Swine Flu - whos worried?

kev · 04-27-2009, 02:12 PM

I reckon it could be a biggy

2 people diagnosed with Swine flu are only a 1 hour car journey from me.

Once a few hundred are infected, there will be no stopping it

Joseph · 04-27-2009, 02:16 PM

I coughed on the train this morning and half the carriage jumped

-REECE- · 04-27-2009, 02:33 PM

Maybe a few months from now I'll be worried. The media likes to sensationalize stuff like this a bit excessively imo..

primavera · 04-27-2009, 03:41 PM

My Mom spends most of the summer at her house in San Miguel de Allende. She's getting up in years and I've advised her to take heed and wait a while until the situation is fully realized. Right now I don't think it's worth the risk.

vaunter · 04-27-2009, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by -REECE-

Maybe a few months from now I'll be worried. The media likes to sensationalize stuff like this a bit excessively imo..

100% agree!
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I live in Mexico City and we got surprised when the alert level rised from 3 to 4 on a 6 scale. Half the people are not covering their mouths when on the street.

Too much noise outside, it seems more people (tourists) are getting sick when they get home than the people who is sick here. Shouldnt people die like flies on Mexico City`s airport? Viral means logaritmic growth, right?

News around the globe like BBC have false news on their sites showing comments from unexistent doctors.

It´s a serious problem, but I feel Mexico is under the attack of bad press.

I hope nothing else happens beyond this information sickened war.

Domainace · 04-27-2009, 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by -REECE-

Maybe a few months from now I'll be worried. The media likes to sensationalize stuff like this a bit excessively imo..

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Yep. I was travelling around China during the SARS hysteria, in all the hotspots. I was terrified - not by SARS, but by the possibility that any of the frequent checkpoints I had to go through (airports, highways, residential areas) would find me with a fever and lock me away in a hospital for an indefinite period of time.

The losses to business and the resultant unemployment in already poor countries probably killed more people than SARS itself.

I am surprised that the media can so easily lead people by the nose again and again in exactly the same fashion. As though the concept that we might die is a new one...

**mis_chiff** · 04-27-2009, 07:10 PM

My daughter is going to Mexico on her honeymoon
in 3 weeks, her travel agent said there is no way she
can cancel or she looses the whole amount (all prepaid)

If there is a government ban on travel, don't they have to
refund her? How can they force her to go after they tell you not to??

***johname*** · 04-27-2009, 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by mis_chiff

My daughter is going to Mexico on her honeymoon
in 3 weeks, her travel agent said there is no way she
can cancel or she looses the whole amount (all prepaid)

Tell them to find a spot on the beach and keep to themselves. Stay in the tourist area and dont go exploring the inland.

dubstep · 04-27-2009, 10:22 PM

I'm thinking (hoping) that the whole scare will be over soon enough.

redslazers · 04-27-2009, 10:25 PM

I was traveling all over asia during SARS and i didnt really have any problems and sometimes people did really stupid things like. In airplanes wear face masks but when the food comes take them off (wtf).

**mis_chiff** · 04-27-2009, 10:55 PM

Originally Posted by johname

Tell them to find a spot on the beach and keep to themselves. Stay in the tourist area and dont go exploring the inland.

I'm still waiting for her to tell me exactly where they are
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going to be...I'll bet the most time will be on the beach
anyway, or in their room

homebuyer · 04-27-2009, 11:12 PM

I was waiting in the checkout line thinking about the swine flu reports when I realized one of my dinner items was a ham and pineapple pizza. I put it back. I wouldn't have enjoyed it...cough.

GF · 04-27-2009, 11:16 PM

I'm not worried about it one bit.

dubstep · 04-27-2009, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by homebuyer

I was waiting in the checkout line thinking about the swine flu reports when I realized one of my dinner items was a ham and pineapple pizza. I put it back. I wouldn't have enjoyed it...cough.

