http://www.butasforme.com/2009/04/25/a-quick-trip-through-the-history-of-pandemic-influenza/?red
This isn't cool. Don't think about it, Dam.
This isn't cool. Don't think about it, Dam.
In case of a nuclear explosion, duck and cover.Not cool.
At first, I was pretty worried about this disease, seeing as how it killed about 20 people near where I live (not a lot, but still), but now I'm not really sweating it. Just wash your hands, be clean, eat well, drink lots of water, and get good sleep. That, apparently, will prevent you from getting the disease, or prevent you from dying from it. I could be wrong, but whatever.
Edit: after reading that article, I'm a little worried again.
How come the chances are low if at least 150 people at Mexico already died from it?In case of a nuclear explosion, duck and cover.
Though, healthy people shouldn't worry too much, it's treatable, if you're getting a high temperature just contact your doctor to be on the save side.
Chances that you'll die from this is rather low.
Until of course, everyone starts getting it and countries run out of vaccines, then you're ****ed.
on a side note, a flu epidemic might be good for the economy :O
Because it's Mexico, where people are poor and aren't likely to miss work to see a doctor about what seems to be a bad cold?How come the chances are low if at least 150 people at Mexico already died from it?
What J-Dude said.How come the chances are low if at least 150 people at Mexico already died from it?
What are you still doing inside, get out, breath in the fresh air.Did anyone here other than Damaera actually read the article? The flu in 1918 that killed 40million - 100 million people had a death rate of only 1%. So far, this flu has a death rate of around 6%. It doesn't matter that the death rate is low, if it'll infects enough people which is very well possible, it could kill 20+ million people.
Pretty much all the cases in New York are fairly close to where I live.
By your own argument, though, that 6% isn't nearly as weighty as the 1% because of the immense difference in sample size. There's nowhere near the same number of people affected by this outbreak of H1N1 as there was in the other outbreak you mentioned, and, even then, the majority of confirmed cases leading to death are still coming out of Mexico, where conditions (including the response of those infected) may not necessarily match those in the US and Canada, where this strain has also taken hold in select areas. If adherence to treatment there is low and the majority of confirmed infections is there, then it almost seems expected that the rate of cases leading to death would be higher. After all, if there were, say, 1000 cases, 900 of which are in Mexico, and 60 people there died, that's 6%, right there. Small sample size, a handful of lethal cases where treatment rates are poor, and some basic math give you a rate that seems high, but is nowhere near as damning as 1% of 100 million.Did anyone here other than Damaera actually read the article? The flu in 1918 that killed 40million - 100 million people had a death rate of only 1%. So far, this flu has a death rate of around 6%.
hummm...you can actually get infected by just talking with an infected person.Not cool.
At first, I was pretty worried about this disease, seeing as how it killed about 20 people near where I live (not a lot, but still), but now I'm not really sweating it. Just wash your hands, be clean, eat well, drink lots of water, and get good sleep. That, apparently, will prevent you from getting the disease, or prevent you from dying from it. I could be wrong, but whatever.
Edit: after reading that article, I'm a little worried again.
Unlikely, H1N1 isn't spread by anything but fluid droplets. Coughed on, sneezed on, etc, will spread it to you. Talking, not likley.hummm...you can actually get infected by just talking with an infected person.
What I said before was pure news on tv. witch means that you may also be right...you know how they like to spread the red alarm right?Unlikely, H1N1 isn't spread by anything but fluid droplets. Coughed on, sneezed on, etc, will spread it to you. Talking, not likley.