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rredtooth
5460 Posts
On October 27 2009 08:43 Integra wrote: i'm getting vaccine thursday... stop scaring me.3 people in Sweden have already died after taking that dammn vaccine. in defense the people were both old and bad health though. | ||
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Triple7
United States656 Posts
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Sigh
Canada2433 Posts
Hope you get better though! | ||
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RLTY
United States965 Posts
On October 27 2009 08:27 Manifesto7 wrote: Except the regular flu kills the very old and the very young, while the H1N1 kills people who are otherwise healthy. Yes, thank god for that. Where did you get that false information? Experts in the field cite that the currently very mild and as integra says currently milder than the regular flu. However, it differs in that it has very high contagiousness and a extremely high potential for mutation into a stronger virus; even that idea is largely under attack seeing as the virus has mutated marginally within these last few months that it's altogether unlikely that it mutates fast enough before it dies out. | ||
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Zapdos_Smithh
Canada2620 Posts
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Integra
Sweden5626 Posts
@icemac Lab tests of swineflue confirm that it is stable and doesn't exchange genomes between strains so there is no chance of it mutating into something more nasty. | ||
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FREEloss_ca
Canada603 Posts
But yeah, it's all media bullshit. "100 people dieing a week!", "7 people in BC already dead! Including a 22 year old girl!". They all fail to mention that all these people are elderly and/or have pre-existing illness. They also fail to mention thousands and thousands of people die every year of flu. Fear is your only god. Some places are giving out LAST YEARS swine flu vaccine. I'm not trusting the vaccine, it was rushed to the market too quickly and seriously lacked testing. I'm calling it now: the zombie apocalypse is on the horizon. | ||
micronesia
United States24709 Posts
If it ain't broke don't fix it unless you REALLY have to if you know what I mean. | ||
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ella_guru
Canada1741 Posts
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Probe.
United States877 Posts
Forty years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes! The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together. Mass hysteria! But I'm sure you'll be fine. | ||
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9287
United States134 Posts
my girlfriend had swine flu and is fine :D | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32081 Posts
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onmach
United States1241 Posts
As to who dies? Usually they say people with conditions like children with asthma. As for that stupid cheerleader. It was more than likely some preexisting condition. But let's do some statistics. Let's say one in a thousand people will get a bizarre illness in their lifetime that will cripple them somehow. Then lets give a million people flu shots. What is the likelihood that at least one person will come down with their bizarre illness within 30 days of getting a flu shot? Extremely high, that's what. Furthermore, these shots are mostly going out to people who are at risk, like those asthmatic children I mentioned above. If the flu shot were not getting administered, how many of them would have died or been crippled by this illness. Certainly more than one cheerleader's worth. | ||
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eshlow
United States5210 Posts
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Fen
Australia1848 Posts
For those who are at risk of complications from the flu, the vaccine is very important as they stand a good chance of dieing should they get the flu. Healthy people however can choose how they want and its up to you. Just make sure your decision isnt based on some sensationalised crap on TV. As for the deadliness of the disease, its really not that different from the normal flu. It follows the same pattern. People who are too young or too old to fight off the disease or those who have preexisting illnesses which can be exacerbated die from complications. People who are in good health can generally fight it off just fine. I myself have had swine flu this year, and while it sucked, I survived. | ||
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Bosu
United States3247 Posts
If you have a fever you are still contagious, but if that is gone for 24 hours you are apparently good to go. If you have a fever definitely stay home and away from others. | ||
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BanZu
United States3329 Posts
It's just like blogging about being sick, who cares? | ||
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Bosu
United States3247 Posts
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BanZu
United States3329 Posts
On October 27 2009 15:05 Bosu wrote: I don't think you know what a blog is. Because blogging about being sick is blog worthy. Fine, I'll reword that. It's a crappy idea for a blog, as in, it's as crappy as saying "I think I'm sick with the flu." I'm trying to imply that getting h1n1 is no more worthy than getting the regular seasonal in being written about in a blog. | ||
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EGMachine
United States1643 Posts
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