Not to worry, food is safe. From the CDC website:

Can people catch swine flu from eating pork?
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No. Swine influenza viruses are not transmitted by food. You can not get swine influenza from eating pork or pork products. Eating properly handled and cooked pork and pork products is safe. Cooking pork to an internal temperature of 160°F kills the swine flu virus as it does other bacteria and viruses.

AndyR · 04-28-2009, 05:54 AM

If the chickens didn't get you the pigs might

Pred · 04-28-2009, 06:36 AM

Originally Posted by Galel

I'm not worried about it one bit.

same here

just the same old way for drugs companies to make billions, governments to get more of a grip by 'protecting us' and newspapers to sell more newspapers.
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add above ingredients, stir, liberally apply arms dealers (governments) and apply below. happy baking

birdflu
iraq war
blah bla

monaco · 04-28-2009, 10:26 AM

I'm not worried either. It's just another media baby like sars or avian flu.

GILSAN · 04-28-2009, 08:08 PM

I'm surprised at so many NOT being worried. The source of this swine flu is from your next door neighbour (Mexico) and your'e not worried!

Wow!

GF · 04-28-2009, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by GILSAN

I'm surprised at so many NOT being worried. The source of this swine flu is from your next door neighbour (Mexico) and your'e not worried!

Wow!

25,000 people die from the "regular" form of influenza in the United States every year.

It's NOT freakin' Ebola. Don't ignore the symptoms... Take some Tamiflu, and you're in good shape

**mis_chiff** · 04-28-2009, 08:46 PM

Finally, the travel agent has canceled their trip
and offered them a few alternatives!

I can't say I'm not relieved

Domainace · 04-28-2009, 09:29 PM

Originally Posted by Galel

25,000 people die from the "regular" form of influenza in the United States every year.

It's NOT freakin' Ebola. Don't ignore the symptoms... Take some Tamiflu, and you're in good shape

Exactly (except I'm not sure about the Tamiflu part.) People every day from things such as the flu and we don't break a sweat over it. Look at the actual statistics.
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And this media-driven hysteria isn't without cost. People lose their jobs and livelihoods because of it.

SARS was a few hundred people, maybe a couple thousand, out of well over a billion people exposed to it. And only a few of those died. Your chances of catching it were a few in a million. Yet that didn't stop those who were "protecting" us from ruining millions of livelihoods and increasing poverty.

You're better off watching Lost or American Idol than soaking up this mass media crap called "news." You'll be more relaxed, too.

**-Nick-** · 04-28-2009, 09:55 PM

It is the end before the global warming end

It is funny though the way they are over hyping it. It is so easy to spot that it is being over hyped.

**Michelle** · 04-28-2009, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by mis_chiff

Finally, the travel agent has canceled their trip
and offered them a few alternatives!

I can't say I'm not relieved

I was wondering... Let us know where they decide to go instead...

***Corey*** · 04-28-2009, 10:03 PM

Those that have died from it...
probably don't think it's over hyped..

best protection is to educate yourself about it

Cheers
Corey

GF · 04-28-2009, 10:07 PM

I was wrong about 25,000 people dying from the flu here in the United States... It's actually 36,000 people per year.

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homebuyer Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,068	Maybe a Little Worried I was waiting in the checkout line thinking about the swine flu reports when I realized one of my dinner items was a ham and pineapple pizza. I put it back. I wouldn't have enjoyed it...cough.

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-REECE- NamePros Expert Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 8,996	Maybe a few months from now I'll be worried. The media likes to sensationalize stuff like this a bit excessively imo..

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mis_chiff Membership Director Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 9,207 Follow @mis_chiff	My daughter is going to Mexico on her honeymoon in 3 weeks, her travel agent said there is no way she can cancel or she looses the whole amount (all prepaid) If there is a government ban on travel, don't they have to refund her? How can they force her to go after they tell you not to??

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dubstep Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,988	I'm thinking (hoping) that the whole scare will be over soon enough.

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redslazers NamePros Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 168	I was traveling all over asia during SARS and i didnt really have any problems and sometimes people did really stupid things like. In airplanes wear face masks but when the food comes take them off (wtf).

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