Anyone here gotten Swine Flu.
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I had it on my trip to Vegas about a month ago. Knocked me out for 6 days of my 1 month holiday. Was not fun at all. Worst flu I've ever had and worst timing too. When I got back to Australia they made me wear a stupid mask and stay one meter away from everyone in the clinics at all time. WEEKS after I had it. Ugh.
Do not get it, it sucks.
Do not get it, it sucks.
I'm not sure myself how serious it is, I mean, people are dying from it, but it seems to be because they recognize the symptoms too late.....as far as I know, and dont quote me on this, but theres nothing to worry about as long as you get some strong anti virals into you up to 48 hrs after noticing the symptoms...theultimateend said:
I was talking about the Flu in general.Lopunny said:
Something like 100k people die a year from the Flu
. However as far as I know its usually dehydration. No excuse for that in the US. You die here you were just damn lazy. Clarification: If you die of dehydration here*
It's not just deaths that are important. If a large amount of a country's workforce looses 5 days of work that country will take a hit economically, a thing most of us can ill-afford right now. Not only do people stop going to restaurants, movies and malls, but people who are paid by the hour have less disposable income, since the money that would go toward priming the economy's pump instead goes into essentials like rent and food.Mewick_Alex said:
It could also have a staggering affect on countries who are in the midst of instability right now- think Iran, Pakistan, Mexico, etc. For example, there's a worry that it might spread through the Mexican Army, and thus reduce their effectiveness in the current cartel wars. Militaries are particularly susceptible to pandemics because soldiers often live in close quarters. Also, in countries that have drug trafficking problems, when the economy takes a hit and people lose jobs, they sometimes start working for the cartels in order to support themselves (since cartels always have a large amount of cash handy- dirty money rarely gets hit by the stock market because you can't invest it).
So even if the strain doesn't become more deadly, a widespread infection could have wide-scale geopolitical impact.
Real world example:
The economy of my home state, Hawai'i, is hurting because the Japanese government has asked its citizens to cut nonessential travel to the US. Japanese tourism is the basis of the state's economy, and hotel occupancy is down to 60%. I know a half dozen people who have lost jobs as a result of this... so swine flu is already causing damage, even without an astronomical death count.
Yeah, I heard fapping does wonders to your immune system.megatron2.0 said:
ANYWAY, a while ago when people stopped caring too much about it, it was considered an epidemic.
I'm probably going to end up moving to Madagascar.
+10 points if you get the reference above.
I've got a cold that I was convinced was swine flu at first. Headaches, ridiculously sore throat, slight temperature, runny nose. But two days later and I'm feeling a lot better, just got the sniffles now, so I'm sure it wasn't the flu. A few people I know have told me they've had it, but I haven't come into contact with anyone with it, as far as I'm aware. I'm not worried, anyway, I had regular flu back in December, took a few days off work, felt awful, but recovered fine, and I'm sure it'll be like that if I catch the pig version.
I got a flu returning from Australia. It was never confirmed as swine flu but it sounds similar to what you've got. Anyway, get well soon and my advice is to be wary of stairs when you get back on your feet.aruseusx said:
Normally I'd ***** about how it should be called H1N1, but I'm getting tired of repeating myself...
And no, I haven't gotten it yet. I hope you feel better.
And no, I haven't gotten it yet. I hope you feel better.
