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Post by ophelia97 on Oct 15, 2005 14:01:22 GMT -5
I've been hearing a lot about this recently, but I'm not sure if it's a real threat or just hype. Out of curiosity, is anyone else worried?
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Post by dianaholberg on Oct 15, 2005 14:42:57 GMT -5
My understanding is that it will be a real threat if not addressed, and that what primarily needs to be addressed is farming practices in Asia -- teaching farmers that they must live separately from animals and how to handle sick animals.
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Post by littlepea on Oct 15, 2005 15:03:50 GMT -5
it will only become a problem if it manages to spread from human to human. at the moment the only cases of it appearing in humans is in people who have caught it directly from the chickens.
obviously it's bad for the poultry business but normal flu should still be more of a priority (since it kills thousands of people each year in the UK).
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Post by Tara on Oct 15, 2005 15:51:30 GMT -5
What's going on? I don't even remember the last time I watched the news...or even read the newspaper.
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Post by littlepea on Oct 15, 2005 18:31:21 GMT -5
come on, tara, did you really need someone to point you in the right direction? have you heard of google? this should get you started: bbc
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Post by Tara on Oct 15, 2005 21:54:53 GMT -5
Alright alright. I've just been more in my schoolwork and stuff at school than actually being in contact with life.
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Post by ophelia97 on Oct 18, 2005 15:01:39 GMT -5
I'm not going to freak out yet (what would that achieve?) but I think it might be a good idea not to eat poultry products this year.
Right now, it can't spread between people, but they're afraid it will mutate so it can. Hopefully this wont be a big problem b/c there's no way we can take care of it if it spirals out of control.
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Post by Tara on Oct 20, 2005 12:04:05 GMT -5
First the cows, now the birds.
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Post by littlepea on Oct 20, 2005 15:52:39 GMT -5
are you talking about mad cow disease (BSE in cows, CJD in humans)? don't get me started ... another way in which the English have raped the Scots ...
i heard on the news recently that a companie's been commissioned by the UK government to create 120,000,000 vaccinations for the bird flu so we're prepared in case it is a serious problem. that's roughly 2 vaccinations for every citizen ... i can't see why someone would need two vaccinations unless the 1st vaccination wears off after about 5 years or so ... does that mean the government expect the disease to be around for up to 10 years? oooOOOOooo ...
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Post by Tara on Oct 20, 2005 18:07:55 GMT -5
are you talking about mad cow disease (BSE in cows, CJD in humans)? Yeah...
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Post by teancum79 on Nov 3, 2005 10:08:42 GMT -5
Not to play into the hype to much, but WHO (World Health Organization) was saying it could be as bad as 60 million hospitalizations and 10 million deaths in the US. One history teacher said that the Flu goes psycho about every hundred years that last one was just after WWI so we are due.
I’ve not seen those numbers repeated for a week or so, but I’ve also not seen any others.
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Post by dianaholberg on Nov 3, 2005 10:48:45 GMT -5
Every year we hear the flu panic hype... every year is about the same.
I wonder if we'll run out of vaccine this year like last year and then suddenly there'll be plenty in March when no one needs it anymore??
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Post by Tara on Nov 3, 2005 18:26:40 GMT -5
I don't know whether to laugh or be upset.
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Post by ophelia97 on Nov 4, 2005 15:01:57 GMT -5
Every year we hear the flu panic hype... every year is about the same. That's what I was thinking. Disease in general seems overhyped in the news. I asked a doctor about it and he said not to worry unless you have a supressed immune system or work around sick people in hospitals, etc. I heard that one of the plans to prevent flu spread in the U.S. involves restricting travel.
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Post by Tara on Nov 4, 2005 22:08:03 GMT -5
That's it? Like it's that easy?
#ticking#
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