The eighth floor

[E*F*4L]

forget German measles, we are all going to die from Mexico flu apparently :eek:

A new flu virus suspected of killing at least 60 people in Mexico has the potential to become a pandemic, the World Health Organization's chief says. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8018356.stm

there have been reports of a few people in NYC with symptoms & a man in London who is a flight attendant just back from Mexico !

*runs about shouting "don't panic - DON'T PANIC"

[JonathanEx]

[DaNNiP15]

HAHAHA that made me laugh... isnt that virus the HIV one though....

EDIT: the picture looks a bit like the HIV virus

[georgygalxx]

o dear :shock: do you think it will come over to the UK?

[EllieForPresident]

As I said, my parents are convinced it'll come to the UK, and both their surgeries have taken special courses on what to happen when it arrives. Apparently you need a 'flu buddy' who stays with you at all times, or something. And 1 in 10 people will die, supposedly, though if it makes you feel any better, the statistics were 1 in 4 a few months ago.

They're genuinely concerned about going on holiday in May and leaving me in case it happens while they're away - makes for hilariously light dinner table conversation, I can tell you.

Someone happy adopt me, please!

[georgygalxx]

You all seem to be taking it as a joke :shock:

And 1 in 10 people will die, supposedly, though if it makes you feel any better, the statistics were 1 in 4 a few months ago.

*screams* we're all gonna die!!!

[EllieForPresident]

Nah, not all - just 1 in 10.

I hope this isn't going to be one of those threats no one takes seriously til it happens.

I have a strange reliance on Great Britain to protect me from such things. All stand for the National Anthem.

[E*F*4L]

o dear :shock: do you think it will come over to the UK?

yep it will visit the UK it has already been confirmed that the peeps from New Zealand who have just got back from Mexico have got it.

better go & get one if these i think

us geeks should all go & live on a island somewhere, away from it all & we will be safe there & we only need a internet connection really, even have some statues built of the dj's & maybe offer up some none believers as sacrifices, Gordon Smart, Gaunty & Piers Morgan perhaps

[georgygalxx]

us geeks should all go & live on a island somewhere, away from it all & we will be safe there & we only need a internet connection really, even have some statues built of the dj's & maybe offer up some none believers as sacrifices, Gordon Smart, Gaunty & Piers Morgan perhaps

by jove we have a plan! UM'ers unite!

[Lucinda]

I have a strange reliance on Great Britain to protect me from such things. All stand for the National Anthem.

Same. I don't have much else to believe in.

In this country we seem to live without too many major threats, especially our generation. No wars, major natural disasters or serious illnesses really. In a lot of less developed countries, people have to live with their siblings, children or parents dying from waterborne or sexually transmitted diseases or generally things that we are all vaccinated against here.

That's slightly aside. I am a little concerned about this, but hopefully they will manage to keep people showing signs quarantined. The 1918 flu epidemic killed mostly young, healthy people, which is a little worrying. While we have better medical treatment now, we are have even more global flows of people to transport these things quickly around the world.

Still though, not much I can do about it...

[E*F*4L]

i can see the headline of the Mail

illegal immigrants bring black death to UK

[Guest]

The 1918 flu epidemic killed mostly young, healthy people, which is a little worrying.

This flu virus has killed mostly young, healthy people. Eeep.

[DaNNiP15]

The 1918 flu epidemic killed mostly young, healthy people, which is a little worrying.

I did what now?

Mum reckons most affected will be babies and the old... I am a bit worried about this though, and why have i got deja vu?

Officials said most of those killed so far were young adults - rather than more vulnerable children and the elderly.

ok i really am gonna start worrying if it gets into the UK

[KingTutsWWH]

The 1918 flu epidemic killed mostly young, healthy people, which is a little worrying.

Haha. Not for me. I'll be fine on both counts.:bah:

[Guest]

Forget latent terrorism and the passing recession, the real extant threats are climate change and potentially this.

