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[DoomGyver]

baby mammoth found...

swine flu outbreak...

coincidence????????

I think not.

 

[devilhawk]

Mammoth Flu sounds cooler anyways.

 

[Tornado Condor]

Good luck finding some N95 masks. I got a hold of one that I keep sealed just in case. The government has bought them all up and even hospitals are having a hard time increasing stock. Cipro, tamiflu, and N95 masks would definitely be in my zombie kit. That and shotguns and shells.

ebay

 

[devilhawk]

ebay

True that, people always willing to cash in.

 

[NotWii]

nm

 

[Hootie]

Wow a lot of SAT test centers are closed today due to the virus, even one here in Rhode Island. Luckily I'm not taking it at that one though.

 

[Nolan.]

Mammoth Flu sounds cooler anyways.

Yeah! I kind of like ''wooly mammoth flu'' or even ''giraffatitan flu'' .

 

[D4Danger]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8030365.stm

Mexico has revised down the suspected death toll from swine flu from 176 to 101, indicating that the outbreak may not be as bad as was initially feared.

Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova told the BBC that, based on samples tested, the mortality rate was comparable with that of seasonal flu.

The news came as Mexico continues a five-day shutdown in an attempt to contain the spread of the virus.

pandemic

 

[syllogism]

WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl noted yesterday that the public may misunderstand the word "pandemic." The term refers to where an illness spreads, not its severity.

pandemic.

 

[DCX]

fuck that!
This is what I will be using

Dharma Masks? It didn't help when Ben fucked the DI back in the day :/

DCX

 

[BladeWorker]

Good luck finding some N95 masks. I got a hold of one that I keep sealed just in case. The government has bought them all up and even hospitals are having a hard time increasing stock. Cipro, tamiflu, and N95 masks would definitely be in my zombie kit. That and shotguns and shells.

And a cricket bat, I hope.

 

[krypt0nian]

This is the grandest media overkill in a looong time.

My patience is wearing thin.

 

[Sapiens]

Whatever. It's not like people from Mexico have an easy time getting into the states anways. We should be okay.

 

[MC Safety]

I think it's time to panic like it's 1999.

 

[BorkBork]

WHO seriously needs to revamp their warning level system. It doesn't at all take into account any sort of numbers. That's ridiculous.

 

[ManDudeChild]

I think it's time to party like it's 1999.

fixed

 

[K.Jack]

Good luck finding some N95 masks. I got a hold of one that I keep sealed just in case. The government has bought them all up and even hospitals are having a hard time increasing stock. Cipro, tamiflu, and N95 masks would definitely be in my zombie kit. That and shotguns and shells.

To hell with Cipro. My urologist prescribed it for my UTI, and I'm still burning like the morning sun.

D:

 

[mrkgoo]

First case in Eugene, Oregon reported. And on the U of O campus, too.

It was inevitable. I'm going to go in right now.

 

[mrkgoo]

I feel like adding fuel to this fire.

Whenever I see news photos of lay people with masks, they're wearing basic stuff like this:

Masks like these are actually optimized to prevent spread (i.e., those already infected).

If you want to survive the impending zombie apocalypse, then you need one of these bad boys:

The Type N95 respirator. Even has a cool name. Looks like a basic painter's mask, but this one is more heavy-duty. Whenever health staff visit patients with tuberculosis in their negative-pressure isolation chambers, they wear these things, which are relatively more air-tight on the sides. Good enough for TB, good enough for flu and cheaper than a gas mask.

hahaha.

Well, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the infectious agent that causes TB is a gram-positive bacillus bacteria. For scale, I'll use an analogy I got from a recent podcast (Futures in Biotech) - If a typical virus particle was the size of your fist, then a cell would be the size of half the empire state building. Granted, he was probably refering to eukaryotic cells vs. prokaryotic, but bacterial cells are actually pretty big in comparison to viral particles too, so if something can filter out bacteria, that doesn't necessarily mean it can filter out virus particles.

 

[GhostSeed]

Todays CDC numbers

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* graph is not from the CDC but based off their numbers

 

[nyong]

It was inevitable. I'm going to go in right now.

Me too, after my run. I'm going to laugh my ass off if come Monday everyone is walking around with a mask on.

 

[AniHawk]

Note to self: stay out of New York.

 

[mrkgoo]

Me too, after my run. I'm going to laugh my ass off if come Monday everyone is walking around with a mask on.

You know, you may laugh, but technically it IS a safe thing to do. More people should adopt the hypochondriac asian trend of wearing masks, at least when THEY are sick.

 

[nyong]

You know, you may laugh, but technically it IS a safe thing to do. More people should adopt the hypochondriac asian trend of wearing masks, at least when THEY are sick.

You're probably right. I was stationed near Tokyo for awhile. I really did think it was a good idea at the time, considering the proximity to other people. I'm mostly wondering whether people are going to start freaking out.

 

[AstroLad]

in daily life there is always a balance between safety and looking like an idiot. otherwise we would all wear helmets all day

 

[ZephyrFate]

Oh snap, shit just got real. That's my school.

Did you get the campus-wise email sent out? I don't know if it'll spread because the kid was sent home and kept there until he got better. I'm living on campus and a friend of mine had a fever yesterday... thankfully it was just violent strep.

 

[Barrett2]

Haha, I just found out the elementary school in Houston I attended as a kid, and at which I have 3 nieces / nephews currently attending has been shut down for three weeks because of a possible infection. Looks like early summer party time for my nephews & niece.

