The first US death was reported this morning in Texas.
It's only a matter of time. We need a good plague, anyway. It's time to thin the herd.
The first US death was reported this morning in Texas.
It's only a matter of time. We need a good plague, anyway. It's time to thin the herd.
So you're saying that this epidemic is a bio-weapon made by the government to stimulate the economy by getting rid of (poor) dead weight?
The fact that outlets are reporting a 'toddler' or baby death irks me because it's so sensationalist.
The kid was almost two! Is that even a toddler? Who the fuck calls a kid a 23-month-year-old instead of a two-year-old?
The targetting is still a work in progress. It would be most beneficial if it only affected the elderly, homeless, and unemployed.
They'll just have to figure out what those three groups have in common. Hmmm.
The fact that outlets are reporting a 'toddler' or baby death irks me because it's so sensationalist.
The kid was almost two! Is that even a toddler? Who the fuck calls a kid a 23-month-year-old instead of a two-year-old?
You guys disgust me.
imagine eating her taco!
I'm sorry malek, please accept this government check as an apology.
I'm sorry malek, please accept this government check as an apology.
I'm sorry malek, please accept this government check as an apology.
Are you giving me a tiny Canadian student loan cheque or a giant Saudi welfare cheque?
ISN'T RMAN MEXICAN (and/or Puerto Rican)? IS HE STILL ALIVE?I'm fine.
See, this pandemic isn't all bad.
First probable cases of swine flu in state reported
Public health officials reported six probable cases of swine flu at a hastily called press conference Wednesday night, the first such cases to be reported within the state.
Three cases were reported from the Seattle area -- a hugh school student, a 27-year-old male and a 33-year-old woman who is a primary care physician.
The other cases are in Snohomish County, where a 6-year-old male and a 34-year-old female were reported infected, and in Spokane, where an adult male was reported stricken.
King County health officials report three probable cases of swine flu. And health officials report six probable cases in Washington state.
In addition to the three cases in King County, there are two probable cases in Snohomish County and one in Spokane, officials said in a hastily called press conference Wednesday night.
I'm not running around afraid that I'm going to die or anything, but I am a little freaked out since I work in the schools and stuff always spreads really fast around here.
I want everyone to start calling swine flu PESTE DE PUERCO. Sounds so much cooler, although I think it's closer to "pig plague/plague of the pig." Which is still better.
**thinking about it, wouldn't it be DEL instead of DE? WE :'(
36,000 people died in the US of garden variety flu last year
somewhere between 250k and 500k died worldwide
swine flu = panicmongering total
36,000 people died in the US of garden variety flu last year
somewhere between 250k and 500k died worldwide
swine flu = panicmongering total
KOSMA: AIDS
QuoteKOSMA: AIDS
This is unrelated to pigs . . . or maybe not.
I just died of swine flu. :o
i mean, really. who eats at denny's?
i cannot find the ingredients anywhere
i would swear i can see pancakes inside that
i cannot find the ingredients anywhere
i would swear i can see pancakes inside that
i mean, really. who eats at denny's?
i mean, really. who eats at denny's?
for the record, "fuck you"
I'm up at the state health department lab in Shoreline where they've been testing medical samples for swine flu all week.
It appears several more probable swine flu cases have been found in Washington. In the last four days, the state lab has received about 100 samples of possible swine flu for testing, 60 of which came in within the last 24 hours.
Right now, any probable samples have to be shipped off to the CDC in Atlanta for confirmation—which takes about a week—but the state should be getting its very own swine flu test kit some time next week.
I'll have more info as soon as I get back to the office.
Update: Expect more school closures. King County has confirmed 7 additional probable swine flu cases, 4 of which are school-age children. A King County spokeswoman would not confirm potential closures but did say that a press release about schools was coming later today.
Spain has a couple of reports aPPArently.
So i'm on death watch.
i ate pork and rode a crowded bus with ethnics today, sooner or later fate's gotta get pissed i'm flipping it the bird
i ate pork and rode a crowded bus with ethnics today, sooner or later fate's gotta get pissed i'm flipping it the bird
My wife works with the guy in charge of transportation for their company, and he's been getting hundreds of emails asking about cheap parking in downtown Seattle, since people don't want to ride the bus because of the scare.
Spain has a couple of reports aPPArently.
