Just been mentiond on the tv that the first case of swine fever has been confirmed :shock:
the govt have enough vacine for 30 million doses :shock:
Looking that the population is around 58 million :shock:
Means that 28 million are going it alone :shock:
hhhhhmmmmmmmmm questions ?
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Swine Fever are we in for an epidemic ???
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Quote by Dave__Notts
No
Newsspaper scaremongering again
Dave_Notts
One case = epidemic?
Of course they're scaremongering 
Sex God
As an asthmatic I'll get first dibs on any vaccine so I don't care 
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Quote by Staggerlee_BB
As an asthmatic I'll get first dibs on any vaccine so I don't care
Ooooohhhh good point - so will I
Sex God
On the news they say they are still testing in this country to check what it actually is.
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Quote by Sarah
On the news they say they are still testing in this country to check what it actually is.
2 cases have now been confirmed in Scotland. Still hardly an epidemic though
Sex God
Well if the newspapers have their way, those 2 confirmed cases, will be 20 cases by 9!!
Quote by travlinmanukok
Just been mentiond on the tv that the first case of swine fever has been confirmed :shock:
the govt have enough vacine for 30 million doses :shock:
Looking that the population is around 58 million :shock:
Means that 28 million are going it alone :shock:
hhhhhmmmmmmmmm questions ?
two weeks ago I had to attend a meeting been arranged by our local authority on how we would deal with a flu pandemic if we were to have one so all I will say is that plans are been made on how to deal with it
Sex God
The big difference between bird flu and swine fever is that there have been 149 deaths in Mexico up to now, and further confirmed cases in other countries. With the bird flu, the virus didn't seem able to transfer very easily between humans (although there were deaths from that as well) but this strain seems to have developed that ability quite well.
It remains to be seen whether this will be another scare story, but I don't think it does any harm to at least be wary and vigilant if you or friends/family are traveling to places such as Mexico where there have been deaths ;)
It remains to be seen whether this will be another scare story, but I don't think it does any harm to at least be wary and vigilant if you or friends/family are traveling to places such as Mexico where there have been deaths ;)
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Quote by kaz_allen
the government and other authorties are taking the chance of a flu pandemic seriously and are putting plans in place to try and deal with it but i think time will tell whethher this is the pandemic or not
And that's right and proper in my opinion. The government are kind of damned if they do and damned if they don't. It's all very well people saying "it's a complete load of old tosh", but if the government ignored the warnings and did nothing because bird flu amounted to nothing, I'm sure those same people would be up in arms that nobody was vaccinated ;)
Quote by Angel Chat
the government and other authorties are taking the chance of a flu pandemic seriously and are putting plans in place to try and deal with it but i think time will tell whethher this is the pandemic or not
And that's right and proper in my opinion. The government are kind of damned if they do and damned if they don't. It's all very well people saying "it's a complete load of old tosh", but if the government ignored the warnings and did nothing because bird flu amounted to nothing, I'm sure those same people would be up in arms that nobody was vaccinated ;)
But what vaccination?
Unfortunately the authorities will have to wait until the strain is identified then the antidote can be developed. Until then we have to take our chances.
Simple measures will help, thats why the wash your hands after sneezing is advertised on the telly. I.e. catch it, bin it and kill it.
We have had lots of influenza type pandemics this century........with the biggest in 1918-19. It is not new and there is nothing that we can do unless we stockpile an antidote for every possible strain......and cost wise this is impractical.
Dave_Notts
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Quote by Angel Chat
On the news they say they are still testing in this country to check what it actually is.
2 cases have now been confirmed in Scotland. Still hardly an epidemic though
Oh great... I just got here!! :giggle:
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Quote by Sarah
Well if the newspapers have their way, those 2 confirmed cases, will be 20 cases by 9!!
you might not be that far off... it is 2 confired so far.... however the number that they have checked so far is actually 25....
14 have come back negative.... 9 still waiting on results and the 2 positives...
the worrying this about the 2 positives is they were though to have come back from a part of mexico not affected by the outbreak
People over here worrying about swine flu. :shock:
Think if you have to go into hospital, which you would if you caught swine flu, I would be more worried about catching MRSA whilst I am in there being treated for swine flu.
I do not know how many people have died over here from MRSA, but my betting it will be a damn sight more than swine flu will kill over here.
Scaremongering indeed.
Think if you have to go into hospital, which you would if you caught swine flu, I would be more worried about catching MRSA whilst I am in there being treated for swine flu.
I do not know how many people have died over here from MRSA, but my betting it will be a damn sight more than swine flu will kill over here.
Scaremongering indeed.
There could be an underlining reason for this scaremongering :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Maybe I am wrong ? but ? there is a recession on at the mo,peeps are not buying so much esp meat ?
good excuse to put the price of meat up on any meat ?
sits back and awaits the big combines to fleece the public again :shock: :shock: :shock:
similer thing happend with chickens a while back they went through the roof on price ?
steve
Maybe I am wrong ? but ? there is a recession on at the mo,peeps are not buying so much esp meat ?
good excuse to put the price of meat up on any meat ?
sits back and awaits the big combines to fleece the public again :shock: :shock: :shock:
similer thing happend with chickens a while back they went through the roof on price ?
steve
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Erm, I can't stop sneezing today. Have I got it? :shock:
there was this piccy years ago...a chick on a chickenfarm sneezes, in the next piccy all other chicks are heaped in a corner, with expressions of terror on their little faces, the sneezer chick is in the middle of the room laughing his arse of and the farmer is scolding it because he did not appreciate the joke
the avian flu still exists, has always existed and will continue to exist and to cause a small number of deaths every year, as it has always done..the only reason it became such an issue is not because it suddenly became more virulent..which it didn't... it's the media hype that surrounded it.
as for the swine fever... scaremongering porky or not, time will tell.
the avian flu still exists, has always existed and will continue to exist and to cause a small number of deaths every year, as it has always done..the only reason it became such an issue is not because it suddenly became more virulent..which it didn't... it's the media hype that surrounded it.
as for the swine fever... scaremongering porky or not, time will tell.
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Quote by kentswingers777
Erm, I can't stop sneezing today. Have I got it? :shock:
Are you starting to " snort "?
If so.....then yes you have.
Oink
well i am going to TROT to the chippy and make a PIG of myself then throw it all in a TOUGH to eat then clean the appartment up cos its like a STY then SNORT some substance I cannot pronounce then maybe PORK my lover then make HAY to do the washing then CHOP up the cabbage for tommorows lunch then .........need I go on ..................NO
steve
steve
