Swine Flue outbreak in Mexico, US; 20 confirmed dead.

[DontSayBanana]

Huh.  What city is this out of curiosity?  Somewhere close to the border I presume?

Wags is in Massachusetts, IIRC; hardly "close to the border."

[Darth Wagtaros]

Yep. North-Central Mass.

[Monoriu]

Does anyone here personally know someone who is terrified of this?  It seems like the entirety of the craze is soely on the part of the media, governments, and buisness.  I have yet to meet a single individual "on the street" who is taking this seriously or even remotely concerned.

I hardly know anyone in HK who does not take this seriously.  The SARS epidemic in 2003 killed almost 300 people within a few weeks, and sent the economy to the abyss.  Nobody wants it to happen again.

[Sophie Scholl]

Are you afraid of the virus or the economic impact?  I mean 300 in a few weeks out of close to 7,000,000 people?  That's a drop in the ocean.  I honestly think without the media and governmental attention being paid to it, no one would give a fuck.  It's only the way it inconveniences people and disrupts the natural course of everyday life that seems to be truly impacting people.  Hell, more people die in random accidents than have been killed due to this.  I guess I just don't get it.  Wake me up when we have a repeat of the Spanish Infleunza Epidemic.  That would be worth taking seriously, that would be worth the craze and panic that some people seem to want to create.  This?  This is a damned farce.

[Admiral Yi]

What if they go to level 7?

Mine goes to 11.

[Martinus]

Titter ye not, Tamas 

This swine flu could yet have serious effects on the salami industry, Hungary's biggest IIRC.

I thought porn was their biggest industry.

[Martinus]

My boss just got back from a trip to Mexico last week. He called in yesterday saying it was "coming out both ends".

Are you going to fire him?

[Martinus]

I think a lot of the media scare comes from the misunderstanding of the word "pandemic". People seem to operate under a false assumption that this somehow relates to the virus' lethality. I mean, we have a pandemic of common cold each year, yet noone is freaking out.

[Martinus]

lol, if the WHO raises the level to 6, our company will install a heat camera the entrance and will make us wear those masks.

What if they go to level 7?

That's when the swine take over the world.

[Darth Wagtaros]

My boss just got back from a trip to Mexico last week. He called in yesterday saying it was "coming out both ends".

Are you going to fire him?

He should totally get Hans to arrange it.  He's good at that.

[CountDeMoney]

Does anyone here personally know someone who is terrified of this?  It seems like the entirety of the craze is soely on the part of the media, governments, and buisness.  I have yet to meet a single individual "on the street" who is taking this seriously or even remotely concerned.

The hospital, and in particular the epidemiologists and emergency medicine personnel, have fucking hard-ons for this thing.  This is their Super Bowl.

[Sophie Scholl]

The hospital, and in particular the epidemiologists and emergency medicine personnel, have fucking hard-ons for this thing.  This is their Super Bowl.

So it's his fault?  What a dick.

[lustindarkness]

I'll be going to DC this week, how many people with surgical masks will I find?

[CountDeMoney]

I'll be going to DC this week, how many people with surgical masks will I find?

None, probably.

[lustindarkness]

I'll be going to DC this week, how many people with surgical masks will I find?

None, probably.

Not even tourists?