So i'm on death watch.
youre spanish?
it all makes sense now
i ate pork and rode a crowded bus with ethnics today, sooner or later fate's gotta get pissed i'm flipping it the bird
My wife works with the guy in charge of transportation for their company, and he's been getting hundreds of emails asking about cheap parking in downtown Seattle, since people don't want to ride the bus because of the scare.
I'd just reply, "lol cheap parking."
i mean, really. who eats at denny's?
for the record, "fuck you"
If you liked Milk you'll like I Am Sam
What an awesome movie. I'd kill for a threesome with Laura Dern and Michelle Pfeiffer
What an awesome movie. I'd kill for a threesome with Laura Dern and Michelle Pfeiffer
What about a Sam, Dustin Hoffman, Forrest Gump threesome?
i never watched milk, that was bloodwake
also sean penn brings more lulz in real life
(http://www.baluba.it/archivio/extra/baluba%20tv/imm%20varie/20050905/Sean%20Penn.jpeg)
The only couple of times I ate at Denny's was early Sundays for the breakfast bar. That shit was awesome.
So far so good down here in GA (AFAIK) but if it does spread down to us, I will will all my guns to Kentucky-bore for the inevitable revolution against Malek.
i never watched milk, that was bloodwake
also sean penn brings more lulz in real life
(http://www.baluba.it/archivio/extra/baluba%20tv/imm%20varie/20050905/Sean%20Penn.jpeg)
:wtf
explain plz
So far so good down here in GA (AFAIK) but if it does spread down to us, I will will all my guns to Kentucky-bore for the inevitable revolution against Malek.
A Western Kentucky infant might have swine flu, state health officials said Thursday, and a woman from the same area has been hospitalized with swine flu in Georgia.
Kentucky officials said the developments were not unexpected, given the rapidly growing number of flu cases around the country. But they stressed that there is no reason for panic.
"I am concerned, but I am not alarmed," said Dr. William Hacker, Kentucky's public health commissioner.
The 30-year-old woman from the Bowling Green area, who recently had visited Mexico, was hospitalized with swine flu on Sunday in Georgia, where she had gone on a trip, authorities said.
State officials said they had identified a "probable" flu case involving an infant from the same general area of Western Kentucky.
The two cases are unrelated, health authorities in Frankfort said.
Test samples from the child were sent to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for further analysis. About 95 percent of probable cases nationally have turned out to be swine flu, officials said. The baby has not been hospitalized.
The woman in the Georgia hospital has been confirmed to have swine flu.
Both the woman and the infant live within the eight-county area served by the Barren River District District Health Department, which is investigating, officials said.
The Barren River department serves Warren, Simpson, Metcalfe, Logan, Hart, Edmonson, Butler and Barren counties.
Hacker, speaking at a press conference at the state Capitol Thursday afternoon, emphasized that it's safe to attend Saturday's Kentucky Derby, and he cautioned the public against hoarding antibiotics or taking medicines to avoid catching the flu virus.
Normal precautions, such as good basic hygiene, make more sense now, he said.
Neither the woman's name nor the infant's name were released Thursday. Kentucky health officials said they will identify the child's home county if that case is confirmed as swine flu.
Authorities think the infant might have been infected through contact with a close relative who recently visited Mexico.
Earlier this week, federal authorities advised Americans to avoid unnecessary trips to Mexico.
On Thursday, Covington-based Ashland Inc. said it has directed its employees to avoid business travel to Mexico until further notice. Company spokesman Jim Vitak said workers also have been reminded not to come to work if they're feeling ill.
Lexington-based Lexmark International said it has taken no steps because it has no major manufacturing near Mexico City, where many swine flu cases have occurred.
There have been no cases near Juárez, Mexico, where the company does have a manufacturing plant, a spokesman said.
Crissy Rowland, a spokeswoman for the Barren River Health Department, said that, based on the incubation period for flu, the woman hospitalized in Georgia might not have been infectious during the few days that she was in Kentucky before going to Georgia.
Rowland said that's still unclear, and that health officials in Kentucky and Georgia continue to gather information.
Rowland said authorities think the woman left Cancún, Mexico, on April 21, briefly returned to Kentucky, then went to Georgia, where she became sick and was hospitalized Sunday.
Rowland said people with swine flu typically start to show symptoms one or two days after they become infectious. That could mean the woman wasn't infectious while in Kentucky, she said.
