I am hoping this wakes people up from their "omg taxes, boo" Zombie-mode.
Taxes are the least of our worries, as it should be.
Not really worried. I think this is just one more story that the media is blowing wayyyyyy out of proportion. It's nowhere close to a pandemic and I saw news headlines already portraying it as such.
If your going to take Precautions, you should research a little bit, This Flu virus does not kill, some people die from other causes, IE Pneumonia,Very worried.
Taking precautions, i live in a highly populated city so if it spreads here, we're all going to die; those in the city anyway. It's time like this i wish i was living in the country.
But thankfully - Labour has enough of the anti biotics for just over half the UK Population and is prepared for such an event.
Very worried.
Taking precautions, i live in a highly populated city so if it spreads here, we're all going to die; those in the city anyway. It's time like this i wish i was living in the country.
But thankfully - Labour has enough of the anti biotics for just over half the UK Population and is prepared for such an event.
Deaths information for Flu: An estimated 100,000 hospitalizations and about 20,000 deaths occur each year from the flu or its complications. (Source: excerpt from Focus On The Flu: NIAID) ... average of 20,000 to 40,000 deaths per year. (Source: excerpt from Microbes in Sickness and in Health - Publications, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: NIAID) ... in the United States more than 100,000 people are hospitalized and more than 20,000 people die from the flu and its complications every year. (Source: excerpt from The Flu, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID) ... In an average year, flu leads to about 20,000 deaths nationwide and many more hospitalizations. (Source: excerpt from What to Do About the Flu - Age Page - Health Information: NIA)
I am hoping this wakes people up from their "omg taxes, boo" Zombie-mode.
Taxes are the least of our worries, as it should be.
I don't believe that this disease has true epidemic potential, much less pandemic. Though I think we pick on the media far too much, I'm going to do it anyway: I think that it's the next big thing for the media, and they're choosing to report this one up. For example, a CNN headline I came across while writing this, "Pandemic: What would happen next?". A little silly. Anyway, I recognize that there is a certain risk of deaths across the globe, but I'm not shaking in my boots on this one.
Edit: I just ran across this article on Salon. Enjoy.
The last great swine flu epidemic | Salon
Duke, Media Abuser
Never mind that if we weren't sending money to Washington to fund Dear Leader's subservience to Goldman Sachs, AIG, JPMorgan, and other Wall Street gamblers cum bankers, we'd have more money for the necessaries of contending with a flu outbreak.:roll: