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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:31 PM Original message |
What happen to the OMG SWINE FLU mega-disaster immanent headlines? |
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TWiley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. The same thing that should happen to asshole Dobbs and his racist campaign |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
2. The Pork Industry said xnay on the anicpay... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Ha...apropos |
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Political Heretic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Oh please. They just started calling it something else, and were still reporting it. |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. The swine lobby complained! |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
6. Initial Reports From Mexico Were Pretty Nasty |
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charlie and algernon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
7. it made it in the net, if it was going to be a massive pandemic |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. More than 200 but you're right about the death rate. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Cast not your pearls before swine-flu |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. With modern vaccine manufacturing tech, that should be very doable, yes? |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:13 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Looks to be more like the 6 month time frame. It is gonna be a close thing |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. If the labs manage to produce the hybrid needed for the vaccine quickly |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 10:33 AM Response to Reply #31 |
38. From the standpoint of shape-space coverage, I'd add this into the mix. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:16 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. the 1918 bug produced 10s of 1000s of hospitalized cases within a month. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Interesting. Which month? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:59 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. My information is from Barry's "The Great Influenza," which i have on my lap. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Cool book. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 05:28 AM Response to Reply #32 |
40. not lethal, it was very infectious, but not initially a big killer except in pockets. |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
8. The same thing thats happened to the rest of these over-inflated mega-killer stories |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
9. After Rummy's stock portfolio profited $5million from his connection to the "bird flu" vaccine... |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
10. It went *Poof* - Just like McCain/Palin '08 |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
11. The initial mortality estimates (6%) were wrong. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. But they were high enough that no one shoud be berated for expressing initial concern |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. We have hundreds of cases here in Queens. Hundreds. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:56 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Yeah, its true that it isn't going away. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. something wrong with this story. in a public health emergency, testing doesn't just "stop" |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I know they've reopened. I LIVE HERE. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. cities don't have primary responsibility for testing in public health emergencies, states & feds do. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I agree completely... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
12. The thing about it though, is that you are creating an ironic dilemna... |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 05:32 AM Response to Reply #12 |
41. Oh, now you're just talking sense. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 05:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
43. there is something wrong with passing on unconfirmed information as if it were fact, |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
16. WMADD |
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TankLV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
18. damn double posts... |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Media accountability? Never. |
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Dulcinea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. It ran its course. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
33. They quit when the Vice President beat them at their fear mongering. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
34. Once the True Scientific Evidence came out...they RAN FOR THE HILLS! |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
35. Funny, the swine flu hysteria wasn't able to kill the torture debate. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. They're conferring, coming up with a response to it being "not stronger than regular seasonal flu".. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
37. I read a pretty funny thread on it earlier in GD... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
39. It will probably die down for now. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 05:34 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. "they're afraid" because people keep passing along the bullshit. |
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