Avian Flu

[Lamboracer]

Yea so whats up with this avian(sp) flu gogin around. I heard that somewhere in Toronto a nursing home had an outbreak. So what are you thoughts and stuff. I for one am kind of scared living kind of close to canada.

 

[a6m5]

Yea so whats up with this avian(sp) flu gogin around. I heard that somewhere in Toronto a nursing home had an outbreak. So what are you thoughts and stuff. I for one am kind of scared living kind of close to canada.

Nursing home! Everybody's dead. I think I read that fatality rate out of little over 100 people in Asia(China?) was over 50%! When I read that, I wanted to get a flu shot for the first time in my life. Then my coworker told me it probably won't work on the bird flu.

 

[TheCracker]

Avian Flu?

- i better start buying Volvic from now on!

 

[Grand Prix]

Yups, blame all the diseases on Canada. Mad Cow, SARS, Avian Flu, what next? Oh no, the Cadanian COLD!

 

[Jondot]

Avian Flu?

- i better start buying Volvic from now on!

No!!! I drank some today!! I never do aswell, i wonder what made me do it today ...

 

[Lamboracer]

im not blaming it on canada even though i knwo ur sarcastic. Its just that it comes from aia to canada.

 

[Powripper]

They talk about this flu every year, and how there is supposed to be an outbreak or whatever. They don’t even have evidence it can transmitted a from human to another human (at this point). Also I remeber hearing that it wasn't avian bird flu that the people had in the nursing home.

 

[a6m5]

They talk about this flu every year, and how there is supposed to be an outbreak or whatever. They don’t even have evidence it can transmitted a from human to another human (at this point). Also I remeber hearing that it wasn't avian bird flu that the people had in the nursing home.

From what I understand, there is no evidence bird flu(avian influenza) can be trasmitted between people. Only from bird to human, as far as we could tell. One article did say that flu virus is easily mutated though. So if someone who has a regular flu come in contact with a bird flu, it can mutate into one nasty flu virus that can spread between people. When WHO said something about bird flu killing 150 million people, they were probably taking the possibility of the mutation into consideration.

When I was reading up on bird flu, I started reading about the infamous "Spanish Flu" as well. It is very interesting, how it started, how it just dissapeared. It is surrounded by many mysteries(would make a great movie). I suggest googling for more info.

 

[FoolKiller]

They talk about this flu every year, and how there is supposed to be an outbreak or whatever. They don’t even have evidence it can transmitted a from human to another human (at this point). Also I remeber hearing that it wasn't avian bird flu that the people had in the nursing home.

Anybody remember SARS? What happened to it? Oh yeah, the media hype died down. SARS was an epidemic, killed HUNDREDS in a year. That is hundreds in East Asia, which is overpopulated with over a billion people. And that can be passed from human to human. The average flu and cold each kill tens of thousands a year. The same year SARS was hyped there was a heat wave in France that killed over ten times the people.

My point here is bird flu is bad if you get it, but your odds of getting it are slim to none, despite the news making it out to be the black death the same way they did SARS. You have a better chance of contracting the flu or a cold, having complications and dying from that.

How many disease do I have to hear about possibly mutating and killing off the human race? If it did happen you would be dealing with marshal law and quarantines on a massive scale. Think The Stand. Despite this it would still spread. Can our governments take care of us? Who knows? If it is something like bird flu that we have been watching for years it will probably be stopped quickly with a cure or preventative measures. If it comes out of nowhere and has an amazing immunity to all known methods (Captain Tripps) then you had better find a cabin in the woods.

 

[Lamboracer]

O I see now how that mutation works. I wasnt really sure. It was right after school and i saw it and i was all wierded out to feally know the facts. Thanks for the info guys.

 

[F1GTR]

Avian Flu?

- i better start buying Volvic from now on!

Avian. Die Young.

 

[Alex DeLarge]

The deadly 1918 Spanish/Avian mutation (50+ million died) was created from scratch earlier this week using DNA drawn from a victim of the flu frozen in Alaska. The scientific community is hoping to use the bug to generate a more specific innoculation should the flu mutate into an human-spread or airborn virus. Let's hope they can keep it in the pitrey dish.

 

[ND4SPD]

Great, and I live a an hour or so from Toronto...They say they have it contained, but I seriously doubt that statement.

 

[Omnis]

Don't order duck for a year.

 

[ND4SPD]

Don't order duck for a year.

Ughh, never had duck nor want to try duck....Its all those damn Aflalak commercials that make me stay away from them too.

 

[a6m5]

I read that some European tourists(French?) became the first non-asians to contract the bird flu today. I almost started laughing when the article said that these tourists got it, when they visited "Bird Park" in Thailand. Real giniuses!

 

[Solid Fro]

In other news...

The French military immediately surrenders to The Birds.

 

[DQuaN]

And Bird Flu reaches Paris.....

 

[a6m5]

Not Donald! He is(was?) my favorite Disney character!

 

[Young_Warrior]

LOL you guys serious about the nursing home? I hope this flu comes to london and keeps veryone at home for a month or two so I can go looting and overcharge people for things such as bread and water and the legitamately work somewhere in city as they will be looking for anyone that is capable to work to help out the predicted 40% of the workforce that will be left.

 

[DeLoreanBrown]

Gotta try that Nano Mask from gotpollution.com