OMG U have the swine flu!!!!

Sublime

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Mar 8, 2006
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Swine flu overblown by the media?

I made an appointment today for a check-up request, and the secretary actualy asked me if i'd bean to mexico latly due to the swine flu virus!

WOW!:angryfire:
 

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Swine flu hotline open on Thursday - Yahoo! News UK
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A new UK information line providing advice about the swine flu outbreak will be up and running on Thursday, Health Secretary Alan Johnson has said. Skip related content
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Mr Johnson said concerned members of the public will be able to call 0800 1513513 for recorded information about the virus.
Updating MPs on the "very fast moving situation", he also confirmed plans to increase stockpiles of medicines including antivirals and antibiotics and the launch of a major public health campaign.
Leaflets about the deadly swine flu virus are to be distributed to all households across the UK as fears grow about the scale of the outbreak.
Mr Johnson told MPs: "Providing information to the public is one of our strongest lines of defence. A mass public health campaign will begin tomorrow with print, TV and radio adverts."
The advertisements will warn about the dangers of swine flu and remind people of basic good hygiene measures, a leaflet will provide information on steps to protect against infection and what to do if they contract the virus.
Mr Johnson said: "From tomorrow, members of the public who want further information will be able to ring a single number - 0800 1513513 - for regular recorded updates on the current situation."
The Health Secretary said anti-viral stocks would be boosted to cover 80% of the population.
"This does not meant hat we expect anywhere near that number of people to be affected, it does mean that we will have anti-viral drugs to treat 50 million people and make sure all frontline NHS staff have their own supplies of anti-virals as a preparatory measure," he said.
"The World Health Organisation's message is clear - countries across the world must do everything in their power to prepare for the possibility of a full-blown phase six pandemic."
 

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Feb 2, 2006
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The big scare with this is that it is the youth that are dying from it. Usually the very young and the very old die from influenza. The overwhelming majority of those that have died in Mexico have been in their 20's and 30's. It's not politically correct to say so but dead old people that weren't paying taxes and were a drain on the social safety nets are not as serious as dead taxpayers. The world would have a serious problem if 20% of the 20 - 40 year olds died from a pandemic and not because of the deaths but because of the economic catastrophe that that would create. Of course, no politician will publicly say this.