swine flu, coming pandemic?

[RiceRocketGal]

http://encarta.msn.com/diction....html

Not a typo. A mistake... misspoken perhaps... but not a typo.

[themadscientist]

I seek to see this propaganda you see. So far nothin.

[klewis486]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/....html

Well, it's a pandemic now.

[themadscientist]

I find it curious that they let it spread unabated, for some reason, and now they lament it's "unstoppable." Well no s*** dumbass.

It's like the fire department watching a grease fire in the kitchen through the window, spread across the kitchen into the living room, then the bedroom, the whole time telling us "no need to worry." Now that the whole house is in flames they say "we can't control it now." NO! REALLY?

Let's add some foil to the discussion. Why would government purposefully allow a virus to spread that they may have been able to control had they acted? This guy is starting to sound prophetic. Not to mention he is ruggedly handsome and a great lay.

Now, I think the question of whether this goes pandemic is above us all, no epidemiologists in the house I am guessing. The fun question, the one that should turn this thread into one bumpy-a** ride.

Is it a man-made virus purposefully released to1. depopulate the world to a certain extent2. allow the governments of the world to suspend civil liberties and enact martial law3. paving the way to, a. forced immunizations of whatever they choose to fire into you, RFID perhaps.b. forcing people into concentration camps, "quarantine"c. seizure of privately owned firearms in the "interests of public order"4. making a weakened populous ready for consolidation under an oppressive world government

That is the nightmare scenario that a great deal of people firmly believe.I believe certain things.

I don't believe it is man made but I am open to the possibility if concrete proof can be presented.

I do believe there will be quarantines and

I do believe this administration will take advantage of this to try to expand power over Ameican citizens. To what extent I don't know, as far as they think they can go. Not ready to wrap my head just yet but I trust government slightly less than a used car salesman.

Some interesting historical reading.http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...=5778Some results of that.http://www.haverford.edu/biolo...s.htm

And some seek to award these nimrods more power over our lives? That is the really scary part. Oh well. This should solve the overpopulation problem in a year. Lucky for me, I'm immune; I had broccoli for lunch.

[4cefed]

Let's add some foil to the discussion. Why would government purposefully allow a virus to spread that they may have been able to control had they acted? ...

Seen "V for Vendetta" yet? made sense there.

[themadscientist]

That movie scared the s*** out of me. I know how easy it would be to cow the populous with the right "crisis" so it wasn't entertaining, but instead disturbing to me.

[smockers83]

Here's the thing about swine flu. Swine flu is actually getting worse in terms of numbers of those who are really sick. But at the same time, no one hears about it anymore. Numbers of people who are very sick are up and climbing and awareness of H1N1 is down. Coincidence? Perhaps. Doctors still aren't very sure about the virus and even think that it's possibly airborne.

[heliochrome85]

i can say with first hand certainty that the original swine flu was no worse than normal flu. The issue is that people dont usually know how to treat flu infections, since they dont have tamiflu or relenza just lying around the house. your body has an amazing ability to clear these infections, it just sucks for a few days. as for swine flu, its about being proactive. keeping clean, washing hands, being aware of anyone being sick, and avoiding that. i got it. it sucked. im fine now. end of story. on a side note, they just announced the first case of Tamiflu resistant H1N1 the other day. It would be a bigger issue if we didnt have multiple anti-virals on the market.

[themadscientist]

The only thing about the Miss Piggy flu is that it targets my age group. Other than that, it's just another flu. I hope I don't get it but if I do I have confidence in my immune system. It has been battle-hardened over 15 years without any flu shots. In that time, only the flu of 97' sent me to the hospital.

[smockers83]

The trend shows yours and my age group of those who are obese.

[themadscientist]

Still swine flu free. Keep your vaccine.

I was talking to my mom about this crap and she mentioned she told the government to f*** off in 76 when they wanted to shoot a 4 year old Mad up with the swill of the day. Two bullets dodged. Mad 2 Gov 0

[themadscientist]

Am I the only one who is stunned by the casual manner in which this event was recounted?

http://www.theintelligencer.ne....html

Quote »It took the strength of two sheriff's deputies to keep a middle schooler still enough to receive a shot of the swine flu, or H1N1, vaccine at a recent clinic.[/quote]So now we hold our kids down and shoot them up? I feel guilty when I treat my dog that way. How long until they hold us all down?

[seang]

^^That was dogmatic of them.
Modified by seang at 8:08 PM 11/16/2009

[PalmerWMD]

W

You will seize my laptop and demand full access to it without reasonable cause but you won't examine people coming from another country that has quarantined its capital city? What? <IMG NAME="icon" SRC="http://images.nicoclub.com/forums/image ... s/slap.gif" BORDER="0">

HaHa so true.

The intellectual limitations among some of our "officials" are the root cause of these "inconsistencies"Plus no one has ever gone broke underestimating the intelligence of the american public.

[PalmerWMD]

Still swine flu free. Keep your vaccine.

I was talking to my mom about this crap and she mentioned she told the government to f*** off in 76 when they wanted to shoot a 4 year old Mad up with the swill of the day. Two bullets dodged. Mad 2 Gov 0

I got vaccinated a few days ago.

[audtatious]

Hope you don't have negative issues with it.

Swine Flu has killed FAR less than the regular Flu.

[themadscientist]

Your arm getting itchy?

http://www.torontosun.com/news....html