Vacation posponed, swine flue and other crap ....
Out of family reasons we had to pospone our Ireland vacation for 3 weeks.We leave on the 16th of May.
So back to work !!!
About that mass media scare swine flue...
in my opinion its way over cooked. Ok the swine flu is stronger than the regular flu, but whats the symptoms? Chills, fever, pharyngitis, muscle pain, headache, coughin and weakness. Many people have it over the year all over the world.
Oh, ok you say the swine flu killed already around 200 people and the bird flu killed around 800 people.
Just for the scared ones, the regular flu kills around 1000 people EVERY year. Mostly older people.
My bigger fear is, don't you think its weard how often such mutated flu's occour by now?
And how convenient that only on company (rouche) worked a cure ...
Before the bird flu the pandemic flu's occured around every 10 to 30 years.
And when was the bird flu? Ok it wasn't pandemic.
For how wants to know more : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flu
I just think it's weird that the media makes such a big deal out of it.
Also i have easy talking, the swine flu did't arrive yet in Germany.
By the way i think it's more scary that there where over 21000 AIDS death world wide than 1000 to 5000 flu deaths. But the media doesn't jump on that anymore.
So back to work !!!
About that mass media scare swine flue...
in my opinion its way over cooked. Ok the swine flu is stronger than the regular flu, but whats the symptoms? Chills, fever, pharyngitis, muscle pain, headache, coughin and weakness. Many people have it over the year all over the world.
Oh, ok you say the swine flu killed already around 200 people and the bird flu killed around 800 people.
Just for the scared ones, the regular flu kills around 1000 people EVERY year. Mostly older people.
My bigger fear is, don't you think its weard how often such mutated flu's occour by now?
And how convenient that only on company (rouche) worked a cure ...
Before the bird flu the pandemic flu's occured around every 10 to 30 years.
| Name of pandemic | Date | Deaths | Subtype involved | Pandemic Severity Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asiatic (Russian) Flu | 1889–1890 | 1 million | possibly H2N2 | ? |
| Spanish Flu | 1918–1920 | 40 to 100 million | H1N1 | 5 |
| Asian Flu | 1957–1958 | 1 to 1.5 million | H2N2 | 2 |
| Hong Kong Flu | 1968–1969 | 0.75 to 1 million | H3N2 | 2 |
And when was the bird flu? Ok it wasn't pandemic.
For how wants to know more : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flu
I just think it's weird that the media makes such a big deal out of it.
Also i have easy talking, the swine flu did't arrive yet in Germany.
By the way i think it's more scary that there where over 21000 AIDS death world wide than 1000 to 5000 flu deaths. But the media doesn't jump on that anymore.
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