"That's preliminary, but based on what we know now, we think that during the time she was infectious, she was not in our area," Rowland said. "We have to investigate that further."
The Kentucky woman is the first patient to be confirmed with swine flu in Georgia.
Dr. Elizabeth Ford, head of Georgia's Division of Public Health, said the woman was in Georgia for a social function.
The people who traveled with the woman to Mexico, as well as friends and family who were with her in Georgia, have tested negative for swine flu, Ford said.
So far so good down here in GA (AFAIK) but if it does spread down to us, I will will all my guns to Kentucky-bore for the inevitable revolution against Malek.
http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/779833.html (http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/779833.html)Quote
A Western Kentucky infant might have swine flu, state health officials said Thursday, and a woman from the same area has been hospitalized with swine flu in Georgia.
Kentucky officials said the developments were not unexpected, given the rapidly growing number of flu cases around the country. But they stressed that there is no reason for panic.
"I am concerned, but I am not alarmed," said Dr. William Hacker, Kentucky's public health commissioner.
The 30-year-old woman from the Bowling Green area, who recently had visited Mexico, was hospitalized with swine flu on Sunday in Georgia, where she had gone on a trip, authorities said.
State officials said they had identified a "probable" flu case involving an infant from the same general area of Western Kentucky.
The two cases are unrelated, health authorities in Frankfort said.
Test samples from the child were sent to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta for further analysis. About 95 percent of probable cases nationally have turned out to be swine flu, officials said. The baby has not been hospitalized.
The woman in the Georgia hospital has been confirmed to have swine flu.
Both the woman and the infant live within the eight-county area served by the Barren River District District Health Department, which is investigating, officials said.
The Barren River department serves Warren, Simpson, Metcalfe, Logan, Hart, Edmonson, Butler and Barren counties.
Hacker, speaking at a press conference at the state Capitol Thursday afternoon, emphasized that it's safe to attend Saturday's Kentucky Derby, and he cautioned the public against hoarding antibiotics or taking medicines to avoid catching the flu virus.
Normal precautions, such as good basic hygiene, make more sense now, he said.
Neither the woman's name nor the infant's name were released Thursday. Kentucky health officials said they will identify the child's home county if that case is confirmed as swine flu.
Authorities think the infant might have been infected through contact with a close relative who recently visited Mexico.
Earlier this week, federal authorities advised Americans to avoid unnecessary trips to Mexico.
On Thursday, Covington-based Ashland Inc. said it has directed its employees to avoid business travel to Mexico until further notice. Company spokesman Jim Vitak said workers also have been reminded not to come to work if they're feeling ill.
Lexington-based Lexmark International said it has taken no steps because it has no major manufacturing near Mexico City, where many swine flu cases have occurred.
There have been no cases near Juárez, Mexico, where the company does have a manufacturing plant, a spokesman said.
Crissy Rowland, a spokeswoman for the Barren River Health Department, said that, based on the incubation period for flu, the woman hospitalized in Georgia might not have been infectious during the few days that she was in Kentucky before going to Georgia.
Rowland said that's still unclear, and that health officials in Kentucky and Georgia continue to gather information.
Rowland said authorities think the woman left Cancún, Mexico, on April 21, briefly returned to Kentucky, then went to Georgia, where she became sick and was hospitalized Sunday.
Rowland said people with swine flu typically start to show symptoms one or two days after they become infectious. That could mean the woman wasn't infectious while in Kentucky, she said.
"That's preliminary, but based on what we know now, we think that during the time she was infectious, she was not in our area," Rowland said. "We have to investigate that further."
The Kentucky woman is the first patient to be confirmed with swine flu in Georgia.
Dr. Elizabeth Ford, head of Georgia's Division of Public Health, said the woman was in Georgia for a social function.
The people who traveled with the woman to Mexico, as well as friends and family who were with her in Georgia, have tested negative for swine flu, Ford said.
On behalf of Kentucky, you are welcome.
FFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
and I was helping you g uys too :'( :'( :'(
Oh well, time to go on a Kosma style love tour around the U.S. and Canada. Gotta secure EB for Tauntaun.
Drunk Denny's is the shit too. Cheap and delicious.The only couple of times I ate at Denny's was early Sundays for the breakfast bar. That shit was awesome.
:bow triumph :bow2
he went to new orleans to rescue katrina victims in a small boat with about six people already crammed into it, so basically there wasn't any room for anyone else