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Pin a rose on the UK's nose, then.

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 6:08 pm on May 4, 2009

Pin a rose on the UK's nose, then.

Not all media. Just most

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I'd still say that, regardless how how magnificent the UK's media is, if you think that this is such a horrible world-ending situation, you're being misled by something, somewhere along the line.

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I volunteer in a doctors surgery and we were visited by several reps from the WHO, and given a lecture by a top virologist from the Royal Free hospital in London....so thats where I am being 'misled' from.

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Quote: from TheatreMinelli at 5:46 pm on May 4, 2009

I volunteer in a doctors surgery and we were visited by several reps from the WHO, and given a lecture by a top virologist from the Royal Free hospital in London....so thats where I am being 'misled' from.

*shrug* I don't care if the embodiment of H1N1 itself came and told you; your paranoia is contradicting everything I've read and am currently reading about the disease.

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Well it might seem relatively unlikely but the risk is significant. To put things in perspective let's say this does go as bad as the Spanish flu of 1918,i just did a quick calculation and it looks like the chances of someone who has posted on this thread (about 30 people) catching the swine flu would be about 80% with around a 25% chance of a fatality.


So there's your potential hazard right there, nothing to be sneezed at is it?

I also noticed that Global cases have just topped 1000, may not seem like all that much but 'every hero has an origin'. No harm in taking some simple precautionary measures i say.

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 12:56 am on May 5, 2009

Quote: from TheatreMinelli at 5:46 pm on May 4, 2009

I volunteer in a doctors surgery and we were visited by several reps from the WHO, and given a lecture by a top virologist from the Royal Free hospital in London....so thats where I am being 'misled' from.

*shrug* I don't care if the embodiment of H1N1 itself came and told you; your paranoia is contradicting everything I've read and am currently reading about the disease.


I'm not being paranoid. I am not running out and buying masks or food supplys, I am not avoiding public transport. I have a cold at the minute I am not ringing NHS direct and asking if I should go and get tested for swine flu. I am merely being aware of the facts and the worst cas scenario, I am refusing to be cynical. This issue does not consume me, I just have the facts in the back of my mind for future reference.

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The way you're posting in this thread could've fooled me.

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 3:14 pm on May 5, 2009

The way you're posting in this thread could've fooled me.

I just get annoyed when people become so cynical that they dismiss the whole thing as being hype. As I have said I am not paranoid I just choose to not dismiss the facts that I have been given and remain cautious. Especially living in such a big city.

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It's less cynicism and more a desire not to see everyone falling into panic because they can't get their facts straight and because the media wants to sell papers and advertising. Is there a threat? Yes. Is it nearly as bad as you and the media are painting it? No.

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 6:15 pm on May 5, 2009

It's less cynicism and more a desire not to see everyone falling into panic because they can't get their facts straight and because the media wants to sell papers and advertising. Is there a threat? Yes. Is it nearly as bad as you and the media are painting it? No.

Any threat is something to be wary of and keep an eye on though thats all I'm saying.

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Any threat is something to be wary of and keep an eye on though thats all I'm saying.

Not necessarily.

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Quote: from TheatreMinelli at 2:01 pm on May 5, 2009

Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 6:15 pm on May 5, 2009

It's less cynicism and more a desire not to see everyone falling into panic because they can't get their facts straight and because the media wants to sell papers and advertising. Is there a threat? Yes. Is it nearly as bad as you and the media are painting it? No.

Any threat is something to be wary of and keep an eye on though thats all I'm saying.


I can agree with that, though I don't think it's worth being the main headline on every news program from here to Timbuktu just yet.

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in the developed world:

700 confirmed cases, 2 deaths (1 a mexican baby and the other an old person with chronic underlying health problems)

the world is fucked

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I got my leaflet in the post yesterday about Swine Flu.

I threw it in the bin.

I found this interesting:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8027501.stm

1795 confirmed cases
31 deaths.

According to BBC website.

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