 

[MIMIC]

I think I have swine flu. I was with a bunch of people last night and after I got back, I vomited a few times. Even this morning, I felt like shit.

...or maybe I'm just hungover.

 

[AstroLad]

I think I have swine flu. I was with a bunch of people last night and after I got back, I vomited a few times. Even this morning, I felt like shit.

...or maybe I'm just hungover.

The only answer is to shut down your workplace/school for three weeks and quarantine your entire neighborhood/building.

 

[nyong]

Did you get the campus-wise email sent out? I don't know if it'll spread because the kid was sent home and kept there until he got better. I'm living on campus and a friend of mine had a fever yesterday... thankfully it was just violent strep.

No email, but there is a link on the UO homepage. It's business as usual for now on campus.

 

[kozmo7]

Well this is interesting:

The local High School here (South FL) has a DECA group. They're in charge of organizing events and designing the yearbooks, so on and so forth; after school club kind of thing. They just went on their end of the school year trip, this time to California. The trip is now over but they're not allowed to come back home until they're proven to not be infected with the Swine flu.

The kids are going to miss their graduation ceremony because of this. :lol

I guess they quarantined them so as not to spread it to this part of Florida? We have no cases in this part of FL yet so ....

 

[PhoenixDark]

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...pended_for_comments_about_mexican_immigrants/

smh

 

[Trurl]

This is starting to feel like an episode of South Park.

 

[Dead Man]

Well this is interesting:

The local High School here (South FL) has a DECA group. They're in charge of organizing events and designing the yearbooks, so on and so forth; after school club kind of thing. They just went on their end of the school year trip, this time to California. The trip is now over but they're not allowed to come back home until they're proven to not be infected with the Swine flu.

The kids are going to miss their graduation ceremony because of this. :lol

I guess they quarantined them so as not to spread it to this part of Florida? We have no cases in this part of FL yet so ....

Who told them they can't come back?

 

[Torquill]

This is starting to feel like an episode of South Park.

They'd rename it ass (as in donkey) flu and only people who freak out about it catch it and they get ass heads.

 

[mrkgoo]

I'd like to call it Ganon Flu

 

[Dark Stalkers]

This flu is awesome as fuck.

 

[hockeypuck]

Well, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the infectious agent that causes TB is a gram-positive bacillus bacteria. For scale, I'll use an analogy I got from a recent podcast (Futures in Biotech) - If a typical virus particle was the size of your fist, then a cell would be the size of half the empire state building. Granted, he was probably refering to eukaryotic cells vs. prokaryotic, but bacterial cells are actually pretty big in comparison to viral particles too, so if something can filter out bacteria, that doesn't necessarily mean it can filter out virus particles.

Acid fast > Gram
No simple mask is going to be particularly effective against viruses. But the CDC and WHO both recommend N95 or more complex masks for viral protection, despite typical protection being less than 10X.

Okay, enough seriousness from me. Back to throwing gasoline.

 

[Kevtones]

Oh fuck it hit Eugene. Down the street from my work. I work retail. I AM GOING TO GET THE FWINE SLU!

 

[NotWii]

Acid fast > Gram
No simple mask is going to be particularly effective against viruses. But the CDC and WHO both recommend N95 or more complex masks for viral protection, despite typical protection being less than 10X.

Okay, enough seriousness from me. Back to throwing gasoline.

I heard N95 masks can't filter influenza, but they can help keep influenza to yourself (if you sneeze/cough) on naturalnews.com or something

I heard that N100 masks do a much better job, but a gas mask is best.

Can anyone confirm?

 

[MNC]

I'd like to call it Ganon Flu

IAWTP, seriously, wow.

 

[mrkgoo]

Acid fast > Gram
No simple mask is going to be particularly effective against viruses. But the CDC and WHO both recommend N95 or more complex masks for viral protection, despite typical protection being less than 10X.

Okay, enough seriousness from me. Back to throwing gasoline.

Well, true. Due to the high mycolic acid content of Mycobacteria cell walls, M. tb actually weakly retains gram stain. I guess the idea is that your spit and breath may be at least somewhat contained.

 

[ZephyrFate]

No email, but there is a link on the UO homepage. It's business as usual for now on campus.

Yeah. I'm not stressing. It was only a "suspected" case. No other cases have been reported so far.

 

[Kevtones]

I go to the UofO too... What type of student were they? Also, my Accounting Prof had a BAD cough last week :/

 

[mrkgoo]

I go to the UofO too... What type of student were they? Also, my Accounting Prof had a BAD cough last week :/

 

[Kevtones]

:lol I'm not that concerned if only for the reason I've had unrelated health issues for about 8 months here... If anyone was going to get sick from the Swine Flu, it'd be me. Luckily, I'm fantastic at being contagious so goodbye Lane County!

 

[sloppyjoe_gamer]

Oh fuck it hit Eugene. Down the street from my work. I work retail. I AM GOING TO GET THE FWINE SLU!

OH NOES ITS MUTATING INTO DIFFERENT STRAINS NOW!!!!! :lol

 

[Goldrusher]

Sweet. We're immune. :lol

And so are our birds (bird flu map):

 

[The_Inquisitor]

Well I just heard a rumour they are testing someone for a possible case of swine flu at my university. I swear to god if they delay finals I will be fucking pissed.

 

[MNC]

I think I have swine flu. I was with a bunch of people last night and after I got back, I vomited a few times. Even this morning, I felt like shit.

...or maybe I'm just hungover.

You keep that vomiting to a single topic!

Edit: Holy shit at belgium :lol :lol