Comments | meresy: Pearls before swine flu

meresy

Pearls before swine flu

Apr 28, 2009 16:18

I really pity the RT-PCR monkeys in Winnipeg who must be running umpty-billion flu swabs this week. Happily, while the news establishment seems to be lining up to flip their shit, WHO and the CDC and Health Canada and so on seem mostly chill about it, if cautious.

( Fun facts I have gleaned )

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carta April 28 2009, 20:44:13 UTC

I want to buy Kate Beaton's book so bad omg.

omg me too

meresy April 28 2009, 20:44:50 UTC

*covets*

carta April 28 2009, 21:41:40 UTC

also - I am SO not worried about swine flu. I've never even had human flu, even when surrounded by the sick, so I'm going on the assumption that my superpower is immunity to all kinds of flu.

:\ I can think of cooler superpowers to have, but I'll take this one.

meresy April 28 2009, 22:04:03 UTC

LOL, I am rarely sick in actual flu season, either. I get my flu shots when I can, but even in low-coverage years I'm okay. Until June where I get an inexplicable cold that no one else has. *shrug* I also seem quite susceptible to con crud, alas.

inathunderstorm April 28 2009, 20:45:26 UTC

I will play that C6D tag game SO HARD, Meres. \o/

THANK YOU for the words of wisdom about the Swine Flu. I think people seriously forget how many people die of the flu every year in both our countries. Peoples need to chill.

meresy April 28 2009, 20:56:46 UTC

\m/

I mean, it's definitely a cause for caution, but people getting all doom-y about it isn't going to help, and it really may yet amount to very little. The two guys in Alberta who turned up with it are recovering easily after a couple days of meh, so really... *shrug* Half a million people die from flu A every year.

Just, you know, try not to cough on each other.

brynnmck April 28 2009, 20:54:55 UTC

Y Y Y Y Y Y Y very good idea!

meresy April 28 2009, 21:08:49 UTC

7 yes votes from Brynn....

china_shop April 28 2009, 21:05:22 UTC

YYY! *cheers you on*

meresy April 28 2009, 21:09:27 UTC

Initial response seems enthusiastic! :P

china_shop April 28 2009, 21:16:51 UTC

\o/ \o/ \o/

Let me know if you want a hand.

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meresy April 28 2009, 21:11:27 UTC

It's not time to freak out yet, anyway. *g*

The numbers from Mexico are so sketchy, really. I think there's some serious overestimation going on.