Comments | the_recession: No Need To Panic

cieldumort in the_recession

No Need To Panic

Jun 11, 2009 17:40

LA Times:
Swine flu pandemic declared
by World Health Organization

The H1N1 virus is spreading in distinct regions of the globe. But the WHO says the pandemic is only 'moderate in severity' and cautions against overreaction by the public.
By Thomas H. Maugh II
10:21 AM PDT, June 11, 2009 ( Read more... )

swine flu

Comments 7

sophiaserpentia June 11 2009, 22:49:12 UTC

Hmm, what was it they said this could do to the economy?

cieldumort June 12 2009, 05:32:32 UTC

Infect it with a virus

volksjager June 11 2009, 22:55:51 UTC

Cool, just a "moderate" pandemic...

cieldumort June 12 2009, 05:33:25 UTC

Yeah.. kind of like 'just a "moderate" world war'

roadriverrail June 15 2009, 21:04:24 UTC

Call me when there's a body count.

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cieldumort June 12 2009, 18:29:01 UTC

What a mess.

I'm not that concerned, right now. I'm more troubled by the prospect of either a) overreaction or b) that it actually does mutate and later this year we really do see a huge spike in fatalities

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cieldumort June 12 2009, 19:12:25 UTC

66.6% rise, eh?

Appropriate increase