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Is anyone else scared about possibly getting this swine flu?

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Permalink Reply by Mr. Apron on April 28, 2009 at 2:58pm

Yes.

But, then again, I'm also scared about the possibility of getting:

raped
mugged
shot
the crap kicked out of me by big men in wife-beaters
leprosy
H5N1
run over by a fast-moving SUV
disowned by my parents for my blog
touched improperly by someone who isn't hot
strep throat
savagely attacked by my dog during a tranquil petting session
fired
cancer
testicular torsion
food poisoning
recognized at the supermarket by people I don't like
AIDS
prank phone calls
lied to
used
old

I know it's packed pretty tight, but there's always room in my litany of fears for some new strain of influenza.

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Permalink Reply by Eric on April 29, 2009 at 10:24pm

Testicular torsion sucks.

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Permalink Reply by Cee on April 29, 2009 at 12:50am

I think some people are taking this way to crazily.

Half of the twitter feeds were links about the swine flu. And then I got this gem: "GO TO HOME DEPOT AND BUY PAINTERS MASKS! THEY WILL BE ALL SOLD OUT SOON!"

Way to encourage mass hysteria, dude.

Wash your hands regularly. Don't pick your nose. Be careful when you touch your eyes (even after you wash your hands, germs hide in your nails). Cover your sneezes & coughs. It's not necessary to go out and buy out your local pharmacy's entire stock of Tamiflu.

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Permalink Reply by David Stehle on April 29, 2009 at 1:06am

So you're saying I shouldn't soak myself in a bathful of bleach and rob Michael Jackson of his surgical mask just to be safe? ;)

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Permalink Reply by Cee on April 29, 2009 at 1:33am

Even if Michael Jackson owned the last surgical mask in the world, I wouldn't even want it :-P

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Permalink Reply by David Stehle on April 29, 2009 at 2:29am

Oooh, good point!

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Permalink Reply by the.lifestyle.artist on April 29, 2009 at 7:18am

Erm... anything hyped in the media i think is propaganda. If you've seen 'V for Vendetta' then thats kinda how i see negative news. Which is why i don't read newspapers or watch films that have bad vibes. I guess i'm a delicate soul....

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Permalink Reply by Cassie on April 29, 2009 at 8:41am

86 children died from the regular flu last year and that didn't get people nearly as worked up as the swine flu even though no one has died from it. (yet). I'm just sayin.

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Permalink Reply by Erini CS on April 29, 2009 at 9:33am

There has been one US death... but it was a 23-month old child. And yes I feel like a terrible person saying it that way because a loss like that is hard... However, the young, old, and sick would be the first to be seriously effected by this -- just like with any other illness or disease.

I'm off to see if it's hit Chicago since a school was just closed for suspected swine flu... Still not terribly worried though.

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Permalink Reply by Oats on April 29, 2009 at 11:10am

Partly because the very young and the very old don't go anywhere. 20-45 occupy multiple businesses/airports/other mass transfer areas most frequently. Usually people 20-45 never develop symptoms but pass the disease on to the old and young.

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Permalink Reply by Mrs. B on April 29, 2009 at 7:44pm

Yes. I heard on CNN that what happens is the immune system makes too much anti-bodies and whatever to fight the virus, and it ends up filling the lungs with fluid.