline, which makes the anti-flu drug Relenza, is also seeing its stock price climb, as investors hope this swine flu is the biggest thing since the bubonic plague.

There's only one problem here – it's not going to happen. You read the Daily Dose because I always give you the straight scoop, and because I'm not afraid to tell you when the mainstream has it wrong.

And they have it wrong on swine flu. It won't be an epidemic – it'll barely even be a ripple. I've run medical clinics in Africa – I know what an epidemic looks like.

And this isn't it.

The media is blowing swine flu out of proportion so it can feed its 24-hour news cycle – the same media, mind you, that had us convinced that avian flu was going to destroy the planet a few years ago.

But here are the facts about swine flu – it has affected so few people in America that it's hardly worth discussing. There are 64 confirmed cases in America as I'm writing this – not 6,000 or even 600. There are 64.

Of course, the media is fixated on the 100 or so people who have died in Mexico from the swine flu. But let me clue you into something that no one seems to be discussing – health care in Mexico is ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. I know – I've been there more times than I can count.

Disease spreads rapidly through Mexico because large areas of the country lack clean water and basic sanitation. Seeing a doctor – let alone a qualified doctor – is a luxury unavailable to most of the population. Of course the flu is killing people in Mexico – so are a lot of other diseases that are successfully treated in America. People in Mexico still die from diarrhea, for Pete's sake!

Yes, they have apparently had some cases of bad swine flu in Mexico. They've had lots of dengue fever and chagas, too, but you don't need to stay up at night worrying about it. Beating the swine flu isn't any different from beating the regular flu. Wash your hands. Avoid large crowds if you can. Get plenty of rest and fluids if you start getting sick.

And don't be afraid to eat pork or any other meat, for that matter, as it's not the pigs who are getting sick. Of course, I'm not recommending you eat Mexican pork – or any food produced in Mexico, for that matter. Hopefully the tainted peppers outbreak of 2008 taught us that. But don't change your diet because of some so-called swine flu epidemic.

It's no epidemic. It's no public health catastrophe. It's good theatre – and nothing more.



William Campbell Douglass II, M.D.

 

I prefer to refer to this virus, not by its widley known name of "swine fly" but by its lesser known, much more acurate name, Bacon Fever.

More people just offed themselves in the last five minutes than have died from the bacon fever. 64 reported cases in the US, I'll think about caring when its 64,000.

I think the world needs another epidemic anyhoo......how else are we going to control population?

 

Well today I walked into school and was sent back out again. They arnt taiking any chances with it. I am responsible for the swine flu scare in my area. I didnt even mention it at school. I was at a friends house last night and was sick. Well she found out that my symptoms matched the swine flu and so when she got to school before I did she talked to one of the secretarys. Well she told people and when I walked inside I was immediatly kicked out again. lol.

 

Roche Holding Ltd (RHHBY) is down .10 or .31% today and has been down slightly for the last few days.

I know, I've been watching it to buy.

Get your facts straight!

 

Thanks for that link. I found this interesting:

Another link took me to this:

 

Well boss' cruise got changed, going to cali and then canada. And the first case in AZ is only about 9 miles from me.

 

I'd be more wary of the regular flu. It's a proven killer.