Flu epidemic?

[Exotic]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/10/08....ap/index.html

"In a best-case scenario, about 200,000 people might die [US]."

"It's like a combination of global warming and HIV/Aids 10 times faster than it's running at the moment," Dr Nabarro told the BBC.

The WHO spokesman on influenza, Dick Thompson, told a news conference in Geneva that the WHO's official estimate of the number of people who could die was between two million and 7.4 million. - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4292426.stm

[DoTheFandango]

You live in New Jersey, the flu is the least of your problems

[Exotic]

its not really bad as people make it seem ok

[Ilya]

the flu ain't got shit on me

[Blanke]

More people die from flu than from automobile accidents and/or drinking and driving.

Although, more of the elderly and extremely young are more susceptible to the flu than others.

[Riesen]

This will sound mean, but I don't give a shit.

We could honestly use a little less people crowding up this planet. If that many people die, I won't be the least bit concerned. People die, it happens. We're all going to die eventually, why does it matter how?

[Ilya]

theres a difference in dying when you're 90 from natural causes and dying when you're 25 from the flu, bro

[Facetious]

that article was stupid, it didnt say there was a flu epidemic, it said they were drawing up plans to deal with one if there was one, which there isnt.

[Liquid Blue]

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Well depending on if a reliable vaccine works, it will most likely come down to the Pharmacuticals not producing enough. There is no money in flu shots, yet there's tons of cash flow when it comes down to Cialis & Viagra :greedy:

[RATTY...]

This will sound mean, but I don't give a shit.

We could honestly use a little less people crowding up this planet. If that many people die, I won't be the least bit concerned. People die, it happens. We're all going to die eventually, why does it matter how?

It's nature's way of getting rid of people from our overpopulated world.
New diseases will keep popping up in the future, like the bird virus now (dunno what its called in english). More will come. Hope there will come something that will kill fat stupid people soon, that would make the world better.

[Krusnik]

It's nature's way of getting rid of people from our overpopulated world.
New diseases will keep popping up in the future, like the bird virus now (dunno what its called in english). More will come. Hope there will come something that will kill fat stupid people soon, that would make the world better.

Avian flu is what its called. Now I'm gonna go get a flu shot before the americans start invading canada for our vaccines.

[Riesen]

theres a difference in dying when you're 90 from natural causes and dying when you're 25 from the flu, bro

So the flu, or any other manifestation of the flu, isn't natural?

And no, there is no difference, dead is dead.

[Rigor]

So the flu, or any other manifestation of the flu, isn't natural?

And no, there is no difference, dead is dead.

So if some of the most important people that have or will impact this earth die at 25 its not different? O and do you have any compassion for those people that love those dying at 25? Chill some ice for me from your heart my drink is too warm.

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Avian flu is what its called. Now I'm gonna go get a flu shot before the americans start invading canada for our vaccines.

I hope that Canada does not have this problem with us Yanks coming across the border for meds. Oddly enough, on a different subject, I hear the same thing about the beach communities in New Jersey here in the states during the summer, but it's in regards to vacationing, when the ocean/shoreline areas are invaded with Canadians.

Can't we all just get along?