Swine Flu

Quote Originally Posted by bobcat26:

Does fucking fat chicks put you at increased risk?

Only if they oink,  squeal, and are over 450lbs

never understood why people post disinformation.  This is as serious as it gets. World Health Organization already at warning level 3 .  your numbers are off. This is being compared to Spanish Flu, and could spark influenza mutations that could wipe out half of the worlds population  I'm gonna order 3 pallets of bottled water tomm. morning

The WHO's pandemic alert level is currently at to phase 3. The organization said the level could be raised to phase 4 if the virus shows sustained ability to pass from human to human.

Phase 5 would be reached if the virus is found in at least two countries in the same region.

"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," WHO said.

Phase 6 would indicate a full-scale global pandemic.

Mexico closed schools, museums, libraries and theaters in a bid to contain the outbreak after hundreds were sickened there. U.S. authorities said 11 people were infected with swine flu, and all recovered or were recovering.

Hong Kong and Taiwan said visitors who came back from affected areas with fevers would be quarantined. China said anyone experiencing flu-like symptoms within two weeks of arrival an affected area had to report to authorities.

Tokyo's Narita airport installed a device to test the temperatures of passengers arriving from Mexico.

Indonesia increased surveillance at all entry points for travelers with flu-like symptoms — using devices at airports that were put in place years ago to monitor for severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, and bird flu. It said it was ready to quarantine suspected victims if necessary.

A Russian health agency said any passenger from North America running a fever would be quarantined until cause of the fever is determined.

Hong Kong and South Korea warned against travel to the Mexican capital and three affected provinces. Italy's health ministry also advised citizens to postpone travel to affected areas.

Serbia on Saturday banned all imports of pork from North America, despite reassurances from the FAO that pigs appear not to be the immediate source of infection.

Italy's agriculture lobby, Coldiretti, warned against panic reaction, noting that farmers lost hundreds of millions of euros (dollars) because of consumers boycotts during the 2001 mad cow scare and the 2005 bird flu outbreak.

Japanese Agriculture Minister Shigeru Ishiba appeared on TV to calm consumers, saying it was safe to eat pork.

In Egypt, health authorities were examining about 350,000 pigs being raised in Cairo and other provinces for swine flu.

My biggest pet peeve is people that go to work, or anywhere in public for that matter when they are sick. STAY THE FUCK HOME until you are better assholes, why do you feel the need to share your illness with others.  I can't STAND people that go to work sick. They are usually the same simpletons that 'used up all their sick days'  for bullshit reasons other than being sick.

This an idea worth looking in too...I heard tonight Canada has a few cases...Stop trips to there...NOT sure how far we can take it.

To think how many fly into our nation a day

Makes me glad I leave in the middle BFE!

Watch out guys...You boys in NYC for sure.