We are due a global pandemic killer virus and whilst it's okay living in denial and laughing it off you have to treat every new viral threat to the human race with great caution and apprehension - it could very well be the next Spanish flu.

[Nik B.]

Meh I'm fine. I have a Hazmat suit

[EllieForPresident]

I'd also like to point out that you won't necessarily die if you get it - most people will recover. That's probably the safest thing actually because that way you'll become immune.

[E*F*4L]

I'd also like to point out that you won't necessarily die if you get it - most people will recover. That's probably the safest thing actually because that way you'll become immune.

week off work :woo:

only ever had the flu once, proper flu not one of them colds that people say "i have the flu" proper flu you feel really bad, cannot move about, puking & ahem poo'ing etc not nice.

Although all of the deaths so far have been in Mexico, the flu is spreading in the United States and suspected cases have been detected elsewhere:

* Ten New Zealand students are among a group which travelled to Mexico have tested positive for influenza A - making it "likely", though not definite, that they are infected with swine flu, said Health Minister Tony Ryall

* In France, a top health official told Le Parisien newspaper there were unconfirmed suspicions that two individuals who had just returned from Mexico may be carrying the virus

* Spain's health ministry says three people who returned from a trip from Mexico with flu symptoms are in isolation and being tested

* In Israel, medics are testing a 26-year-old man who has been taken to hospital with flu-like symptoms after returning from a trip to Mexico

some G men in the US have been giving a press conference on how they are going to handle it, i wonder Hmmmm i bet the The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) have something to do with creating it :confused:

[EllieForPresident]

Hmmmm i bet the The United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) have something to do with creating it :confused:

That would be really clever of them, considering there's one every 60-80 years, and has been for a very long time. -_______-.

PS: It's not called Mexico flu, it's called Swine flu, and it already more serious than Bird flu because of how quickly it mutated into a human virus.

[E*F*4L]

That would be really clever of them, considering there's one every 60-80 years, and has been for a very long time. -_______-.

PS: It's not called Mexico flu, it's called Swine flu, and it already more serious than Bird flu because of how quickly it mutated into a human virus.

oh don't get me wrong, i know various things come & go every so often (im not :wacky: )

i did read/see on tv that Europeans are less susceptible to things like this due to genes passed down from the people who survived the black death make us more resistant ' GO Europe '

but i wouldn't anything past The FB I

[EllieForPresident]

Stop making up crazy conspiracy theories or I'll be forced to use a face palm picture.

[YoppaDo]

This is very scary indeed, and it may already be in Britain:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/5225729/Swine-flu-two-admitted-to-hospital-in-Scotland-as-world-braces-for-more-cases.html

The fact that it has killed 81 with a reported 1000 cases does make for horrid statistics if it really does breakout. Even seeing this for the first time yesterday, it seemed so much more real than the past Bird Flu panics. Something else that is quite strange, is that no one reported this until it hit the US, now it's already spread a long way before the media really took interest.

No matter how scary it is, I still prefered watching Sky News today because of the lack of Recession repetitiveness.

[YoppaDo]

It's had more time to develop in Mexico, it's just not been reported. I'm sure in a few days we'll see more symptoms from the outside of there. Also, in Mexico, it was in a very highly populated area where it could have thrived, it probably will develop more elsewhere.

[AndrewQ80]

I have to announce I think my boss has swine flu...

its ok, im wearing a hanky over my nose

[EllieForPresident]

i did read/see on tv that Europeans are less susceptible to things like this due to genes passed down from the people who survived the black death make us more resistant ' GO Europe '

The "black death" is still reported thousands of times per year to the World Health Organisation, particularly in Africa and some parts of Asia. I find it highly unlikely that people from Europe are any less likely to catch a disease, and even less likely that immunity from such things can be passed down centuries through genes. Plus even if it did, what on earth would the bubonic plague have to do with swine flu?