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On April 25 2009 01:54 MaD.pYrO wrote:Show nested quote +On April 25 2009 01:39 ZBiR wrote:On April 25 2009 00:23 Asta wrote:
/me doesnt get why ppl in this thread are like "gtfo", "so scary" and "good luck to you, poor guy". it's not like you are in immediate danger because there is an influenza wave going around your city, not unless you are old, already sick or live in the streets. how many ppl live in mexico city? 2 billions? and how many have died? 50?
it's good that the health care system reacts early, before this really gets out of hand.
no need to panic, really.
some guys have seen to many zombie movies. LOL 2 billion that's 2 000 000 000 000 in European scale, meaning 160 times more than world population  or 2 000 000 000 in american scale, that's still like 70 times more than "mere" 30 million that Mexico City has (with suburbs) Actually a billion is just straight up 2 000 000 000,dont believe theres any such "scale". Billion just means something else in english than other languages. Fx. in Danish "en Billion" is 1000 billions. A billion is called "en Milliard" in danish.
Yes there are two different scales, the long and short scales. (formerly known as the British and American scales)
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IMO i dont know why people overreacts and makes such a big fuss por 100 > people dead by a disease in a city with over 15kk inhabitants. I mean i think more people dies of old age than the disease spreading.
Anyways, whatever the government says.
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Mexico1178 Posts
if you were one of those 100> ppl, would you feel the same? i mean.. im really more calm now, but think about it, if you got sick, or anyone you knows got sick, would you feel the same? do you know how much a sneeze can travel? now imagine something like that in a subway... the chances are slim yeah, but they exist.
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On April 24 2009 23:31 zXk3 wrote:
newsflash from the hospital.. this flu is attacking like everyone, the target its 20-40yrs old ppl, according to my sister in law (the one working at the hospital) about 20-30 of the ones who died are in that range... thats why they closed even collegues and iirc the problem with this is that it is a mutant strand of the influenza (i dont know how to translate this but its like, what you guys call a flu its just a cold, here) the affected ppl started feeling like regular flu, but then started coughing blood and then ooops its all.. all within a week, 2 nurses died at my sister in law hospital... anyways, even when she keeps telling us this she also tell us that its ok and we should not worry.. it is a strong virus but its treatable if diagnosed on time
@ Cloud about the "we CANT go out" comment, its just a government "tip", when i said the "AVOID EVERYTHING" it was because of that... hopefully you went to a beach or something like that.. looks like warm weather kills this bastard.
im still alive and a little bit more calm, i will take my cautions, ill go to the hospital as soon as possible to get my shot (prolly tomorrow i dont want to lose my whole day in the hospital, i hate them) and if my GF its calm enough ill ask her to see her somewhere outside...
Damn the white spaniards for bringing their sickness to america!
back on topic: this sucks man, hope everything is alright :\
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On April 24 2009 23:31 zXk3 wrote:
im still alive and a little bit more calm, i will take my cautions, ill go to the hospital as soon as possible to get my shot (prolly tomorrow i dont want to lose my whole day in the hospital, i hate them) and if my GF its calm enough ill ask her to see her somewhere outside...
Man, use the respirator if it's that serious really, don't risk it, hospital could be place you may get it while waiting for the shot. Having two nurses dead is a proof enough for me besides the obvious fact that sick people are usually there.
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On April 24 2009 16:19 konadora wrote:Show nested quote +On April 24 2009 16:16 zXk3 wrote:
the LOL its because it tookd the city hall 2 days to declare the epidemy, i am a little bit in denial and i dont know WTF i can do (we CANT leave the city until further notice), whats wrong if i want to take this situation in the best way possible (with humor), i moved here only because i met my GF, i CANT see her (for security reasons, i dont want to be the one killing her or her family), but yeah.. im shallow as fuck Sounds like Raccoon City to me
I felt so bad for thinking this the whole time I was reading this thread :X.
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Brings back memories of SARS in Toronto; even though it wasn't as serious or dangerous as people thought, everyone was scared shitless of coming here.
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lol @ people getting their panties in a knot over the "LOL"
wasn't his intention quite obvious from the rest of the sentence? -_-;
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On April 25 2009 07:00 paper wrote:
lol @ people getting their panties in a knot over the "LOL"
wasn't his intention quite obvious from the rest of the sentence? -_-;
But they're obviously romanians :/
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On April 25 2009 06:26 HumbleZealot wrote:
Brings back memories of SARS in Toronto; even though it wasn't as serious or dangerous as people thought, everyone was scared shitless of coming here.
lol yeah reminds me of SARS in HongKong 
my personal survival strategy at that time: (well gov. commercials and chain emails said this stuff too)
- consume massive amounts of hand sanitation gel (NO DONT DRINK IT DAMNIT)
- wipe stuff down with 1% bleach 99% water solution
- press elevator buttons with your elbow
- wear face mask if you're really paranoid / pregnant (my chinese teacher was XD)
- stay home and play SC for hours and hours (or in my case it was CounterStrike at that time, odd how I mark my life's significant events with what videogames i was playing at that time @_@)
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(>T_T)> goodluck bro you can survive the horror
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On April 24 2009 16:11 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
One less retard/asshole in the world if you die, I guess...o.O
wow, what the fuck?
stay healthy zxk3, mang
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On April 25 2009 11:04 OneOther wrote:Show nested quote +On April 24 2009 16:11 Carnivorous Sheep wrote:
One less retard/asshole in the world if you die, I guess...o.O wow, what the fuck? stay healthy zxk3, mang
Yeah I was surprised that CSheep said something like that as well
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cmon man
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stop flaming the guy jeez
The situation is like this, this Flu comes from porks and started in a hospital in Mexico City, apparently there are like 30 deaths now and only Mexico city and the suburbs are un quarantine, Guadalajara and Monterrey have begun taking action to avoid this to spread.
Everyone is in panic because we people of 0-30 year range have never seen something like this.
Wish us luck
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Belgium6776 Posts
wtf? plz dont die raul =(
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My research supervisor is a flu specialist. I don't mean to offend anyone but he's probably going to stay well-funded for a while with these outbreaks...
Anyways, when 20-40 year olds start dying, that's really scary. Flu kills a lot of people but it's usually due to another illness compromising the immune system (ie. old people, sick people). But young people? Oh boy, not good! The Spanish flu (killed like 2 million in the 1910s) worked like this - the transmission was roughly the same as regular flu but the virulence (the killing potential) was much greater.
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On April 25 2009 11:52 Xusneb wrote:
My research supervisor is a flu specialist. I don't mean to offend anyone but he's probably going to stay well-funded for a while with these outbreaks...
Anyways, when 20-40 year olds start dying, that's really scary. Flu kills a lot of people but it's usually due to another illness compromising the immune system (ie. old people, sick people). But young people? Oh boy, not good! The Spanish flu (killed like 2 million in the 1910s) worked like this - the transmission was roughly the same as regular flu but the virulence (the killing potential) was much greater.
That's comforting....
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No worries though, today's detection and quarantine capabilities are way better than back then. A flu won't outbreak like that again... (hopefully).
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