Swine flu 2009

[novelist_wannabe]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

One dissenting voice on the "we're doomed" mindset:

http://www.esquire.com/features/best-n-brightest-2005/ESQ1205B&BEWALD_244

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

Anybody else feel like this is being blown out of proportion?

Perhaps a bit, but truthfully I think it's receiving the right amount of coverage. Thankfully it hit during the weekend so we didn't have to hear the talking heads droning on about it. Come Monday that may change.

kleeda is kind of an alarmist, so I was willing to write it off as crazy talk...until it led the NBC News Friday night and until it DOMINATED CNN today.

How many people are dead now?

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

103 in Mexico, according to a story on CNN.com, but only 18 of those were confirmed to be from Swine Flu. The story also said there were 1,381 cases in Mexico. Maybe that's a lot, but I'd guess that in a country that size, you could find 1,381 cases of the flue any day of any year.

Pardon me for not panicking.

 

[JackReacher]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

OK...so I have a trip to Cancun planned for June 6-13, and this pig flu is really starting to irritate me.

For those who know about this virus, should I worry? How long should I hold off on buying our plane tickets? Will this thing be gone by June? Should I just plan on another vacation destination now?

Dammit.

 

[OnTheRiver]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

OK...so I have a trip to Cancun planned for June 6-13, and this pig flu is really starting to irritate me.

For those who know about this virus, should I worry? How long should I hold off on buying our plane tickets? Will this thing be gone by June? Should I just plan on another vacation destination now?

Dammit.

You ever been to Cancun?

You wanna go?

Then go.

You could catch this **** sitting in your backyard. Go have a good time. Drink some beers, sit on the beach and catch a sunrise down there.

To date, you've got a better chance of getting hit by lightning than you do dying from this thing.

 

[JackReacher]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

OK...so I have a trip to Cancun planned for June 6-13, and this pig flu is really starting to irritate me.

For those who know about this virus, should I worry? How long should I hold off on buying our plane tickets? Will this thing be gone by June? Should I just plan on another vacation destination now?

Dammit.

You ever been to Cancun?

You wanna go?

Then go.

You could catch this **** sitting in your backyard. Go have a good time. Drink some beers, sit on the beach and catch a sunrise down there.

To date, you've got a better chance of getting hit by lightning than you do dying from this thing.

Never been. Desperately want to go. But I also desperately don't want to get sick while I'm there, either.

 

[Grimace]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

OK...so I have a trip to Cancun planned for June 6-13, and this pig flu is really starting to irritate me.

For those who know about this virus, should I worry? How long should I hold off on buying our plane tickets? Will this thing be gone by June? Should I just plan on another vacation destination now?

Dammit.

You ever been to Cancun?

You wanna go?

Then go.

You could catch this **** sitting in your backyard. Go have a good time. Drink some beers, sit on the beach and catch a sunrise down there.

To date, you've got a better chance of getting hit by lightning than you do dying from this thing.

Never been. Desperately want to go. But I also desperately don't want to get sick while I'm there, either.

Yeah, I wouldn't go if I were you. Definitely stay home. And to help you out, I'll take your flight and hotel reservations.

 

[DocTalk]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

In today's world, where international travel is the norm, spread of infection is routine. It's not unusual to see cases of malaria or tuberculiosis far from an arbitrarily drawn international border. Infections tend not to pay attention to passport control.

That said, the best wa yto protect yourself from an infection is common sense. Handwashing and covering your face when you sneeze or cough goes a long way.

It will be interesting to see the effects on the country if the number of flu cases increases dramatically.

 

[mustangj17]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

Swine flu in Michigan now.

 

[JackReacher]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

OK...so I have a trip to Cancun planned for June 6-13, and this pig flu is really starting to irritate me.

For those who know about this virus, should I worry? How long should I hold off on buying our plane tickets? Will this thing be gone by June? Should I just plan on another vacation destination now?

Dammit.

You ever been to Cancun?

You wanna go?

Then go.

You could catch this **** sitting in your backyard. Go have a good time. Drink some beers, sit on the beach and catch a sunrise down there.

To date, you've got a better chance of getting hit by lightning than you do dying from this thing.

Never been. Desperately want to go. But I also desperately don't want to get sick while I'm there, either.

Yeah, I wouldn't go if I were you. Definitely stay home. And to help you out, I'll take your flight and hotel reservations.

Ha! I'll keep you updated.

 

[Football_Bat]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

The Mexicans may be lying about the death toll:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/8018428.stm

British ex-pats working in the health field in Mexico have been bombarding the BBC with reports that suggest the toll from swine flu is much higher.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

Mexico's having a really bad week:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/04/27/mexico.earthquake/index.html

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

The Mexicans may be lying about the death toll:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/8018428.stm

British ex-pats working in the health field in Mexico have been bombarding the BBC with reports that suggest the toll from swine flu is much higher.

The lack of information being reported from Mexico is troubling. I've been trying to read some of the newspapers in Mexico City through Bablefish (my Spanish sucks) and some of the comments on the stories seem to show that a lot of the citizens think the government is lying to them.

 

[novelist_wannabe]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

Troubling, yes. Not surprising in the least, however.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

It will be interesting to watch how their government handles "shutting down" Mexico City. I don't see how that can be accomplished peacefully.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

Doing some more browsing of newspaper sites in Mexico and a lot of them are slow or unresponsive. Their Internet infrastructure is probably woefully inadequate to handle global or perhaps a flood of local traffic.

 

[Hammer Pants]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

It will be interesting to watch how their government handles "shutting down" Mexico City. I don't see how that can be accomplished peacefully.

I don't see how that can be accomplished at all.

 

[mustangj17]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

This thing is being blown out of proportion. Someone in our coverage area got the swine flu. I went to the presser. The doctor said wash your hands and you'll be fine.

He said tamiflu works if you use it within the first 48 hours.

He also said it may not be passed from human to human. Woman who got it drove to Mich from San Antonio and didn't pass it to her family on the 2 day car trip.

 

[Armchair_QB]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

This thing is being blown out of proportion. Someone in our coverage area got the swine flu. I went to the presser. The doctor said wash your hands and you'll be fine.

He said tamiflu works if you use it within the first 48 hours.

He also said it may not be passed from human to human. Woman who got it drove to Mich from San Antonio and didn't pass it to her family on the 2 day car trip.

A cynic would suggest that one of the reasons its being blown out of proportion up here is to take the economy off the front page.

I don't think it's being blown out of proportion south of the border however. It does sound very serious down there. Of course banana republics don't have a real good track record handling things like this.

 

[JC]

Re: Swine flu outbreak in Mexico

Just got back from a week in Mexico, heard nothing about until I arrived home and there was a news crew wanting to ask us questions.