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OldWoodSpecter
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bird flue
#4836982 - 10/22/05 02:14 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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...has been discovered in Croatia on some swans..
so If I dissapear for a looong time, you know why is it so..
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Jellric
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Are you a swan?
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OldWoodSpecter
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Re: bird flue [Re: Jellric]
#4840475 - 10/23/05 03:20 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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nope, but it is deadly for humans too
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z@z.com
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OldWoodSpecter said: nope, but it is deadly for humans too
I don't think it is all that deadly yet.
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OldWoodSpecter
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Re: bird flue [Re: z@z.com]
#4840491 - 10/23/05 03:48 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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well it's not 100% mortality, but so far the mortality in humans has been 50%, that is considerable
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Phluck
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The stuff that mutates into the human form has a 50% mortality rate, but most of it is just the bitd version.
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z@z.com
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OldWoodSpecter said: well it's not 100% mortality, but so far the mortality in humans has been 50%, that is considerable
But it isn't exactly common. It makes a great news story, but how common is it really?
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OldWoodSpecter
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Re: bird flue [Re: z@z.com]
#4840697 - 10/23/05 08:34 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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z@z.com said:
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OldWoodSpecter said: well it's not 100% mortality, but so far the mortality in humans has been 50%, that is considerable
But it isn't exactly common. It makes a great news story, but how common is it really?
well fortunatley its not common, but european experts are prepared for a pandemia. Right now it is "may not" phase, but there is a danger
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cateyes
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bring it on...
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Moonshoe
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according to macleans magazine, the spanish flu killed (depending on which historian you believe) 25 million, 50 million or 100 million. the next pandemic, be it from bird flu or otherwise, is estimated to kill 4 times that many people. so that could be 400 million people. people you know will die from this
employers are being given seminars to prepare for a period of 25% employee absenteesm. when you combine the actual massive number of deaths with the impact that will have on the economy, the stock market, international travel etc...
lets just say alot of things will be very very different.
may you live in interesting times.
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Colbadol
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Re: bird flue [Re: Moonshoe]
#4853591 - 10/26/05 03:14 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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yep. there was the 1918 pandemic, and then one in 1957, then one in 1968. all avian flu.
the problem is that there hasnt been one recently, so most people dont have immunitity to even those old strains.
researchers expect this to hit either this winter or next. If cases start to pop up here in the states, i will leave univ, stock up on cans, and rarely leave my house. http://www.avianbirdflu.com/influenza_pandemic.htm
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Rustifer
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Re: bird flue [Re: Colbadol]
#4853600 - 10/26/05 03:20 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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Ditto, if it gets to the states I'll be out at my dads cabin in the woods.
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Irradiated_Feces
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Re: bird flue [Re: Moonshoe]
#4853645 - 10/26/05 04:26 AM (18 years, 4 months ago) |
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Interesting times indeed, but this world could definetly lighten it's load a little. Mother natures way of saying "STOP RUTTING JUST FOR A FUCKING DAY!"
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