Avian Flu?

Bob The Ninja · 10-07-2005, 09:44 PM

I don't get why this is such a threat to humans. Do things like penicillin and such not work?

Evil Ash · 10-07-2005, 09:51 PM

Bird Flu is like Sars.

Klown · 10-07-2005, 10:00 PM

Think about a flu, think about how easily it spreads. Now imagine that flu has a 60-80% mortality rate. 1918 Spanish Flu: Look it up.

Samuel Deacon · 10-07-2005, 10:07 PM

And also add the fact that we travel a lot more nowadays, and there are a hell of a lot more of us.

Bob The Ninja · 10-07-2005, 10:24 PM

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Originally posted by Crappy Klown
Now imagine that flu has a 60-80% mortality rate. 1918 Spanish Flu: Look it up.

Alright, the mortality rate makes things clearer.

And as for the 1918 outbreak, penicillin wasn't yet discovered. Or rather, was not in use.

Darren Palumbo · 10-07-2005, 10:28 PM

i thought it was the 1917 breakout, oh well.

Klown · 10-07-2005, 11:03 PM

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Originally posted by Bob The Ninja

Alright, the mortality rate makes things clearer.

And as for the 1918 outbreak, penicillin wasn't yet discovered. Or rather, was not in use.

Penicillin is not a magical cure for the flu.

Thrik · 10-07-2005, 11:28 PM

Especially when you're allergic to the shit.

Wildfire · 10-07-2005, 11:30 PM

This will be so fucking badass if I don't die. I better start hoarding tinned goods and weaponry though.

Scythe Keeper · 10-08-2005, 09:39 AM

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Originally posted by Samuel Deacon
And also add the fact that we travel a lot more nowadays, and there are a hell of a lot more of us.

and the fact that birds migrate.......PNG is very close to aust.....

Realz · 10-08-2005, 09:01 PM

I THINK THEY WORRIED ABOUT THE FLU MUTATING AND TURNING INTO SOMETHING WORSE? IDUNNO, MY NEWS REPORTS ARE LACKING...

Klown · 10-08-2005, 09:04 PM

Mutating and being transmittable between humans.

Realz · 10-08-2005, 09:09 PM

avian flu is worse the sars right? cause i heard sars really only kills very young children and really old people, but most people can recover from it?

Samuel Deacon · 10-08-2005, 09:24 PM

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Originally posted by Crappy Klown
60-80% mortality rate

Kunio · 10-08-2005, 09:33 PM

And I think so far it got into Romania. And I hear that a similar avian flu in the Iberian Peninsula is sprouting on a similiar rate.
Damn, that was fast. O_o

Samuel Deacon · 10-08-2005, 09:36 PM

"It has killed 60 people of the 116 known to have been infected." nytimes.com

Eep.

Evil Ash · 10-08-2005, 10:40 PM

When I said Bird Flu = Sars, I meant they are being treated by the media in the same way, with the same scare tactics and exaggerations.

FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN NOT DIE A HORRIBLE PAINFUL DEATH FROM BIRD FLU - TONIGHT AT 11.

And then the report is telling you how many people died, but not mentioning over what period of time, and then telling you DONT EAT ANY BIRDS and STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE YOU MAY ENCOUNTER BIRD FECES.

Klown · 10-08-2005, 10:43 PM

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Originally posted by Evil Ash
When I said Bird Flu = Sars, I meant they are being treated by the media in the same way, with the same scare tactics and exaggerations.

FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN NOT DIE A HORRIBLE PAINFUL DEATH FROM BIRD FLU - TONIGHT AT 11.

This time the media isn't the only ones screaming: It's the scientific community too. That usually isn't the best sign. It's the cry wolf situation, we've become immune to this kind of scare disease and soon it's going to really come and bite us in the ass.

Samuel Deacon · 10-09-2005, 12:44 PM

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Originally posted by Evil Ash
DONT EAT ANY BIRDS and STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE YOU MAY ENCOUNTER BIRD FECES.

Actually, the disease isn't foodbourne, so we're not any more likely to die from eating chicken bought down the supermarket than we are now.

Which is pretty likely :P

Klown · 10-09-2005, 12:49 PM

And if we are unlucky it will become airborne!

Evil Ash · 10-09-2005, 03:11 PM

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Originally posted by Samuel Deacon

Actually, the disease isn't foodbourne, so we're not any more likely to die from eating chicken bought down the supermarket than we are now.

Which is pretty likely :P

Yeah that was kind of the point, and you encounter bird feces everywhere.

Bobby Swisha · 10-09-2005, 05:03 PM

The West Nile virus has been found in the city in which I go to college!
Hooray!!!

10-07-2005, 09:44 PM	#1
Bob The Ninja Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,144	Avian Flu? I don't get why this is such a threat to humans. Do things like penicillin and such not work?

10-07-2005, 09:51 PM	#2
Evil Ash Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 15,534	Bird Flu is like Sars.
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10-07-2005, 10:00 PM	#3
Klown Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 11,640	Think about a flu, think about how easily it spreads. Now imagine that flu has a 60-80% mortality rate. 1918 Spanish Flu: Look it up.
Klown Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 11,640

10-07-2005, 11:28 PM	#8
Thrik Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 2,242	Especially when you're allergic to the shit.
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10-07-2005, 11:30 PM	#9
Wildfire Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 3,825	This will be so fucking badass if I don't die. I better start hoarding tinned goods and weaponry though.
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10-07-2005, 10:07 PM	#4
Samuel Deacon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,141	And also add the fact that we travel a lot more nowadays, and there are a hell of a lot more of us.

10-07-2005, 10:28 PM	#6
Darren Palumbo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 4,876	i thought it was the 1917 breakout, oh well.

10-08-2005, 09:01 PM	#11
Realz Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,326	I THINK THEY WORRIED ABOUT THE FLU MUTATING AND TURNING INTO SOMETHING WORSE? IDUNNO, MY NEWS REPORTS ARE LACKING...
Realz Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,326

10-08-2005, 09:04 PM	#12
Klown Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 11,640	Mutating and being transmittable between humans.
Klown Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 11,640

10-08-2005, 09:09 PM	#13
Realz Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,326	avian flu is worse the sars right? cause i heard sars really only kills very young children and really old people, but most people can recover from it?
Realz Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,326

10-08-2005, 09:33 PM	#15
Kunio Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,837	And I think so far it got into Romania. And I hear that a similar avian flu in the Iberian Peninsula is sprouting on a similiar rate. Damn, that was fast. O_o
Kunio Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 7,837

10-08-2005, 09:36 PM	#16
Samuel Deacon Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 2,141	"It has killed 60 people of the 116 known to have been infected." nytimes.com Eep.

10-08-2005, 10:40 PM	#17
Evil Ash Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 15,534	When I said Bird Flu = Sars, I meant they are being treated by the media in the same way, with the same scare tactics and exaggerations. FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN NOT DIE A HORRIBLE PAINFUL DEATH FROM BIRD FLU - TONIGHT AT 11. And then the report is telling you how many people died, but not mentioning over what period of time, and then telling you DONT EAT ANY BIRDS and STAY AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE YOU MAY ENCOUNTER BIRD FECES.
Evil Ash Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 15,534

10-09-2005, 12:49 PM	#20
Klown Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 11,640	And if we are unlucky it will become airborne!
Klown Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 11,640

10-09-2005, 05:03 PM	#22
Bobby Swisha Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 46,029	The West Nile virus has been found in the city in which I go to college! Hooray!!!