Comments on: Swine Flu Heading Our Way? http://blogging.la/2009/04/25/swine-flu-heading-our-way/ Lizard people dude. Seriously. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: wilberfan http://blogging.la/2009/04/25/swine-flu-heading-our-way/comment-page-1/#comment-13686 wilberfan Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:21:59 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=26564#comment-13686 Couldn't resist sharing this: http://xkcd.com/574/ Couldn’t resist sharing this: http://xkcd.com/574/

]]> By: Jon http://blogging.la/2009/04/25/swine-flu-heading-our-way/comment-page-1/#comment-13685 Jon Mon, 27 Apr 2009 02:02:48 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=26564#comment-13685 I am mildly concerned, considering the hordes of international tourists that always want to cough and sneeze on me each day. I am mildly concerned, considering the hordes of international tourists that always want to cough and sneeze on me each day.

]]> By: Lucinda Michele http://blogging.la/2009/04/25/swine-flu-heading-our-way/comment-page-1/#comment-13684 Lucinda Michele Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:39:55 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=26564#comment-13684 You're just excited about the potential for zombie apocalypse. You’re just excited about the potential for zombie apocalypse.

]]> By: Jodi Kurland http://blogging.la/2009/04/25/swine-flu-heading-our-way/comment-page-1/#comment-13683 Jodi Kurland Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:58:16 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=26564#comment-13683 I'm definitely concerned. Working in a not-for-profit hospital, where we treat many, many people who have very recently come from Mexico, makes me nervous. Granted, I'm exposed to all kind of things all the time, but I usually know in advance and can take precautions. I already do excessive hand washing at work and will intensify that tomorrow. I’m definitely concerned. Working in a not-for-profit hospital, where we treat many, many people who have very recently come from Mexico, makes me nervous. Granted, I’m exposed to all kind of things all the time, but I usually know in advance and can take precautions. I already do excessive hand washing at work and will intensify that tomorrow.

]]> By: Sean Bonner http://blogging.la/2009/04/25/swine-flu-heading-our-way/comment-page-1/#comment-13682 Sean Bonner Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:17:40 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=26564#comment-13682 Wilberfan - Don't know if you watched any of the emergency press conferences this morning, there were several - WHO, White House and CDC. The facts are being released and are concerning. Yes there's a flu every year, but I don't recall the last time a major wold city was going to be shut down because of it. Wilberfan – Don’t know if you watched any of the emergency press conferences this morning, there were several – WHO, White House and CDC. The facts are being released and are concerning. Yes there’s a flu every year, but I don’t recall the last time a major wold city was going to be shut down because of it.

]]> By: wilberfan http://blogging.la/2009/04/25/swine-flu-heading-our-way/comment-page-1/#comment-13681 wilberfan Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:10:51 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=26564#comment-13681 It's easy to get really freaked out by this news (I am--a little)--but I wonder if that's really warranted (yet)? There aren't that many cases (yet). The death rate seems pretty low (so far) as influenzas go. The virus seems treatable by tamiflu, etc. Don't hundreds of people die every year from "regular" influenzas--that AREN'T breathlessly reported by the media? It just feels like the paranoia level far exceeds the facts that we have at the moment. I think it's good to be cautiously aware in these early stages--but I wonder if a whole lot of people are going to get way more upset than they need to? (And how long before the right wing nut-jobs start screaming about pigs and Mexico and viruses and "those people"...?) It’s easy to get really freaked out by this news (I am–a little)–but I wonder if that’s really warranted (yet)? There aren’t that many cases (yet). The death rate seems pretty low (so far) as influenzas go. The virus seems treatable by tamiflu, etc. Don’t hundreds of people die every year from “regular” influenzas–that AREN’T breathlessly reported by the media?

It just feels like the paranoia level far exceeds the facts that we have at the moment. I think it’s good to be cautiously aware in these early stages–but I wonder if a whole lot of people are going to get way more upset than they need to?

(And how long before the right wing nut-jobs start screaming about pigs and Mexico and viruses and “those people”…?)

]]> By: bromike666 http://blogging.la/2009/04/25/swine-flu-heading-our-way/comment-page-1/#comment-13680 bromike666 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:54:05 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=26564#comment-13680 Yeah, and killer bees were supposed to reach LA 10 years ago. Yeah, and killer bees were supposed to reach LA 10 years ago.

]]> By: This Little Piggy | Orange County Metblogs http://blogging.la/2009/04/25/swine-flu-heading-our-way/comment-page-1/#comment-13679 This Little Piggy | Orange County Metblogs Sun, 26 Apr 2009 01:33:39 +0000 http://la.metblogs.com/?p=26564#comment-13679 [...] Sean posted a nice Swine Flu update over at LA Metblogs with a neat (and slightly concerning) map. I can only imagine the Emergency Rooms are filling up with paranoid patients freaking out as type this. Maybe Dave can confirm my suspicions. [...] [...] Sean posted a nice Swine Flu update over at LA Metblogs with a neat (and slightly concerning) map. I can only imagine the Emergency Rooms are filling up with paranoid patients freaking out as type this. Maybe Dave can confirm my suspicions. [...]

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