Poll: Swine Flu

[gunningyoudown]

I had the swine flu its just hard to get through you dont die

 

[ExaltedK9]

I say wut... cause your choices are pretty damn poor.

The swine flu exists, it is just a disease and as flu go it isn't even all that bad. The problem is it was a slow news week or something.... guess Michael Jackson can't die every day like they so wish. This means the media had to report on something. Given that the US media is all about ratings and nothing boosts ratings like 'hear it first on our chennal' driven fear it was enviable they would jump on swine flu like they did bird flu and whatever ailment comes out each year.

I don't think there is a conspiracy behind this, let alone a government one (and would you want them in charge of your conspiracies?) It is just a sad fact of today's existence: TV news hype up EVERYTHING they think will cause even a single extra viewer. Sensationalism, sensationalism, sensationalism!

It sells.

My view: wake me up when it kills, say, .5% of the world population. Given that this disease has such a dismal kill rate it couldn't even achieve that if we all got infected so I think I will sleep easy.

About my poll being terrible, I was basically just taking either answer to it's most extreme for comical effect. Sorry, I thought most people would catch on.

But let me simplify for the slower folk:

Option A: YES

Option B: NO

Option C: Good sir I would appreciate further elaboration, if you would please.

 

[WaywardHaymaker]

...It's the flu. The only reason people died last year was because it was in Mexico, where sadly the medical facilities are not as good as here in the USA, and it infected infants that are extremely susceptible to disease and viruses because, well, they just got out of the womb.

Anyone with access to a local clinic is really overreacting if they believe it'll be more serious for them than a few days out of school or work.

 

[Vuljatar]

I'm so tempted to go into a 'government making loads of hype so they can give everyone injections to control us all, instead of the vaccine they say they're giving us' rant, but common sense will prevail and keep me from doing so.

Frankly, I'm more worried about the fact that they are rushing untested vaccines to the public to combat an imaginary catastrophe. Flu vaccines aren't something you want to screw up--the 1976 "swine flu outbreak" killed one person, and the vaccine killed 25.

 

[ExaltedK9]

The only good that came out of it was a few school closings, and the worst that came out of it was like 20 deaths. A life (or 20) isn't to be taken lightly, but they made up such a huge deal about a global pandemic that would kill us all, it's a bit silly to see people panic over something that can be cured by two days in bed and a bowl of chicken soup.

It actually put me out of it for nearly 2 weeks. But I guess it effects people of different health differently.

 

[Logic 0]

It's something you need to be worried about but we have bigger problems than this.

 

[Flishiz]

Ok, so, I live in Ithaca, and a student at Cornell University died last week of the flu...

But at the same time my girlfriend and her family had it and were fine.

Just a case of the sniffles with a first name.

 

[Anacortian]

I think I fall somewhere between those two very extreme answers. So.... Wuh?

 

[Scumpernickle]

The media just blew it out of proportion making it look like some "super bug" that would wipe out every human on earth. I mean look, malaria kills more people in Africa (or any other country with a big bug problem) than the swine flu will make sick in America in 1 year. I can see the risk of complications with the extremely young or old but other than that, just forget about it you big babies.

 

[ExaltedK9]

I think I fall somewhere between those two very extreme answers. So.... Wuh?

Thats actually wut

But yes, thats it.

 

[kazuki landen]

I'm so tempted to go into a 'government making loads of hype so they can give everyone injections to control us all, instead of the vaccine they say they're giving us' rant, but common sense will prevail and keep me from doing so.

Frankly, I'm more worried about the fact that they are rushing untested vaccines to the public to combat an imaginary catastrophe. Flu vaccines aren't something you want to screw up--the 1976 "swine flu outbreak" killed one person, and the vaccine killed 25.

More likely, but way less fun. (In stupid house-wifey advert voice): Orwellian paranoia - adds that little bit of unreasonable fear to any conversation.

 

[ucciolord1]

The only good that came out of it was a few school closings, and the worst that came out of it was like 20 deaths. A life (or 20) isn't to be taken lightly, but they made up such a huge deal about a global pandemic that would kill us all, it's a bit silly to see people panic over something that can be cured by two days in bed and a bowl of chicken soup.

It actually put me out of it for nearly 2 weeks. But I guess it effects people of different health differently.

But the chicken soup helped, right?

 

[DrDeath3191]

Swine Flu kills less people than the regular flu. People are overreacting.

 

[ExaltedK9]

The only good that came out of it was a few school closings, and the worst that came out of it was like 20 deaths. A life (or 20) isn't to be taken lightly, but they made up such a huge deal about a global pandemic that would kill us all, it's a bit silly to see people panic over something that can be cured by two days in bed and a bowl of chicken soup.

It actually put me out of it for nearly 2 weeks. But I guess it effects people of different health differently.

But the chicken soup helped, right?

Oh yes, immensely. And thats why people are overreacting @.@

 

[Kenjitsuka]

I liked the first thread better
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.131547

And no, I don't care about the flu, bovine, avian or otherwise.

 

[FinalHeart95]

I heard that it actually is LESS contagious than the normal flu. So people don't get their normal flu shots, but swine flu shots will be nearly out of supply. The logic fails me.

 

[The Austin]

I'm not going to anwer the poll, because the Govt. is not trying to take our guns away, but Swin flu can suck it. Im not afraid of it.

 

[Asciotes]

it's just a very contagious virus and a chance to use propaganda. No point in worrying.

 

[Infallible Fail]

I say wut... cause your choices are pretty damn poor.

The swine flu exists, it is just a disease and as flu go it isn't even all that bad. The problem is it was a slow news week or something.... guess Michael Jackson can't die every day like they so wish. This means the media had to report on something. Given that the US media is all about ratings and nothing boosts ratings like 'hear it first on our chennal' driven fear it was enviable they would jump on swine flu like they did bird flu and whatever ailment comes out each year.

I don't think there is a conspiracy behind this, let alone a government one (and would you want them in charge of your conspiracies?) It is just a sad fact of today's existence: TV news hype up EVERYTHING they think will cause even a single extra viewer. Sensationalism, sensationalism, sensationalism!

It sells.

My view: wake me up when it kills, say, .5% of the world population. Given that this disease has such a dismal kill rate it couldn't even achieve that if we all got infected so I think I will sleep easy.

Thisss. Poll needs to be revised. Swine flu is real. No one should care. This is just more evidence of how useless our mainstream media is. Fuck swine flu.