Swine Flu

[IDon'tOweYouAnything23]

I've got a mexican pork pie salesman over on holiday with me. He's going to sty for 2 weeks and reckons they're bacon a drama out of a crisis. He says the World Health Authority statements get rasher by the minute. I agree with him, and lets face it - the huge stockpile of anti-viral drugs is something that should'nt be sneezed at.

Don't give up the day job will you?...You might have to though if the Flu of Swine gets you

 

[Jose]

this just in:

WHO to stop using term 'swine flu' to protect pigs*

now we're supposed to say the technical scientific name "H1N1 influenza A"
so remember that and maybe rename this thread

*=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090430/ap_on_he_me/un_who_swine_flu

The Dutch press changed "swine flu" to "Mexican flu" a couple of days ago.

 

[jete tes devoirs au feu]

Jade Goodys Revenge

 

[Oh my god. it's Robby!]

Hey, I'm suffering, I have an excuse to have a laugh at mean things.

gotcha

The Dutch press changed "swine flu" to "Mexican flu" a couple of days ago.

wait, somehow that does not seem like a more PC name

Jade Goodys Revenge

oh no! can

frogs get it too?

 

[troubleluvsme]

mean things make you laugh, huh?

Robby, let's put things in perspective, shall we?

One of my bookkeepers will most likely be diagnosed with Swine Flu this afternoon.

EVERYONE knows that the responsible thing for her, or anyone, to do in this situation would be to stay home until the test results come back as positive or negative. As a matter of fact, that is exactly what the Health Dept. told her to do.

She called me and insisted upon coming into work today because she was tired of being at home. She's only been home for 1 1/2 days. I made her go to the Doctor on Tuesday because she sounded like she was coughing up a lung.

 

[Not Right in the Head]

She called me and insisted upon coming into work today because she was tired of being at home. She's only been home for 1 1/2 days. I made her go to the Doctor on Tuesday because she sounded like she was coughing up a lung.

Wait, so you've already been exposed to it??? How long does it take for symptoms to appear?

 

[troubleluvsme]

Wait, so you've already been exposed to it??? How long does it take for symptoms to appear?

I don't have any idea. She's been sick since she returned on April 10th.
She may have been there before the outbreak started.
Although she's been ill, she hasn't been running any fever.

If it's that contagious, I'm surprised that no one else from my office has become ill. I'm hoping perhaps she just has a case of what else has been going around this town.

 

[Not Right in the Head]

If it's that contagious, I'm surprised that no one else from my office has become ill. I'm hoping perhaps she just has a case of what else has been going around this town.

But coughing isn't a symptom of syphilis.

 

[troubleluvsme]

But coughing isn't a symptom of syphilis.

Are we talking about syphilis or the swine flu?

 

[Not Right in the Head]

Are we talking about syphilis or the swine flu?

You were talking about what's going around your town.

 

[troubleluvsme]

You were talking about what's going around your town.

hahaha....isn't short term memory loss a symptom of something pretty bad?

 

[shawnxvx]

No, you're sick because you just consumed about an entire sugar cane's worth of sugar.

bummer

 

[jesuisbryony]

Oh, and this:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/30/swine-flu-media

Very good but I'm still getting a gas mask.

 

[Oh my god. it's Robby!]

Very good but I'm still getting a gas mask.

if you are, i suggest a West German or old East German mask with an Israeli filter
i am not making this up
Germans make the best gas masks, and Israeli filters are better than anyone else's
i will let others read into that but now you know

 

[The Cat's Mother]

Very good but I'm still getting a gas mask.

I'm thinking that the hijab could be about to become very fashionable. It protects everything except your hands and eyes and you could build in an extra snot-mopper layer (a bit like a Tena-lady for the face) for inward and outward sneeze protection.

 

[GirlAfraid23]

I'm still very scared...someone help me

 

[troubleluvsme]

I'm still very scared...someone help me

This round is probably nothing.

But now there is a virus that has jumped from animal to human and spread at pandemic proportions throughout the world.

It will go away, lie dormant for a year or two, mutate, then come back with a vengeance.

 

[yesitis]

This round is probably nothing.

But now there is a virus that has jumped from animal to human and spread at pandemic proportions throughout the world.

It will go away, lie dormant for a year or two, mutate, then come back with a vengeance.

even if you have swine flu. i still totally would. that's me beinfg charming.

 

[MindlessRuffian]

This round is probably nothing.

But now there is a virus that has jumped from animal to human and spread at pandemic proportions throughout the world.

It will go away, lie dormant for a year or two, mutate, then come back with a vengeance.

Before which I hope to die.

I can't deal with mayhem.

 

[Not Right in the Head]

Before which I hope to die.

I can't deal with mayhem.

No? You shoulda been here a few miles from the Pentagon on 9/11. Nothing compared to NYC, of course.