no, I am saying one of these days Chicken Little will be right
sometimes pandemics do happen...hopefully not in our lifetime
Broady, you're comparing the media circus of 2009 to 1915 ish.OK
no, I am saying one of these days Chicken Little will be right
sometimes pandemics do happen...hopefully not in our lifetime
lets not blow things out of proportion early.
Broady, you're comparing the media circus of 2009 to 1915 ish.OK
Good reason? How many people have died from this outside Mexico?
I'm not so sure this flu is going to ramp up the extinction levels anticipated by networks or lunacy theorists. The sample size outside of Mexico is too low to put any hard figure on mortality rates, for the time being.
Lunacy theorists on the other hand, love to try and make people sick with worry.
The normally bustling streets of Mexico City were virtually empty yesterday, with millions preferring to stay in their houses rather than risk contagion from the killer swine flu.
By Ioan Grillo in Mexico City
Last Updated: 11:08PM BST 26 Apr 2009
A mixture of fear, suspicion and frustration set in across the country as the death toll from swine flu rose and the government took an increasingly tough position to stop it spreading.
Many of those who did venture out wore the blue face masks that were being handed out by soldiers at check points along the main avenues.
"You don't know who could be carrying this plague so it is best to just keep behind closed doors as much as possible."
A shutdown of all schools, universities, museums and theatres was extended to bars and discos, which the government decreed they could forcibly close if they did not shutter their doors voluntarily.
Sunday Masses normally celebrated by millions in this strongly Roman Catholic country were also cancelled - the first such closure since Mexico's religious wars of the 1920s.
Health workers on the ground were overwhelmed with people reporting the key symptoms of the epidemic such as coughs, aching muscles and diarrhoea - although many may have had traditional forms of flu.
In total, 1,300 people were fighting the virus in hospital beds across Mexico with as many as 81 people dying of the disease.
Feelings of anxiety also swept through the 1,000 strong British expatriate community in the city.
Bar owner Umair Khan, 35, of Wembley, London, said he was getting increasingly worried seeing how events were developing.
the good reason i was refering to was the fema camp in the vid..
was there an asx listed company that was developing some sort of sensors that could detect body temperature at airports....when the bird flue thing was around ???...I know there are unlisted companies
Swine flu death toll in Mexico rises to 103 27 Apr 2009 03:02:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
MEXICO CITY, April 26 (Reuters) - The death toll in Mexico from an outbreak of a new type of swine flu has risen to 103 people, Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova said on Sunday.
Cordova told Mexican television that around 400 people were in hospital out of a total of around 1,600 suspected cases.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/h...mbie-city-as-residents-hide-behind-doors.html
Swine flu: Mexico City becomes 'strange zombie city' as residents hide behind doors
Slow shamblers from the original Dawn Of The Dead (I think).
In Mexico, at least 80 people are thought to have died from the human form of swine flu (AFP: Luis Acosta )
Video: Global flu pandemic fears (ABC News) Video: Mexican flu triggers global alert (ABC News) Related Story: Swine flu declared 'public health emergency' Related Story: Swine flu fears as NZ students quarantined Health officials in Australia say they are on standby to implement procedures at the nation's borders if needed, to help guard against any outbreak of a new strain of swine flu.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning that an outbreak of the flu in Mexico and the United States could become a global epidemic.
But the WHO says it is still too early to say whether this is likely to happen.
So far the 11 confirmed cases in the United States have all been mild, and every person infected has recovered.
In Mexico, at least 80 people are thought to have died from the human form of swine flu.
Australian health authorities say they are contacting all GPs and hospital emergency departments warning doctors to be on the lookout for patients suspected of having swine flu.
The Health Department's chief medical officer, Professor Jim Bishop, says federal and state health officials have held talks over the weekend to look at what Australia's response should be..
He says GPs have been advised to notify authorities of any suspected cases and to monitor the patient's progress.
But he says while vigilance is needed, at this stage there is no cause for panic.
"There is obviously concern and we may need to change some of these views as more unfolds over the course of the next day or two," he said.
Australia's federal Health Department says its actively monitoring the situation overseas and stands ready to step up its response when required.
The department says unlike bird flu, strains of swine influenza do not usually cause illness in humans, and in developed countries like Australia, relatively few people are regularly exposed to pigs.
It has urged anyone who has recently returned from the US or Mexico with flu-like symptoms to see their GP.
No that’s the public servants from the ATO
jeez mate - if the pig flu doesn't get you first, you are gonna have the ATO zombies on your ass for sure.
good luck man.
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(I understand they are the Slow shamblers - but very persistent)
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