Swine Flu

iCraig · 29-04-2009, 13:00

It's a threat, but nothing as large as what the media is spinning. People will die from it, but people die from flu all the time. Flu has always been a killer for those with poor immune systems (Mexican poverty anyone?) and the young and elderly. You've also got to factor in other complications. Apparently a 29yr old in Mexico has died, but, what was the state of his body? Did he have a good immune system, a healthy pair of lungs? Did the flu simply exhaserbate an existing condition? How long did he wait before seeking medical attention? How much treatment did he actually recieve? Let's face it their hospitals are hardly like Princeton Plainsboro over there.

What's the death toll so far? ~120? oooh, over a few weeks in a global population of 6.7 billion, is the death of 120 individuals supposed to scare us? Hundreds die each day across the world from peanut allergies, are we supposed to close our borders from peanuts getting into the country? Even if it did spread to a lot of people, the treatment is successful and most don't even need hospitalisation! I'm more worried about the inevitable superbug resistant to treatment that we'll unleash on ourselves one day. With our anti-bacterial everything culture, it's only a matter of time until bugs evolve strong enough to challenge even the healthiest individuals. With no effective treatment, *then* we have a problem and millions will die.

29-04-2009, 13:00	#11
iCraig iCustom User Title Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,250	It's a threat, but nothing as large as what the media is spinning. People will die from it, but people die from flu all the time. Flu has always been a killer for those with poor immune systems (Mexican poverty anyone?) and the young and elderly. You've also got to factor in other complications. Apparently a 29yr old in Mexico has died, but, what was the state of his body? Did he have a good immune system, a healthy pair of lungs? Did the flu simply exhaserbate an existing condition? How long did he wait before seeking medical attention? How much treatment did he actually recieve? Let's face it their hospitals are hardly like Princeton Plainsboro over there. What's the death toll so far? ~120? oooh, over a few weeks in a global population of 6.7 billion, is the death of 120 individuals supposed to scare us? Hundreds die each day across the world from peanut allergies, are we supposed to close our borders from peanuts getting into the country? Even if it did spread to a lot of people, the treatment is successful and most don't even need hospitalisation! I'm more worried about the inevitable superbug resistant to treatment that we'll unleash on ourselves one day. With our anti-bacterial everything culture, it's only a matter of time until bugs evolve strong enough to challenge even the healthiest individuals. With no effective treatment, then we have a problem and millions will die. __________________ Last edited by iCraig; 29-04-2009 at 13:03.