Swine flu, pig flue, whatever you wanna call it

On April 30 2009 14:40 spydernoob wrote:
because us north americans are too preoccupied with our image and are somewhat selfish, pretty much boils down to id rather people around me get sick then i look wierd in this face mask

On April 30 2009 15:12 choboPEon wrote:


this is idiotic

I think some people though are blowing it out of proportion.

On April 30 2009 15:31 Savio wrote:
it killed in 1-2 years a comparable number of people as the bubonic plague did in 10 years.

On April 30 2009 15:46 lokiM wrote:
we are fucked, obama doesn't want to secure our borders, seriously wouldn't be surprised if this completely broke out and kills millions, every other country seems to be taking precautions, but not the USA government.. we welcome illegal aliens that have this pig flu with open arms.

On April 30 2009 15:31 Savio wrote:
@ OP:

That last time there was a true flu pandemic, it killed in 1-2 years a comparable number of people as the bubonic plague did in 10 years. It also targeted young healthy people rather than just old people and babies. So 20 years-olds would get sick then be dead a day or 2 later.



Humans should have a healthy respect for disease. It has whooped our butts too many times in the past for us to not take it seriously.

Read up on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_flu_pandemic

Now, we don't know if this will be a pandemic like that one, but we better make sure we are taking seriously from the very beginning just in case.

On April 30 2009 14:38 Kentor wrote:
why don't people in the US wear face masks like in the Asian countries and Bisu

On April 30 2009 17:27 Masamune wrote:

because they're 10x more hygienic.

On April 30 2009 16:19 OverTheUnder wrote:


quoting you on that so i can bring it up later and...

the offical word from the CDC is that closing down our borders won't do jack shit

On April 30 2009 18:26 Pangolin wrote:
That's it, I'm going to Madagascar, the one place that I know will be safe in a global pandemic.

On April 30 2009 17:53 lokiM wrote:

lol that makes perfect sense, the fucking flu came from mexico. if you read anything on epidemics the first thing you want to do is control the source of it, it's just going to get worse and worse if nothing is controlled. And you pretty much proved my point, the CDC is the government.

On May 01 2009 08:22 HeavOnEarth wrote:

their borders and ports are already closed.
GG

On May 01 2009 08:32 TheYango wrote:

I think the point is that an organization created for the purpose of disease control and that is staffed with trained and educated professionals is 1000x more qualified to say whether closing our borders would make a difference than a random person on the internet.

On May 01 2009 08:58 lokiM wrote:

yeah you're a genius, this isn't just me saying this, there are hundreds of people including politicians saying this. seriously READ ANYTHING ON Epidemiology. then let's see if you still agree with that side

On May 01 2009 08:58 lokiM wrote:

yeah you're a genius, this isn't just me saying this, there are hundreds of people including politicians saying this. seriously READ ANYTHING ON Epidemiology. then let's see if you still agree with that side

On May 01 2009 09:39 Hawk wrote:


Have you even considered the impact of closing the border, politically, economically and socially? There's a fine line between precaution and overreaction.

On April 30 2009 15:46 lokiM wrote:
we are fucked, obama doesn't want to secure our borders, seriously wouldn't be surprised if this completely broke out and kills millions, every other country seems to be taking precautions, but not the USA government.. we welcome illegal aliens that have this pig flu with open arms.

On May 01 2009 10:16 lokiM wrote:

lol this is such socialist thinking it makes me sick, so you would rather have the chance of millions of people dieing for the sake of other political reasons that aren't as extreme?

On April 30 2009 16:19 Maenander wrote:

In absolute numbers the spanish flu might be comparable to the plague of 1348, but "only" 3 percent of the infected deceased, while a third of the european population died because of the black death. The world population was just much bigger in 1918.

edit: of course I agree with you we should take this seriously, just wanted to make this clear
edit: oops, someone was faster

On May 01 2009 10:16 lokiM wrote:

lol this is such socialist thinking it makes me sick, so you would rather have the chance of millions of people dieing for the sake of other political reasons that aren't as extreme?

On May 01 2009 10:34 Hawk wrote:


A) Realize we're in the middle of an economic shitstorm. What do you think happens to all trade with Mexico if we shut down our border? Closing borders is a last second resort that you don't fuck with unless you're damn sure that it's worth it
B) For the love of god, learn what the fuck socialism is

On May 01 2009 10:29 food wrote:


millions?..
you are indeed retarded

On May 01 2009 10:52 lokiM wrote:

are YOU retarded? have you ever heard of an epidemic?
EDIT: even if it wasn't millions, lets say hundreds of thousands; it doesn't make a fucking difference

On May 01 2009 11:43 lokiM wrote:
I agree with them to an extent but not completely, they're headlines are to scare people, I'm not trying to scare anyone but just trying to make a point that shit can get bad without any1 realizing, and if it does get bad 1 of the reasons will be because we didn't close down the borders and take necessary precautions like other countrys have.

On May 01 2009 11:47 TheYango wrote:

Except the government obviously DOES realize it. The CDC didn't choose not to close the border out of laziness, or idiocy, but because they legitimately weighed the consequences of closing the door to Mexico, and deemed that the costs outweighed the benefits. You can say you don't agree with their decision, but by no means is it dumb. Their priorities may be different from yours, but that doesn't make them stupid or insensitive.