Remember Swine Flu?
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Of course, MRSA is actually dangerous and there isn't really a "season" of it. Sure the chances of getting it are low, but it makes swine flu looks like a sore throat in comparison. Unfortunately I have a mother who works in the health care field so I am regularly reminded that MRSA is still around.Souldemon8 said:
I remember at my old middle school we had all these assemblies and classes about it and stuff kids were scared to touch each other and carried around hand sanitizer. A couple of weeks later everyone was all hugging and you had to search for some PURELLJakobLogan said:
However, in the case of potentially pandemic diseases there is a correlation between public and private action, availability of information, and reduced severity of said disease.findler said:
The reason we do not hear of swine fly anymore is because all the measures taken reduced the threat of pandemic to levels where it is no longer any more dangerous than common seasonal influenza. Because in the case of global diseases the one thing we lack is time to respond and develop medicines, as well as build resistance on population scale. Washing/disinfecting hands, visibility in media (for informational, educational purposes and repeating of given preventitive instructions), and extraordinary measures at transportation hubs and entertainment centers etc can drastically buy that time.
It wasn't a case of hype, it was a case genuinely global deadly disease that was defeated in part due to said 'hype'.
i remember it as hilarious everyone in my school thought they were gonna die and the news only scared ppl more, but nothing happened i just laughed
but eventually the swine flu will come back mutated and starting the zombie apocalypse ive always been waiting for
but eventually the swine flu will come back mutated and starting the zombie apocalypse ive always been waiting for
Had it. It was just a boar. I managed to get some oinkment from the hospigal though. Sow it's all right now, just sty-mied me for a bit.
My entire family died of Swine Flu.
No they didn't, they died of hard drugs and a broomstick incident.
No they didn't, they died of hard drugs and a broomstick incident.
Remember that tiny article on page 5 mentioning that there was an island made of garbage twice the size of Texas floating in the southeast Pacific?
Of course not, because for some reason, no-one cared.
Of course not, because for some reason, no-one cared.
Sadly we have not, and next year when it is flu season we will have an all new flu to be afraid of.Vuljatar said:
I've got dibs on "Squirrel Flu."
I thought about this a bit and I'm thinking the next cool flu strain will be called "piscine flu". They would call it fish flu, but settling on using the general term "piscine" will create a greater aura of mystery, especially amongst those gullible enough to be thrown in an arm flailing panic at the news of another more deadly flu strain, who won't have any idea what the word piscine means anyway.orangeapples said:
