Meili Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Either I can do simple math better than most or there is some alien mutated cell under a microscope somewhere where this virus looks like it came from John Carpenter's "The Thing". 92 cases (USA) in a population of over 350 MILLION is hardly a scare and not even worth a second of my thoughts. That's less than 1 case per 2 million people. Chances of being injured or killed by a toilet? 1 per 10,000 people. Which is more likely?That apparently didn't stop my wife's school district (she teaches 4th grade) from closing 4 schools because a kid might have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elrick Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 According to fixed news and Rush Limbaugh it was all Obama's fault not to mention this is all and elaberate Al-Quada plot to destroy the US and other infidels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 WHO doesn't raise the pandemic threat level to attempt to cause a panic.Why don't you start with researching how often they raise their "threat levels" (god i hate that term). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aemon Stark Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I'm not aware of any change in the threat levels prior to the current events. Influenza spreads easily, and if a novel strain to which people have little immunity becomes transmissable human-to-human, it may go a lot further. However, there's a big difference between appropriate precautions and paranoia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Relic,I'm on my Blackberry at this point so my ability to research and link is limited. However, I believe I heard the Pandemic alert level only went to three during the SARS outbreak. Do you have other information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sologdin Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 know, the ones who go into work and then infect the entire office with some horrible viral plague -- be it a nasty head cold or norovirus or swine flu -- instead of staying home and keeping your grody viruses to yourself. Your department head is right for quarantining your virus-shedding hide, no matter what the virus actually is. hahahahahahscot--do we have your opinion on the record vis-a-vis that guy with TB who was on the plane last year? (or has that thread been purged?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arbor Gold Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Scot, according to Angalin back on page three of this thread:SARS rated a four and an across-national-borders pandemic rates a six.Hard to find a link though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartTesla Posted April 30, 2009 Author Share Posted April 30, 2009 According to the BBC, level 5 is when there is human to human transmission in two countries or more.Edit: Sorry for the confusion, but I misremembered the article I read. Here is the WHO link to how they evaluate threat levelsPhase 5 is characterized by human-to-human spread of the virus into at least two countries in one WHO region. While most countries will not be affected at this stage, the declaration of Phase 5 is a strong signal that a pandemic is imminent and that the time to finalize the organization, communication, and implementation of the planned mitigation measures is short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meili Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Holy fuck............. My wife's entire school district, in a city with almost one million people....right next to a city with two million people closed until May 8th just now. If this ends up being nothing part of me will be happy and the rest will never buy into any serious health panic ever unless I actually physically see a dead person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O' Bones Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 If this ends up being nothing part of me will be happy and the rest will never buy into any serious health panic ever unless I actually physically see a dead person.Please consider that the precautions being taken may well be the reason why it turns out to seem like nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser_not_appearing_yet Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Well, in all honesty, when debating over possible causes of human extinction, noone suspected pigs.I'm converting to Islam ASAP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meili Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Please consider that the precautions being taken may well be the reason why it turns out to seem like nothing.It could be. But closing the district while letting people still work congregate there makes the closings futile. On the news they are advising against going to movie theatres, etc. Places where people gather in other words.Parents are worried but really have no idea what to do. They expected their kid to be at school, they have to work, days cares are closed, what are they supposed to do? Take all next week off? It's not realistic for them. I guess they'll have to find a way though, we'll see how it goes. As of now it is over 90,000 kids with no school until the 8th of May at the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O' Bones Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 They expected their kid to be at school, they have to work, days cares are closed, what are they supposed to do? Take all next week off? It's not realistic for them.That, in and of itself, is pretty messed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Oop North Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 [Eagerly awaits news of the South Carolina outbreak]Well, in all honesty, when debating over possible causes of human extinction, noone suspected pigs.Yeah, if this turns out to be a super deadly pandemic, then we totally have to rename it. Having millions of people killed by 'Swine Flu' just sounds totally lame. Talk about a huge lack of foresight on the media's part. Idiots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean of Notions Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Yeah, if this turns out to be a super deadly pandemic, then we totally have to rename it. Having millions of people killed by 'Swine Flu' just sounds totally lame. Talk about a huge lack of foresight on the media's part. Idiots.They are pushing to call it the H1N1 virus, which sounds very sci-fi thriller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord O' Bones Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 I'm using the classic Captain Trips. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aemon Stark Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Well, it is an H1N1 virus, but so was the subtype that caused the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918-19. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean of Notions Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Well, it is an H1N1 virus, but so was the subtype that caused the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918-19.Some people are also calling it Mexican flu, much to the displeasure of Mexicans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mashiara Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Holy fuck............. My wife's entire school district, in a city with almost one million people....right next to a city with two million people closed until May 8th just now.Now, here's a scenario I wouldn't mind. I remember a few years ago we had a viral epidemic here and we closed all schools for a week.I do agree though, what to do with the kids in cases like this is a serious problem.I'm happy to report that mass hysteria hasn't taken over the Greek media, not yet. Give us a few more days, until we have a suspect case ourselves and then we'll be all over this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyfinger Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 We are now at threat level 5 with this mexican flu.Umm...awesome? :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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